Surfing Takeoff & Pop-up

Authors

Affiliations

Nate Yomogida, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.S. in Kinesiology

Chloë Kerstein, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.A. in Neuroscience

Chloë’s favorite video

Gerr’s method

Takeoff Physical requirements

During the takeoff, the task requires the surfer to move 75% of their body weight in less than a second¹

Examination

Iso Push-up

• Isometric Push-up (IPU)¹
• The patient maintains a straight line between torso and upper body while keeping the elbows at 100° flexion¹
• Increased iso push-up force correlated with decreased time to takeoff/pop-up¹

Dynamic Push-Up (DPU)

• Dynamic Push-up (DPU)¹
• Increased dynamic push-up force correlated with decreased time to takeoff/pop-up¹

Exercises

Gerr recommends 100 pop ups a day broken up into 50 FS, 50 BS. In addition, he advises doing the pop-up eyes open (EO) and eyes closed (EC).

References

1.

Parsonage J, Secomb JL, Sheppard JM, Ferrier BK, Dowse RA, Nimphius S. Upper-Body Strength Measures and Pop-Up Performance of Stronger and Weaker Surfers. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 2020;34(10):2982-2989. doi:10.1519/JSC.0000000000002377