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THE BIRTH OF HYPNOSURF
The Hypnosurf product range is the creation of an experienced surfer, who like most other sports people, had experienced performance lulls from time to time.
"Having surfed with many very experienced surfers it became evident from post surf discussions that if you are not surfing at your personal best, when you have the right equipment, suitable surf, proper surf fitness and experience a common factor for sub standard performance is often the mind,” says Les Foster the creator of the Hypnosurf programs.
The Hypnosurf program has been in the making for 3 years and as part of the research and development Les joined forces with Professional Longboarder Ray Gleave, Professional Shortboarder Shane Bevan and Clinical Hypnotherapist John Wong (Dip. Clin Hyp, BA (Psych), Grad. Dip Ed., Cert IV Assmt & Trng) to ensure a high quality functional product was delivered.
The idea came about to the creator during a surf trip to the east coast of Sri Lanka in July 2004 (pre-tsunami).
After experiencing some really nice clean surf with a good crew of experienced surfers it was natural the discussion over dinner and throughout the evening was focussed on the quality of the surf and their surfing along with what to expect tomorrow and in the days ahead. During these discussions the question was raised; why is it you can be surfing really well, just going off, unable to put a foot wrong, completely nailing it and then all of a sudden on your next surf, for no reason whatsoever things just wouldn’t come together, you couldn’t get it right, you just seemed to be out of the ‘zone’, or worse still you had a shocker, the question was why? You had been eating well, hadn’t been on the piss, you can surf, you have surf fitness, you have the right equipment and you have the waves for the taking, again why?
The agreed consensus at all times with many different surfers was your ‘head’ if your mind isn’t right it plays havoc with your performance. Time and time again without any prompting the consensus was the same, the ‘head’ on every occasion.
During this 6 week trip a lull in the Surf was forecast ‘love the internet - didn’t have that on my last trip to Sri Lanka in 1983’ Les headed off to a Buddhist meditation centre in the Hill country of Kandy to try and absorb and take on board these discussions, debates and the thoughts of the other surfers. After five days of pretty well total silence and meditating for approximately 8 hours ‘even while doing chores, like peeling carrots for the meal as a cloud drifted past and what seemed through my body’ Les got a fair handle, albeit very raw and uneducated at that time, on the discipline that can be applied to the mind with focus, visualization and imagery.
He then returned to the east coast and Abay area just in time to pick up a nice new clean 3’-5’ swell and enjoyed the final week and a half of his trip. During this journey Les surfed many different breaks with many different surfers with the same consensus the head’.
Les then returned to Australia and started reading up on Neuro- Linguistic Programming one of the most powerful forms of psychology available today. Along with this he started looking into sports psychology and testing with hypnosis in respect to sports performance and specifically started designing a surf specific script and from this the Hypnosurf product ‘Patent Application No.2006907057’ began to take shape.
In 2006 Les decided to do further surf trip to Indonesia surfing in Bali and Sumbawa, and on a dedicated mission of further research and development by surfing and communicating with many Australian and International surfers, again the consensus was the same. This confirmed to Les if he wanted to proceed further with this project it was time to take the financial leap to invest some serious money into this project.
It was then the formation of the company Hypnosurf Pty Ltd occured with Ian Tannahill from Ahearn Fox Trademark and Patent Attorney’s being engaged to secure International Intellectual Property Rights in the product.
The end result is a superb audio recording supported by the alpha and theta brain wave rythyms that will have an amazing impact on your surf performance.
Future products scheduled for release under the International 'Patent Application 2006907057' include Snowboarding and Carveboarding.
Shane Bevan |
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 “I've been a pro surfer for fifteen years, as a professional I know only too well how important it is to remain focused and controlled, with no nerves, particularly on contest days, Hypnosurf has nailed it, serious headwork for serious surfers, getting your head right works, I'm on board” -Shane Bevan, Professional Shortboarder -
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Ray Gleave |
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 “I’ve been competing in the professional surf circuit for more than 26 years, and one thing I do know is that you must be in the right frame of mind to be able to surf to your fullest potential, Hypnosurf is here to help tune your mind and have you surfing at your best, follow this program and you’ll be stoked at how well you are surfing.” -Ray Gleave, Professional Longboarder -
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John Wong |
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 “The objective is to enable the surfer to achieve personal best level, performing at their peak. The program is specifically designed and developed to assist surfers reach their personal best every surf. Mental rehearsal is the ultimate key, imagery is not merely visual in nature it can include all the senses, you can feel it, see it, smell it, taste it and hear it”
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The Patent Application covers both audio and visual recordings for the sports of Surfing, Snowboarding and Carveboarding. The Snowboarding and Carveboarding programs are currently under development with the appropriate sports specialists and are scheduled for release in 2008. If you are interested in the Snowboarding and Carveboarding programs you are kindly invited to register your interest on the Order Now page.. |