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Take Your Surfing to the Next Level Within 30 Days, Using the 3 Most Misunderstood Technique Principles From Top Professionals

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Core Surf Academy is built for intermediate and advanced surfers ready to become genuine experts — not just competent. Speed, power, and flow, leveraged with the most progressive biomechanical techniques in surfing, built to put you in the top 5% of surfers in the water.

Meet Your Coach

Here to take you to the next level within 30 days.

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01 // Who This Is For

This isn't a beginner's course.

If you're still finding your feet, this isn't your starting point — go catch more waves first. Core Surf Academy is built for surfers who can stand up in critical waves, do basic turns, and pump down the line to generate speed, but who've stalled out somewhere past that.

That's a technique problem, not a skill problem — and it's fixable fast, once you can actually see what you're doing wrong. That's what this fixes. Everything revolves around three things: Speed, Power and Flow — the same principles I use myself every single surf, or breaking down your session from Saturday morning.

02 // How We Teach

Three pillars. Every module ladders up to one.

01

Speed

Generating it off the bottom, carrying it through a section, not losing it in a turn. Speed is the raw material every other move spends — without it, nothing else on this list works.

02

Power

Committed, driven turns — using rail, body weight, and timing to hit a section with real force instead of just going through the motions. The difference between surfing a wave and styling on it.

03

Flow

Linking moves together, reading the wave a section ahead, making the whole ride look like one continuous idea instead of a list of separate tricks. This is what separates good surfers from great ones.

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03 // Your Coach

20 years in the water, and I'm still addicted to improving every single surf.

Founder of Core Surf Academy surfing a wave
Founder of Core Surf Academy holding a surfboard in a surf shop
Ed Waters

I've been surfing for over two decades, and for most of that time the surf has more or less run my life — where I lived, what I did for work, how I planned every trip I took. I've chased and ridden some of the best waves on the planet, competed along the way with a run of wins I'm still proud of, and spent over six years working inside the surf industry itself — selling thousands of boards, helping surfers at every level find the right dimensions for how they actually surf, and personally riding pretty much every shape, brand, and volume combination out there.

Here's the honest version: I'm a reasonable surfer, and very far from being at the top level — I've never pretended otherwise. But I've dedicated my whole life to surfing, and I know what separates being competent from being truly good. And what I've found is that it's never based on talent. It's the right technique that nobody has ever broken down for them properly.

I've coached a lot of people since then, from surfers just past the basics through to genuinely advanced surfers chasing that last 10%. Core Surf Academy is the system I built to do that properly, for people serious enough to put the work in. This is deliberately built for a small, committed group who want to reach their real ceiling and go surf the best waves on the planet with the skill to actually do them justice. I'm in this with you personally — not running you through a script.

20+ YrsIn the water
6+ YrsSurf industry, board sales
1000sBoards sold & fitted
GlobalWaves chased & ridden
Train under someone who's spent 20 years doing exactly this.
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04 // What's Inside

11 Techniques. 5 Disciplines. One System.

Five core modules that take you from stuck to flowing, plus a bonus breakdown of all 11 key turns and disciplines individually. Everything broken down the same way I'd coach you in the water.

Core Surf Academy course material — Diagnosing Habits, Generating Speed, Engaging the Rail, Surfing with Power, Creating Flow, 11 Key Turns & Disciplines, Surfboard Advice Call
01

Diagnosing Habits

This is where we break down identifying the old habits keeping you stuck, and how to undo them for good.

Core Module
02

Generating Speed

Efficient speed generation across every wave type — so you're never starting a turn on empty.

Core Module
03

Engaging the Rail

Rail-to-rail mastery — complete, fully committed turns on any wave, not a wobble.

Core Module
04

Surfing with Power

Surfing with real power by using your rail, body weight, and timing properly — not just muscling it.

Core Module
05

Creating Flow

Linking turns together smoothly, so a wave reads as one continuous ride instead of separate moves.

Core Module
  • 01

    Take-Off

    Setting your line and getting to your feet with intent, so you're already generating speed before the first turn.

  • 02

    Bottom Turn

    The foundation every other turn is built from — get this wrong and everything downstream suffers.

  • 03

    Pumping

    Reading the wave and pumping down the line to keep speed alive between sections.

  • 04

    Off-The-Top Snap

    Doing a snap on an open lip section that is unbroken.

  • 05

    Cutback

    Carving back into the power source of the wave with speed.

  • 06

    Roundhouse Cutback

    The full-rail, fully committed version — one continuous arc, not two separate turns.

  • 07

    Hip Carve

    A tight carve using a singular pivot on steep sections to get fin release at the end.

  • 08

    Close-Out Re-Entry

    When you hit a close-out section and ride out cleanly.

  • 09

    Floater

    Running across a closing section instead of getting caught behind it.

  • 10

    Layback & Layback Snap

    Going vertical and laying into the lip — the move that separates advanced from expert.

  • 11

    Getting Barrelled

    Reading the tube, setting your line, and coming out the other end — the one every surfer's chasing.

Bonus: Surfboard Advice Call

Get the right board for how you actually surf — not just what looks good on the rack. Plus community chat access, so you can get help and advice from other Core Lords any time.

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05 // Go Further

Upgrade to Core.

Everything in the entry membership, plus direct, ongoing access to me. This is the tier for surfers who want their exact faults diagnosed, not just the general system.

Core Surf Academy 1-1 Video Analysis — Core Members Bonus, weekly group call analysis, 24/7 personal access to Ed, inclusive with no limits for 90 days
Core Members Bonus
  • 1-1 video analysis, any time — submit ocean sessions or wave pool recordings whenever you've got footage
  • Weekly group call analysis alongside other Core Lords
  • 24/7 personal text access to me
  • Inclusive with no limits for 90 days
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06 // The Offer

Everything you get as a Core Lord.

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07 // Questions

Before you join.

I'm not that advanced yet — is this still for me?

If you can stand, angle a takeoff, and link a basic turn, yes. If you've never stood up on a board, start there first — this is a technique academy, not a beginner course.

How is this different from watching free surf tips on Instagram?

Free content gives you one fix for one fault. This is the entire system, in order, with drills, fault-spotting, and a place to actually get feedback on your own surfing — not just watch someone else's.

Do I need to be near you to get feedback?

No. Submit your clips inside the community and they get broken down there — wherever you surf.

Can I cancel?

Anytime, no contract. The launch price stays locked in only while you remain a member.

What if I'm already an advanced surfer?

Good — the later modules (Going Vertical, Laybacks, Layback Snaps, Getting Barrelled) are built exactly for the gap between advanced and expert.

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