Surf Athlete Training Program
Proven, Step-by-Step Program for Better, Faster, & More Durable Surfing
Radically increase Your Wave Count. Because Running Out Of Fuel When It’s Firing Sucks
Is Your Body Holding Back Your Surf Progression?
Would a stronger & more flexible body help you to enjoy your time in the ocean?
Your fitness and health is ultimately the foundation for your surfing. So ask yourself these questions: When you get in the ocean, how does your body feel? Are you fluid, strong, and powerful? Or flailing, out of breath, and frustrated? Gassed out arms and breath? A low back that’s pissed from 30 minutes of paddling? That sounds damn frustrating. The art and skill of surfing can’t be built upon a body that is stiff, weak, overweight, and unhealthy. If that sounds like your surfing and your body, you ARE LIMITING your surfing, and YOU CAN fix that.
Radically Enhance Your Surfing by Improving Your Body
Move Fluidly, Athletically, & Powerfully.
Build dynamic strength & endurance that carries over to your movement in the ocean.
Train using Professionally Designed Workouts.
Follow routines so you truly benefit & improve like a surfer needs to.
Build a stronger and More mobile Body
Improved endurance, shoulder health, dynamic flexibility, core strength, so you’re not limited in the surf.
Discover a Surf-Specific Training Program that Builds “Surf Athleticism“
Enhance Your Surfing & Unlock Your Potential by Building a Body That Has Endless Endurance and Surfs Powerfully
- Surf fluidly, and powerfully without bodily restrictions.
- Spend more time in the water and catch more waves!
- Proven powerful exercise deliver noticeable results in less time
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COURSE CONTENT
WHAT’S IN THE PROGRAM?
12 Weeks of Simple & Effective Training to Support Your Surfing
PHASE 1
PHASE 2
PHASE 3
BONUS
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What you Get
Phase 1
Fundamental Surf Patterns And Mobility
Build Fitness That Supports Your Surfing This is your introduction to true “surf-fitness”. Drills to improve your fluid mobility, Cardio to build your Endurance Engine, Workouts that Develop Dynamic Strength. This is Movement, Training, and Fitness Designed Specifically for Surfers.
Phase 2
Develop Surf Movement Strength & Body Function
Challenging and shockingly effective strength, flexibility, and endurance workouts. Develop higher intensity cardio and endurance for heavier surf sessions and never gassing out. Build flexibility to new levels of fluid movement & Surfing. Strength Development that is tailored for surfers that need to be quick, coordinated, agile, and fit. Enhanced durability for longevity in the surf.
Phase 3
Dynamic Movements & Surf Power Development
This is professional level training that you’ve accessed through smart, efficient, and well planned progression. As soon as you feel the first workout, you’ll immediately know why you’ve trained to get here! This IS training for surf performance. This is how you’ll train for the REST of your life. This is training that prepares you for the rigors of surfing and endless fun in the ocean.
Get 2 Free Bonus Programs When You Start Today
FREE Bonus #1: BREATH WORK
Learn Breath Work that could literally save your life—boost focus, calm your heart, build confidence in heavy surf, and elevate performance.
Breath is a powerful tool to influence your health, performance, and surfing. In this series, you’ll learn proven methods—from breathing basics to breath hold training—used by top experts and taught to clients every day. These are some of the most efficient breath techniques out there, perfect for improving your training, recovery, and surf performance. 1.5 hours of content 10-video series Value: $99
FREE Bonus #2: Paddling Endurance Workouts
Most of your time in the water is spent paddling—not surfing. These targeted paddle workouts build endurance, reduce fatigue, and help you catch more waves with stronger strokes.
If you don’t surf often, paddling can wear you out fast—and that gets frustrating, quick. These workouts are designed to build your “work capacity,” so you can paddle stronger, longer, and actually enjoy your sessions. Endless Paddle Power Train for long paddle outs, repeated duck dives, breath holds, and nonstop arm movement. Build upper body durability and boost your endurance buffer. Value: $99
Improve Your Surfing by Building the Foundations that Surfing Requires from Your Body.
- Art & Skill Better surfing is built with time in the water, developing the Art & Skill of Surfing. This is technical and coaching aspect of surfing.
- Performance Aspects Strength, Power, Endurance, & Flexibility are the base that allows you to effortlessly work on the “skill” and technique of surfing.
- Surf Foundations The Fundamental requirements for the body so that it can function optimally in the ocean.
