{"podcast":{"title":"Basis Surf Podcast","slug":"basis-surf-podcast-6408626","podcast_index_feed_id":6408626,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/gosurfbasis/feed.xml","website_url":"https://gosurfbasis.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/16304240/Picture5_4vgfra.jpg","author":"Basis Surf","episode_count":100,"summary":"We interview pro surfers, surf coaches, and every day surfers for entertaining stories and gems of wisdom to help us improve as surfers.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-09T04:17:54.772398+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/basis-surf-podcast-6408626"},"episode":{"title":"Lessons from Competitive to Creative Surfing w/ Garazi Sánchez","slug":"lessons-from-competitive-to-creative-surfing-w-garazi-s-nchez","published_at":"2026-04-27T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/basis-surf-podcast-6408626/lessons-from-competitive-to-creative-surfing-w-garazi-s-nchez","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/basis-surf-podcast-6408626","url":"https://gosurfbasis.podbean.com/e/lessons-from-competitive-to-creative-surfing-w-garazi-sanchez/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/4qmpz5sr365fqucm/Garazi_Sanchez_Longform8os30.mp3","summary":"🔥 Get your FREE personalized 2-4X wavecount training plan in under 30 seconds. https://surfbasis.com/pages/trainingplan Garazi Sánchez (@garazisanchezsurf) is a two-time Spanish national champion from the Basque Country who built her career competing on the world stage before finding a whole new relationship with surfing through twin fins and board shaping. In this episode, she opens up about what it truly takes to surf at a high level; from how a serious back injury became the turning point that led to her best results, to why paddle fitness is the foundation that most surfers overlook. She breaks down the mental side of competing, what it feels like to lose the joy of surfing and how she got it back, and shares her honest take on riding twin fins including the one mistake most surfers make when they first get on one. Sign up for our free surfboard guide for sizing down volume, video library and newsletter Chapters00:01:20 Introduction: Meet Garazi Sánchez00:02:13 Growing Up Surfing in the Basque Country00:03:30 How the Basque Culture Shaped Her Surfing00:05:10 The Adventure Mindset: Surfing in Unlikely Places00:08:04 The Joy of Watching Beginners Fall in Love with Surfing00:08:52 Competition as a Path to Self-Knowledge00:11:17 Starting Out: Competing in the Basque Country00:16:36 Plateaus, Confidence & Finding Her Footing Internationally00:18:35 Overcoming the Fear of Not Belonging in the Lineup00:22:40 The Back Injury That Changed Everything00:27:39 Training on Land: How It Unlocked Her Best Results00:31:10 The Overlooked Fundamentals: Positioning, Paddling & Pop-Up00:39:28 Coaching Maneuvers: Reading Wave Energy00:45:25 The Shift to Twin Fins & Rediscovering Joy00:52:22 Tips for Riding Twin Fins & Board Design with Lemon Surfboards Subscribe for mor…","meta_description":"🔥 Get your FREE personalized 2-4X wavecount training plan in under 30 seconds. https://surfbasis.com/pages/trainingplan Garazi Sánchez (@garazisanchezsurf…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3522,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/basis-surf-podcast-6408626/episodes/lessons-from-competitive-to-creative-surfing-w-garazi-s-nchez/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/basis-surf-podcast-6408626/lessons-from-competitive-to-creative-surfing-w-garazi-s-nchez.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}