# How A Skeptical Lifelong Surfer 4x’d his Wavecount w/ Adam Sime

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Podcast: [Basis Surf Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/basis-surf-podcast-6408626)
Published: 2026-05-25T13:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://gosurfbasis.podbean.com/e/how-a-skeptical-lifelong-surfer-4x-d-his-wavecount-w-adam-sime/
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## Resource

🔥 Get your FREE personalized 2-4X wavecount training plan in under 30 seconds. https://surfbasis.com/pages/trainingplan Adam Sime is a 51-year-old nurse, father of three, and lifelong surfer who drives 12+ hours to chase swells across the UK and beyond. In this episode, he opens up about what it actually feels like to blow a hard-earned surf trip because your body gives out after an hour, and what he did about it. We get into the moment that broke him at a firing point break in the Hebrides, his honest skepticism when he first came across the Basis Paddle Trainer, and how his results went from done-after-4-waves to back-to-back-4-hour-sessions in solid Southwest Cornwall swell. He also breaks down how relearning his paddle technique from scratch changed everything, and how getting fit enough to drop board volume opened up a completely different level of surfing for him. Sign up for our free surfboard guide for sizing down volume, video library and newsletter Chapters02:34 Welcome & Introduction to Adam Sime02:48 Adam's Life: Family, Work, and Surfing in Seaford04:30 Chasing Waves Across Europe with a Motorhome06:10 Growing Up Surfing in Western Australia08:22 Charging Big Waves in Morocco09:26 Why Adam Started Thinking About Paddle Training11:29 The Wake-Up Call: Getting Fit After a Wipeout12:40 The Hebrides Trip That Broke Him13:14 Discovering the Basis Paddle Trainer15:00 Early Struggles with the Trainer17:10 Was He Skeptical at First?19:23 The Results: Four-Hour Sessions in Cornwall23:07 Quadrupling Wave Count in the Pool28:12 How Technique Changed His Paddling32:14 Going Down in Board Volume and Surfing Better Subscribe for more interviews with pro surfers, coaches, shapers, and everyday surfers like Tom Carroll, Zeke Lau, Victor Bernardo, Matt Parker of Album…

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