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Surf Food

SURFING: I remember growing up as a kid and watching TV commercials of Nutrigrain, promoted as an ironman food, and a cereal that mums gave their young ocean champions.


By Tim Campbell

Thursday 17 September 2015 11:17 AM


If you eat the right food you can certainly improve your surfing.

If you eat the right food you can certainly improve your surfing.

I grew up thinking I had to eat that cereal which would turn me into a muscle surfing machine. Now ‘a littleʼ smarter than when I was a grommet, I have come to learn what foods are actually foods and in turn have a positive effect on our bodies.

As a surfer we exert fast short bursts of energy as well as long endurance stamina. In a nut shell, surfers need to be eating slow releasing energy foods between surfs and fast releasing energy foods thirty minutes before they hit the waves.

Just like stretching and in-between surf workouts, we can help improve our surfing by what we shove into our mouths. For more info on what foods to eat check out Facebook: ‘Skylaʼs Surf & SUP Clubʼ

Timʼs Tip: As rice is our staple diet in Asia, eat brown rice instead of white rice, it will give you longer lasting energy.