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Beginner Surfers Welcome

Your go-to newsletter from Girls Who Can't Surf Good for tackling beginner surf dilemmas, surf etiquette & lingo, and insider tips on best surf spots and pop up techniques 🌊

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🏄‍♀️ Do you really need surf coaching? 🤔

🏄‍♀️ Do you really need surf coaching? 🤔

Plus: How to get through to the back, stay in the pocket, and soak up Nosara

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🏄‍♀️ Why do experienced surfers hate beginners? 😬

🏄‍♀️ Why do experienced surfers hate beginners? 😬

Plus: slipping off your board, surfing Byron, and “Eddie would go.”

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🏄‍♀️ "I loved how you almost died at Mavericks" 🥰

🏄‍♀️ "I loved how you almost died at Mavericks" 🥰

Plus: how to hang ten, buy a used surfboard, and pop up like a pro

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🏄‍♀️ Surfing got expensive—and yeah, we did this to ourselves 😅

🏄‍♀️ Surfing got expensive—and yeah, we did this to ourselves 😅

Plus: how to fix your poo stance, why we love Sayulita, and the queen who banned surfing on Sundays.

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🏄‍♀️ Did surfluencers ruin surfing? 😜

🏄‍♀️ Did surfluencers ruin surfing? 😜

Plus: a North Shore guide, the Paipo revival, and the Apple Watch surf debate.

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Finding confidence in the lineup: Shantal’s surf story

Finding confidence in the lineup: Shantal’s surf story

Yet another legendary "Girls Who Can't Surf Good" story

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🏄‍♀️ Do you really need surf coaching? 🤔

🏄‍♀️ Do you really need surf coaching? 🤔

Plus: How to get through to the back, stay in the pocket, and soak up Nosara

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🏄‍♀️ Why do experienced surfers hate beginners? 😬

🏄‍♀️ Why do experienced surfers hate beginners? 😬

Plus: slipping off your board, surfing Byron, and “Eddie would go.”

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🏄‍♀️ "I loved how you almost died at Mavericks" 🥰

🏄‍♀️ "I loved how you almost died at Mavericks" 🥰

Plus: how to hang ten, buy a used surfboard, and pop up like a pro

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"You, you!"—the magic of finding the right surf buddy with Tina

"You, you!"—the magic of finding the right surf buddy with Tina

Yet another legendary "Girls Who Can't Surf Good" story

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🏄‍♀️ Surfing got expensive—and yeah, we did this to ourselves 😅

🏄‍♀️ Surfing got expensive—and yeah, we did this to ourselves 😅

Plus: how to fix your poo stance, why we love Sayulita, and the queen who banned surfing on Sundays.

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From London to Lombok: Vivian’s late-blooming surf dream

From London to Lombok: Vivian’s late-blooming surf dream

Yet another legendary "Girls Who Can't Surf Good" story

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🏄‍♀️ Ocean don't care what you look like 🌊

🏄‍♀️ Ocean don't care what you look like 🌊

Wetsuit rage, a guaranteed pop-up fixer, Clyde Aikau’s legacy, Cocoa Beach tips, and yes... the podcast is officially ON.

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Where on earth is the boat?! Di’s Nicaraguan surf adventure

Where on earth is the boat?! Di’s Nicaraguan surf adventure

Yet another legendary "Girls Who Can't Surf Good" story

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🏄‍♀️ Don't lose your mind over the surf forecast 🤯

🏄‍♀️ Don't lose your mind over the surf forecast 🤯

Also: Agatha Christie ditches her kid to surf, kneeling pop-ups, wave trimming and the joys of Weligama

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Based on true events—"The Longest Beginner Journey Ever" by Lauren Frazer

Based on true events—"The Longest Beginner Journey Ever" by Lauren Frazer

Yet another legendary "Girls Who Can't Surf Good" story

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