It's logical that the best training for surfing is in the water. Spending hours in a musty gym is a dissonant experience to sliding atop saltwater.

• The YAKO-PADDLE empowers surfers to dial up an exercise program in saltwater and adapt the exercise movements needed for surfing rather than training for muscle development.
• Surfers require a body fluid in movement with flexibility, strength and coordination. Too many exercise programs don't include surf exercises. These old school programs use bodybuilding style movements that isolate joints and isolate muscle groups. That's fine if you want bigger biceps, or you're looking to rehab a specific joint, but muscle isolation does nothing to build strength in fluid movement, which should be the goal of any well-designed surf exercise or training program.
• Surfing requires your nervous system to call upon every muscle group to perform a turn with hundreds of muscles working in coordination and efficient timing. Surfers need surf exercises to develop integrative strength between the upper and lower body, and develop coordination of chains of muscles. Just as mobility and flexibility need to be increased along chains of muscles and tissue, the same goes for exercises. Surfers need to strengthen and elongate chains of muscles that create movement.
• The YAKO-PADDLE enables the user to stick to the functional movements needed in surfing. Don't waste time isolating muscles on expensive gym machines. Train standing up at shoulder depth on the ocean's saltwater floor or even underwater using a mix of leg stances to place demands on the core muscles that best mimic surfing. You should always create a challenging but safe training environment for yourself with an eye towards improving your health, fitness, and surfing.

Variations for Pushes and Pulls using the YAKO-PADDLE while standing on the ocean floor.

• Parallel Stance This helps to develop core strength, but also pelvic stability. Pelvic girdle stability is critical for anyone dealing with low back and hip issues. Parallel stance is a good place for everyone to use these movements.
• Split Stance This foot position develops more dynamic lower body stability and continues to integrate rotational core strength with pushing and pulling. This split stance is a necessary position for surfers to be strong in, as it represents the typical leg separation you see with surf-stances.