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Don't Rush
A waterman note on rhythm, composure, and why forcing the stroke usually costs more speed than it creates.
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Waterman Notes
Paddling, movement, mindset, and board feel from an older line of waterman writing that still holds up in the water.
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Waterman notes on stroke, rhythm, mindset, training, and equipment feel.
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Three Common Mistakes
A technique note on the small errors that quietly drain power and rhythm from the stroke.
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Reach, Dammit, Reach
A technique note centered on front-end extension, cleaner setup, and why length in the stroke begins before the power phase.
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Get Your Mind Right
A mindset piece about confidence, mood, and why technique degrades quickly when the headspace is off.
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Kalama's 50/50
A waterman note on balanced contribution, efficiency, and the feeling of evenly shared work through the stroke.
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Paddle Techniques: Recover
A technique note on the part of the stroke most people waste: the reset that sets up the next clean entry.
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Paddle Techniques: The Catch
A technique note on entry timing, clean connection, and the moment a good stroke actually begins.
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Paddle Techniques: Applying Power
A technique note on translating setup into useful force without breaking posture or rhythm.
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Testing My Latest Shapes
A board note on development, feel testing, and what a shaper-athlete is really looking for in a new outline.
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Moven On
A note on an equipment-era transition and why readers kept citing it when sponsorship relationships shifted.
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Waterman Workout Trailer
A training clip about movement, intent, and the kind of work that carries over when the water gets heavy.
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Possessed
A short waterman note on obsessive focus and the mood around performance.
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Big. Really Big.
A big-wave note on scale, nerve, and the feeling when conditions stop being theoretical.
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Using Your Paddle
A technique note on treating the paddle as an active tool for stability, leverage, and line control instead of just propulsion.
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Use Your Hips
A movement note on connecting power through the body instead of isolating it in the arms and shoulders.
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ABC Nightline Segment: Laird And Dave
A short note on the ABC Nightline moment with Laird and Dave and why people still look it up.
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Goiter's Invention
A note on an invention story that kept circulating well beyond its first telling.
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Slow Down To Speed Up
A note on tempo, patience, and why a calmer setup often creates the actual speed people are chasing.
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Dave Joins The Team At PaddleFit
A note on a PaddleFit partnership announcement that still gets mentioned in training circles.
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Breath
A note about breathing, composure, and how tension quietly wrecks movement quality.
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Race Tips
A note on race-day discipline, pacing, and making better decisions before fatigue starts editing them for you.
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Time On The Water
A note on why repetition in real conditions still teaches things no abstract training plan can replace.
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Climbing White Water
A note on getting over oncoming foam with less wasted effort and better timing.
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Back To Namotu
A travel note from Namotu with the mix of place, equipment, and session mood that keeps surf trips memorable.
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Star Struck
A short note built around a memorable title, a bit of personality, and the kind of story surfers keep repeating.
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Congratulations Kai
A short note marking an athlete moment that still surfaces in older references.
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Who Cares
A short paddle-race note with a title that stuck around because it carried some bite.
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Technique Notes
Stroke, movement, and mindset notes gathered in one place.