How to noseride and turn longboards with Kassia Meador
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Kassia Meador (@kassiasurf) shares her experiences and insights on longboarding. She starts out with her roots from surfing with her dad in C-Street and Malibu, to contests in Costa Rica and Australia and to eventually getting sponsored by Roxy. She shares her insights on noseriding and turning logs, emphasizing the importance of slowing down and moving with precision. She discusses her own take on style and her focus on refining skills by trying out as many boards as she can and talks about her unique surf retreats in Nicaragua with @riseupsurfretreats.
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Chapters:00:00 Introduction and Surfing Community
06:05 Memorable Surfing Experience
11:37 Getting Into Surfing
16:09 Career Takeoff
20:40 Approach to Surfing and Style
26:55 Tips for Beginner Longboarders
32:22 Noseriding as a Goofy-Foot
38:39 Focus on Surfing and Developing New Boards
49:38 Surf Retreats in Nicaragua
50:32 Activities on Surf Retreats
53:21 The Perfect Wave
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