Cardboard Surfer

Start Surfing With Style, Technique And Confidence

By The End Of The Program, You Won’t Even Recognise Your Previous Surfing

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Do You Know the Fundamentals of Fluid Surfing?

Good Surfing Style is Just Good Technique.

If You’re a Beginner Wanting to Progress, OR an Intermediate Surfer that’s Stalled, This Program is Perfect for Ramping Up Your Surf Skill & Progression

  • Improve Your Technique

    This program will improve your technique, in the comfort of your own home with no condescending eyes, you will improve your surfing and actually “feel” what good surfing is.

  • Skill Progression

    This program is the first step in further skill progression. Get this down before you get on a surf skateboard.

  • Get Better in the Water

    Feel the movements, the patterns, how to create drive, how to compress, how to coordinate full-body movement, so that you can then replicate it in the water.

Are You Tired of Your Skill Level Being Stuck and Stagnant?

You’ve got Bad Habits… It’s Time to Break Them.

The Cardboard Surfer is “Surf Fundamentals 101”. This is What You NEED to Know In Order to Progress Your Surfing. Change Your Awareness & Understanding of What Good Surfing Is. Break Your Bad Habits. Train New Patterns of Surf Movement, and Apply it to Your Surfing. You WILL Be a Different Surfer by the End of This Program!

Most Surfers Don’t Even Know Basic Wave Mechanics… And Definitely Don’t Know How to Move Their Body to INTERACT With a Wave.

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COURSE CONTENT

WHAT’S IN THE PROGRAM?

The Cardboard Surfer is a series of 7 Primary Lessons, teaching you the true fundamentals of surfing movement. You will develop an understanding of surfing mechanics. You will understand the How and the Why of Good Surfing. You will practice Surf Movements, You will FEEL the Patterns, and you WILL Replicate it in the Surf.

  • Welcome

    2:39 min
  • Why Cardboard Surf

    0:34 min
  • Cardboard Intro

    2:56 min
  • Fundamental Movements

    Compress Lean Twist

    3:09 min
  • Cutting the Cardboard

    1:58 min
  • Lay Down

    1:00 min
  • Walk Up

    0:40 min
  • Cardboard Walk Up Pop Up

    3:48 min
  • Walk Up More Details

    3:44 min
  • ShortBoard Pop Up

    & Foot Positioning

    18:22 min
  • What Is Good Surf Posture

    5:01 min
  • Neutral Posture

    0:47 min
  • Neutral Stance & Posture

    2:33 min
  • Stacking, Front-On, Lunging

    4:01 min
  • Compress

    0:35 min
  • Pick Up the Coffee Cup

    1:01 min
  • Coffee Cup Driver

    3:24 min
  • Compression, Extension, & Twisting

    4:34 min
  • DRIVE

    0:43 min
  • Jump Forwards

    0:42 min
  • Driving a Surfboard

    2:04 min
  • Drive the Cardboard

    0:46 min
  • Jump and Lift

    2:59 min
  • Front Foot vs. Back Foot Turning

    4:20 min
  • Learn to Turn

    1:45 min
  • Twist To Turn

    4:33 min
  • Eyes Lead the Way

    2:36 min
  • Pinky Up Pinky Down

    0:51 min
  • Hands Lead The Way

    1:44 min
  • Make Your Own Set

    1:12 min
  • Equipment

    6:50 min
  • Speed & Power

    9:41 min
  • Body

    9:12 min
  • Carver Skate

    Training Basics

    7:04 min
  • Stretching & Mobility Sequence

    15:39 min
  • Paddling Theory 101

    23:44 min
  • The Perfect Surf Stance

    18:10 min
  • Common Mistakes

    Coffee Cup

    1:12 min
  • Common Mistakes

    Drive

    1:10 min
  • Common Mistakes

    Posture

    1:39 min
  • Common Mistakes

    Turn

    1:27 min
  • Common Mistakes

    Walk Popup

    1:20 min

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  1. One person found this helpful
    Ben Hamley

    Transformed my pop up and my surfing

    Ben Hamley

    I found the cardboard surfer program great for breaking out of the bad habits i’d made from just ‘trying’ to surf. Re learning how to get to my feet on a surfboard and working on the techniques on land has transformed my ‘successful’ wave count! Highly recommended. Thanks!

