All the above is great advice. The main reason I Occasionally get cramps is ‘ unnecessary muscle tension’ that Anne de Groot mentioned. So add, stay relaxed to the prevention list , which if you get a cold water flush, can be hard to do 🥶

Good work Graham. Once you have practiced more , it’s trying to forget and just let it happen naturally , so you don’t overthink it!

A great listen at the right time. Am now too close to 60 and struggling with many of the things described. Competing with young faster surfers and therefore finding myself out of the correct position to catch the wave. This creates stress paddling, missing waves which then increases the stress and so on… unfortunately the head can then get in the way of an otherwise, ‘fit’ surfer. I’m definitely going to try to surf smarter.

Lots of great information. Thanks.