How’s your surfing?
If you don’t know whether you are a beginner, improver, intermediate or advanced surfer then this should help…
You are a beginner when…You have never surfed before
You can catch waves lying down but have yet to stand up
You can stand for a few seconds (but have never had a lesson before or had lessons some time ago)
You have had a lesson before but would like to go over the basics again
You are an improver when…You have a lesson before 
and don’t need to go over basics again
You can stand for a few seconds
You can ride white water waves to the beach
You can turn the board in the white water
You are starting to ride unbroken waves (mostly within chest depth or when it’s small)
You are an intermediate when…You can paddle ‘out 
back’ beyond the breaking waves
You can catch unbroken waves and ride them along the wave face
You can do a bottom turn
You can do a top turn
You are an advanced surfer when….You can do all of the above plus
A cutback
An off the lip