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  2. One person found this helpful
    Kecia Duffy

    great way to improve your surfing or start out with a good foundation

    Kecia Duffy

    After doing this program I was able to improve my surfing quite a bit. Cris really breaks down the movements and explained how to use your body movement in a way that I had never heard in any of the camps/classes I had taken before. I would highly recommend any beginners to get this so they can learn good technique from the start and not develop too many bad habits.

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  3. One person found this helpful
    Mike Chalfin

    I never thought I would ever learn to surf a short board.

    Mike Chalfin

    Learning how to “pump” properly has been a huge game changer for my surfing. The Cardboard Surfer program not only teaches you the technique but you actually experience the sensation in your body of what a real “pump” should feel like in the surf using only a piece of cardboard. I was surprised how well this translated into the water. Throughout my time surfing and learning from Cris I’ve let go of my 9’0” longboard and am now comfortably surfing and new 5’11” twin. Even though I’ve been surfing for almost 20 years now, Cris’s programs have taken me to the next level. His attention to detail has brought out the small but necessary tweaks that I needed to make in order to fully embody my movement and style on surfboard. I will always look to Cris for my surfing performance progression.

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  4. Kevin Knudson

    WOW

    Kevin Knudson

    I have been surfing for nearly 15 years but sadly my skill has not shown the duration I’ve been in the water until I implemented tweaks to my surfing found in these programs and started training properly for surfing. I feel way more energetic and can now pull off maneuvers I thought would always be impossible. Thank you Cris!

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  5. Paul Van Aswegen

    Exceptional Advice

    Paul Van Aswegen

    I’ve been following Cris now for about a year and only have good things to say about his programmes.
    For some background, I’m 40 years old and live in-land so only get to surf once or twice a month and I was always struggling to find training that was specific to surfing….I’ve been training for years now, from weight training to swimming, cycling, running, yoga, pilates, cross fit etc.
    Since working through the programmes, the latest of which is the body weight training, I’ve seen amazing results in both my physical and surfing ability – I’m far more mobile, flexible and my paddling endurance has improved significantly!
    I’m super stoked and can honestly say Cris is one of the most knowledgeable and passionate people I’ve come across and his practical application of training principals in a simple and easy to understand format makes this training so special and I would highly recommend it to anyone, not only surfers, as it definitely offers amazing results both in and out of the water.

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  6. JSA

    Prepare to be stoked

    JSA

    I’ve really enjoyed the Cardboard Surfer program. It’s laid out in a way that makes sense, is easy to follow and has absolutely helped me make the most of my time in the water though building my technique on land.

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  7. albrecht.aaron

    Chris is the man!!

    albrecht.aaron

    His products are great. I’ve been following his work for years and every one of them have help up my surfing. Whether it’s improving strength, increasing mobility, or building technique fundamentals, he’s working it all. I started surfing at 37 and now only a couple years later can now reliably catch waves on a board only four inches taller than me. I have a lot more to learn but credit Chris with the majority of my success. Through his app, he’s my personal trainer, physical therapist, and surf coach all in one. What a bargain!

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  8. Bernardo Rocha

    Powerful Tool for Upgrading Surfing Technique

    Bernardo Rocha

    Congratulations Chris Mills and all the staff of Surf Strengh Coach.

    I am an experienced surfer and an avid searcher for surfing tutorials to upgrade my style and technique.
    The Surf Strengh Coach is by far the most complete, detailed and comprehensive program I have ever come across . I bought several programs including the Surf Skate, the Perfect Pop Up, Surf Atlethe and the Body Weight Training. I’ve been trainning constantly I can say that me and my buddies have already noticed a big improvement in my surfing. I feel more loose, more fit, more aware and more confident than ever. I highly recommend the programs. They are highly effective and worth the price you pay. Differently than many other bullshit coaching programs I unfortunately acquired before I knew Surf Strengh Coach.

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  9. Christopher Campbell

    Surf faster

    Christopher Campbell

    Before the Cardboard Surfer program, I had not progressed in years. My surfing was slow. I felt like I was always struggling to get speed. Through the Cardboard Surfer program, Cris and Clayton opened my eyes to how to generate more speed on a wave. Then they showed me a simple and effective way to practice and repeat it at home. Not only am I surfing faster now, but my style has improved and I am able to do more maneuvers with the speed that I am generating. Surfing has become way more fun. My surfing has gone from dull and lifeless, to fast and lively. Get this program if you want to surf faster and with better style.

