22/08/2021
Well, here I am doing what I said I was going to do for well over a year now - create a cross-training platform for recreational surfers. I've got a wee challenge to get us started, but first an intro huh!
My name is Nicki and I live on the East coast of the Coromandel Peninsula in our beautiful country that is Aotearoa, New Zealand.
I'm an ocean-obsessed, qualified PT, with a marine and coastal science degree. One who never stops learning for long - I'm also currently studying to become a surf foundation specialist coach too.
My love of surfing started 10 years ago when I met my now husband, Jay, and it didn't take long to realise that the fitness components of surfing are really like no other. Over the years I've gone through periods of feeling like a drowning whale, and times where I've progressed quickly and felt on top of my game. I know what version makes surfing more fun (and it's not the slow moving marine mammal). But man... how quickly can you go backwards?!
When I started applying my knowledge as a personal trainer, to training surfers... there was no doubt that training the specifics pays off. This is just an intro' so I won't get into the science stuff yet...
But I know what surfing means to fellow frothers;
It's not just a sport, but a lifestyle. A joy. A reconnection. It's an escape, AND a coming home. It's time to yourself, and time with your mates.
When time is precious in our modern-day lives, every session is sacred.
And from my own experience and the feedback I hear from others, is that what you do in that time comes mostly, down to your fitness. Sessions are just better when you're fitter (and not fighting)!
So I'm going to use this platform to help with the non-wave-riding principals that will help improve (and at the very least maintain) your surf fitness when you're out of the water.
One more thing... I'm a relentless believer that the opportunities to be your healthiest, fittest, and happiest state were NOT left behind in a younger version of you. That is some preconditioned idea we get from marketing, and tales from people who got stuck adulting too seriously and put everything else before themselves.
So, I want to leave you with this easy but epic task to do right NOW...
Think back to a time when your were surfing your absolute best (if you've just started, think of a time when you felt like you had all the energy in the world and you were charging with whatever it was you were doing).
Put yourself there. What were you doing, who were you with, and how did that FEEL??
Now, imagine you've just taken the first step to becoming that person again, but you're going to be 10%, 20%, 50% or even 100% better than that again. What would you be doing, and how would THAT feel. Seriously - that's a reality.
I'm going to give you the tools to implement those first steps. But for now I just want you to embrace the vision of what is possible and the actions your best inner surfer would take.
That's it for now. Feel free to DM me with any content you'd find helpful for the future! ๐ค
๐ธ mugshot by the talanted Lou Lou B Photography
