Sitting Turns: A Discussion with Four Students

About this episode

The episode features a discussion on sitting turns with four students who participated in a surf trip.

In this episode of KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Evan are joined by their four students who came on the 2025 La Misión surf trip. This recording was completed after three days of focused sitting turn practice and drilling. Time Stamps: (01:58) - Introductions and shoutouts (02:42) - Episode Topic - "Sitting Turns" (04:02) - Stephen's thoughts (06:10) - Acknowledging Stephen's reference to The Surf Continuum (06:36) - Andy's thoughts (08:25) - Coach Ev (09:03) - Billy's thoughts - The board responds to "Oh shit" (11:43) - Coach Chris: Purpose & Composure (13:10) - Billy on missing waves (14:07) - Kristin's thoughts - Being a dynamic surfer (15:15) - Including the steps before and after a sitting turn in your practice (16:00) - Sitting turns used in other scenarios (16:50) - Harnessing the power of your board (18:00) - Mental focus on good technique (18:21) - Sitting Turn mistakes (24:45) - Timing the tail release of a sitting turn (26:40) - Tapping a deeper power in the wave (28:54) - The scenarios when you use the sitting turn (31:45) - Catching waves without paddling (36:23) - Using the correct hand (42:10) - The relationship between paddling position and sitting turn position…

People in this episode

Hosts: Coach Chris, Coach Evan

Guests: Stephen, Andy, Billy, Kristin

Topics covered

• sitting turns
• surfing techniques
• student experiences
• surf education
• mental focus
• wave dynamics

Keywords

• sitting turns
• surfing
• technique
• wave dynamics
• student feedback
• surf education

Sponsors

crooked surf, surf ears, freaks of nature

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Surf Continuum, KookCast

More episodes of KookCast: Surf Education

• How To Improve Your Paddle Power with Van Vu of Basis Surf · February 18, 2026 · 1h 4m
• Our First Surf Trip Gone Wrong! · January 14, 2026 · 33 min
• Coach Ev's 3 P's of Life & Surf · November 18, 2025 · 29 min
• La Misión Surf Trip Recap · November 7, 2025 · 1h 1m
• A Watched Pot Never Boils · September 20, 2025 · 23 min
• Coach Chris or Coach Kook? · July 24, 2025 · 28 min