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  10. Aleksander Samól

    So greatful!

    Aleksander Samól

    I’m so happy I had the Cardboard Surfer so early in my surfing life. No idea how long it’d take me to figure these things out by myself, I’d probably keep being stuck for years. The principles are simple, but key to progression, yet nobody teaches them! Everyone says this program is a game changer and it truly is.

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  11. wasmuth

    Time and money well spent

    wasmuth

    These programs are really great. Each one of them offers a different but very important angle. If you really want to improve your surfing, you better have a plan. And this is the BEST PLAN I have seen until now. And TBH … I also purchased other programs but they dont measure up.

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  12. Peter Boniface

    Land based training

    Peter Boniface

    Only get to the waves for a few weeks a year. Wanted to keep improving and having the movement patterns to be more natural and not have to think about it. This program will for sure help.

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What You Need to Know About This Program.

  • You Don’t Even Know What Your Bad Habits Are

    Most Intermediate Surfers are “stuck” because their bad movement habits are halting their progression. You need a new lens and understanding of what GOOD surfing actually is. This program will give you a true awareness of surfing biomechanics. You can’t change anything if you don’t know what is Wrong, and what is Right.

  • It’s Your Body, Not the Board

    You need to STOP spending 1000’s of dollars on new surfboards. The board isn’t the problem, the way you move your body is the problem! This course will teach you the Fundamentals of surf movement so you can Actually Progress your surfing! Take the brakes of your surfing with GOOD technique.

  • Practice at Home Then Surf in the Water

    Do you think you’re actually going to correct your technique on the 4 waves you get, on your 1 weekend surf, for a total of 30seconds of actually standing on a surfboard? NOPE! You need a way to build repetition, to build motor memory, to FEEL the new patterns. This program is to your surfing like a driving range is to golf. Practice your surfing at home, build the pattern, become efficient, and then you can replicate it in the surf.

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What You Need for This Program

All you need is a willingness to improve your surfing, and a piece of cardboard about the size of a skateboard.

MEET THE GUY WHO’S TRYING TO
HELP YOUR SURFING…

Cris Surfing In Mentawais 2019

Cris Mills

On a daily basis I help people (predominantly surfers) improve performance, ranging from nutrition, to rehab, and sport specific training.

I know what a surfer needs to work on in order to maintain their interaction with the ocean (surfing). Not only from a personal standpoint, of being a freakish surf-addict who has an intention to keep charging, while also dealing with my own laundry list of injuries, but also having worked with countless surfers from rehab to skill development.

The intention is to keep surfing. In order to do that an individual’s perspective must shift to a focus on health and longevity. Your body is the vehicle through which you interact with the ocean. Keep yourself capable, and invest in your body, it’s movement capacity, it’s joint health, and it’s durability.

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The Most Comprehensive Surfing Training Programs Ever Created

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As soon as you get the programs you’ll realise how tremendous of a resource this truly is, and how you won’t need any other surf training programs. You can, and will, refer back to these programs for years to come. As long as you’re surfing you will be using these programs, I guarantee it.

This will change how you train and how you move your body. Ultimately it will help you with your surfing. 

These are the tools that guide your workouts, track your progress, and remove the guesswork from your workouts. Have confidence knowing you are doing the best possible workout..

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Our programs are proven to deliver results, but your effort, dedication, and consistency are key. We fully back our programs, app, and products with customer success stories and time-tested methods. Our Surf Athlete Academy offers a 7-Day Refund Guarantee—cancel or refund anytime (minus a small fee). The potential of your fitness and surfing is in your hands! What can your fitness and surfing become!?

Frequently Asked Questions

Absolutely, there are alternative and progressive movements for each level.

This is a digital program you will access via the Surf Athlete App, which can be downloaded in any app store. It is intended to be used via the app on your mobile device, our web-app which you can access on your desktop or laptop, or accessed on your iPad. You’ll register for the Surf Athlete App, given login information, and you can access your program whenever you want, wherever you want.

Here’s The Deal.

This program is amazing, and I know you’ll think it’s amazing, but just to make sure you’re confident in your purchase, I’m offering a 7 Day Guarantee.

If you use the program, and really USE it, and aren’t happy with the absolutely incredible and impactful content, then get in touch and we’ll arrange a refund.

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