{"id":6155,"date":"2022-06-23T17:05:53","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T17:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kisurfschool.com\/stroller-or-not-stroller\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T13:13:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T13:13:03","slug":"stroller-or-not-stroller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kisurfschool.com\/en\/stroller-or-not-stroller\/","title":{"rendered":"Stroller or not stroller"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The use of the \"stroller\" in surf teaching<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A long time ago, when I was traveling in New Zealand, I gave a few lessons for a surf school in Gisborne. The lessons went like this: each beginner was given a loaf of wax to spread on his board. Afterwards, the lesson was punctuated by Franck's almost ecstatic encouragement - \"wonderfull, soo beautifull, hoaouuu\" - and it didn't seem to me that there was much variety of advice between these two key moments, but then, I didn't speak English very well at the time.  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">One day, another teacher assisted us and I took charge of one of his former pupils, a young boy who could do fast take-offs and keep his balance with dignity... but who couldn't catch a wave! Why not? Having been pushed on every wave since the beginning, session after session, he was unable by his own efforts to catch a single one, so I found myself faced with a thing barely less inert than driftwood, as if deprived of arms. I was incredulous, to say the least! And so I discovered for the first time the perverse effects of the \"stroller\".    <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">However, the stroller is an interesting teaching tool: it's all about pushing the surfer into the wave, who doesn't need to paddle or read the wave, just stand up. This method is of course very useful, particularly with children, but also with adult beginners, to put them in a situation of immediate success. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Nevertheless, in my opinion, strollers should be used sparingly. It shouldn't be a substitute for learning how to row, how to time the wave and how to read the ocean. Otherwise, the beginner will always be a beginner and will have no autonomy. After all, it's much more rewarding to catch a wave on your own than to be assisted all the time.   <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Let's remember that \"surfing\" means \"gliding over a wave\" and that in the chronology of learning, catching a wave comes before acquiring the take-off. Fish, swimmers and even some birds catch waves, so a surfer who doesn't paddle, no way! <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The use of strollers in surf teaching, advantages and disadvantages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[227,193],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-surf-coaching"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Stroller or not stroller - Ki Surf School - Surf et Taichi dans les Landes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Surf coaching in Hossegor: the pedagogical use of baby carriages in surf teaching, advantages and disadvantages.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kisurfschool.com\/en\/stroller-or-not-stroller\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stroller or not stroller - 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