The Messy Middle of Learning How to Noseride: My Brain Doesn't Have the Programming For that...Yet

Come Learn with Us! Join The Noseride Blueprint 2026 Week one of a twelve-week diary I'm keeping through the second annual Noseride Blueprint Challenge inside Surf Societe. On Instagram you see the clip. Five, six, seven seconds on the nose, on someone's best day, on their best wave. You don't see the eighty attempts it took. So I'm going to show you my messy middle. In this episode: Why I was giddy going into round two, and what changed since the first time we ran it What's different this year: twelve weeks instead of six, in-water drills, and two trips to Baja Taking stock of where I'm actually at, including the health year that pulled me out of the water and had me wondering whether to sell my board What it's like running a kickoff call, broadcasting into a screen of squares with no idea if it's landing Two standout sessions this week, a crowdless inside section and a deep-takeoff experiment at high tide Where my brain programming ends, why that's good news, and what I'm taking into week two Read the written version: surfsociete.com/blog The Noseride Blueprint: surfsociete.com/noseride-blueprint Send us Fan Mail! Be sure to put your contact info in the message :) Support the show Confessions of a Surf Lady, women's surfing podcast, is supported by The Surf Société, our unique digital women's surfing platform where we come together to Learn More. Surf Better. Live Happy. Learn more at Surfsociete.com