Psyching your self up for something is as common place as breathing, getting psyched up for a test, new job, a date, or a heavy session are things that we just do, it boosts our confidence and helps us perform at our peak. However, its just as easy and common to psyche your self out in any given situation, and no matter the situation this can lead to poor performance, no second date, or even injury.
This is completely opinionated, but I've seen and experienced how lack of confidence can quickly put you in a troublesome situation. Mostly I'm trying to relate this to surfing, but you can use it wherever you want. Having a conscious awareness of our capabilities is not the easiest, and doing so in amongst the chaos of the ocean is another story. It is easy to be intimidated by big surf, or even just a shallow reef, but knowing you've made that drop, or beat out that section before will help to slow things down, and without a doubt helps you perform like you know you can.
As if the waves weren't enough to worry about, throw a few egotistical surfing in the line up and see what happens to your train of though. Now it becomes a game of positioning and out paddling, filled with frowns and dirty looks, but that's pretty much all it is. Putting the head games aside is key to getting your waves and enjoying a good session. There are countless surfers who spend so much of their time in the water worrying about what the other guy is doing, instead of watching for approaching sets or finding the optimum spot in the line up. More often than not, worrying about other people's position puts you out of position, and while you were busy trying to out paddle that other guy, a nice set snuck through a you were totally out of position. Of course all this talk of head games would be obsolete if common etiquette was practiced in the lineups, but don't hold your breath. As surfing takes off, and lineups start filling up there is only going to be more of these games going on because in case you haven't noticed, everyone surfs, yeah I surf.
Yeah, so looks like waves for all of New England this coming week, keep an eye on the storm though as things look like they may or may not change quickly. Should see a couple storms pass through the region this week though, one more mid-week and one passing through later towards the weekend, hopefully supplying a little swell for the 42nd annual New England Mid-Winter Surfing Championships being held on the Feb. 27th at Narragansett Town Beach. Should be a good competition with talented surfers expected to make the trip from all over the East Coast.
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