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Equipment Required To Train
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Peanut Trigger Ball
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Olympic Rings
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Kettlebell
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Dumbbells
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Suspension Trainer
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Full Circle Resistance Strap
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Foam Roller
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Exercise Ball
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MEET THE GUY WHO’S TRYING TO
HELP YOUR SURFING…
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
You’re good to go.
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!?
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Shane Mathews –
I’m 83% done with the 12 week surf athlete program. I’ve enjoyed it and am grateful for it. I’m 50 and have a few occasionally nagging old injuries. The program is progressive yet allows me to make adjustments and work within my limitations. But also push myself. Most noticeable improvements have been my core and leg strength whilst surfing. More spray for my ego! Many of the exercises have coincided with exercises my physical therapist has given me which has been great! My PT is also a surfer btw.
Although I haven’t delved into it completely, I’m stoked to see the foundation training included in the app and have integrated a little if it into my morning warm up/ stretch routine.
I’ve also integrated the must watch video “warm up for surfers” exercises and stretching into my morning routine and obviously I use it before I paddle out.
I’m also appreciative for the breathe work. It’s prompted me to explore further breath work ie Wim Hof, and evening start attending a breath work class. I especially like the box breathing.
Last but not least I’ve learned from the cardboard surfer program although I’m not a novice surfer. I’m working on correcting years of bad habits and improving new habits. And even though most would consider me a grumpy, old, wave hogging local, the cardboard surfer program has helped me translate techniques to beginning surfer friends. Isn’t it all about helping others???
I look forward to more advanced carver training. Specifically with Clayton involved.
If you are young or old, new to or experienced with surfing this app will improve your surfing, your physical, and even a little of your mental health if applied correctly.
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Renn Cazar –
This training program could be applied in and out of the water. It improves flexibility, endurance, and recovery. I’ve been doing HIIT for years but I definitely think this is the right way to train to improve fitness.
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Renn Cazar –
This training program could be applied in and out of the water. It improves flexibility, endurance, and recovery. I’ve been doing HIIT for years but I definitely think this is the right way to train to improve fitness.
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Christopher Carr –
Excited to be a part of this program and am enjoying digging further into the content every day. Cris has this knack of answering the questions I’d been meaning to ask and suggesting exercises that address problems I’ve always wanted to address. Just so thorough! ONWARD!!!
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Alessio Ninni –
I really enjoy following this training program, it has a high variety of exercises and stretches that really matter to surf. The first weeks felt a bit weak, but as you progress it really starts to fire up.
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Matthew Capobianco –
The workouts/stretches/routines are all extremely well thought out and he breaks everything down really well. I followed the program exactly, along with some additional workout days in between. My shoulder flexibility, core stability, and power generation are far and above what they were before. The movements all translate into the water really well and it has improved my surfing dramatically. Everything seems a lot more fluid with my movements now.
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philowen –
Easy to use app, great range of exercises with easy to follow training plans.
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Lukas –
The structure of the program helped me to keep on doing the workouts! That’s great and something most other fitness programs that I have tried did not do. In addition, the surf specific knowledge improved my surfing. All in all, I am super happy with my purchase!
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Damon Ferguson –
Brilliant program. Kids, work, etc, allow me less time in the water these days. The resultant decrease in fitness and flexibility meant I wasn’t enjoying the time I did have in the water as much. The probability of an injury was also increasing. Rather than wait for the inevitable injury, I decided to undertake the 12 week program. I haven’t felt this good since I was in my 20’s – I feel stronger and a lot more flexible. I have recommended the program to mates and family who surf. Trips to the Chiro have also become less frequent, which has easily saved me more than the cost of the program. This program is a great way to get ready for the winter swells at the end of a long flat summer!
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Hisham Nazmy –
Outstanding programs with in-depth knowledge about surfing and workouts that push you to the next surf level. Especially for guys like me, living in the middle of Germany with no waves around. Thank you for your work and passion, Chris, your workouts are worth every cent!
Hish
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Scott Barnes –
Big shout to Chris for putting such an awesome easy to follow surf program together.
I am 42 years old and have only been surfing for 5 years.
The surf athletic program and the pop up program has given me a much better understanding of surf technique, showed me the correct stretching technique which has made a huge difference to how my body feels and now 80% through both programs, I am really seeing the results in the water and absolutely loving the improvements in my surfing.
Get on board and improve your surfing.
Cheers,
Scott
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craig.chrystal –
I can highly recommend this program for any surfer of any age or ability level! There are great carry overs that make you stronger and fitter in the water, helping you surf better and enjoy it more. I have been following Cris’s program for years and it has made a huge difference.
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