Stian Væringstad

Stian Væringstad Broke my back two years ago🏥
Going from kook -> Norwegian Surf Champ🇳🇴
Follow the comeback journey here 👇

21/08/2026

Day 11 of surfskating🛹🛹

Todays grind was nailing the frontside & backside snaps on the concrete. I am getting more consistent with the frontside snap also now and can’t wait to start doing it on incline walls and bowls. That will be a big challenge for sure...

Maybe my biggest challenge yet has been to move out of the «safe» wooden ramps over to more concrete. But I mean surfskating is concrete surfing, so it was about time;)

Hope you like this series as much as I like making it. I intend to continue it for a LOOONG time so I hope you wanne stick around and see the progression journey💪

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19/08/2026

Day 4 of wavepool surfing🏄‍♂️🏄‍♂️

For today’s session, I was solely focusing on my carves and top turns. I wanted to bring more power through the moves, and maintain the speed for the next moves after. But it’s quite a lot more difficult then it sounds😅

I got some good tips during the session which helped a lot but I still need to practise these moves a lot. I feel like my best move so far is definitely the cutbacks, so that’s why I didn’t focus as much on them. Wavepool is the perfect place for training something specific.

Unfortunately this was my last session for this time, and next session will be in Bali!

Hope to see you there;)




17/08/2026

Day 3 of surfing a wavepool🏄‍♂️🏄‍♂️

I decided to try something different today. I wanted to surf 3 boards in one session, to feel the difference in volume, size and shape. I definitely like surfing my blue board the most, but I think it’s important to be able to surf all kind of boards😎

If you have any tips for improvement on style, body rotation or any other mistakes you see, please let me know in the comments! I am always trying to progress the best way possible💪

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15/08/2026

Day 2 surfing a wavepool🏄‍♂️🏄‍♂️

When I look back at my old clips, I truly see that I have progressed a lot in a short amount of time. I think for sure surfskating, flowriding and rapid wave surfing has helped, but surfing a wavepool is the number one key to fast progression in surfing💪

Today I didn’t fail any take offs, almost no bogging of the rail and my carves and cutbacks felt a bit better. Let’s see how the next days go!

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13/08/2026

Day 1 of wavepool surfing🏄‍♂️🏄‍♂️

First session in a long time always feels weird. I had to get comfortable with the board underneath my feet again. Being gone for so long, always makes the beginning a bit hard, but I got the hang of it quickly💪

I am currently at the Lost Shore facility in Scotland where they have a massive wavepool with wavegarden technology. Let’s see how much I can progress this time with the wavepool!😎

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10/08/2026

A surfboard as a carry on🏄‍♂️🎒

This is a modular surfboard that you can build yourself. It even fits in your backpack so you can bring it as a carry on for plane rides. That is actually quite cool!

This is a new technology from .surf that just came onto the market.

I haven’t surfed it yet, but I am gonna give it a real test in the wavepool in Scotland at Lost Shore. Let’s see if it stands up to the hype!



08/08/2026

Day 10 of surfskating🛹🛹

Now that I feel comfortable with the backside snap, I am starting to practice the frontside snap. I wanted to do the backside first because that one is the easiest one😅

The reason for why I haven’t moved over to bowls or walls, is because I want to master every move on the flats first. I want to be 100% comfortable with them and then move over to walls. When you start adding elevation into the equation, risk increases a lot. And for a guy with a broken back, I can’t be falling to much or too hard. Even these twisting motions aren’t the best for my back... But it can handle it💪

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06/08/2026

Day 9 of surfskating🛹🛹

I can finally claim that I can do the backside snap. I’ve grinded this trick now for 4 days, and today I managed to land it very consistently. It’s not like I am landing it 100% of my attempts but almost all of them💪

My back got painful after all of the snapping because twisting motion with torque, is the worst for a broken back. I need a couple of days rest to get back at it again:/ That is just my reality but I get stronger all the time. When I started out on the skateboard, I almost aways felt pain or something after every session, but now less and less.

I know my back will never be 100% again, but I am very happy to be able to surfskate as much as I do😎

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02/08/2026

Day 8 of Surfskating 🛹🛹

Today was a bit different. Instead of grinding one trick over and over again to achieve a trick, I rather had some fun with friends and enjoyed myself😎

I am a firm believer of that in order to progress as fast as possible in something, countless repetition is key. It might not be the most fun to just grind all day and every session for one trick, but it’s 100% the quickest way to progression. Therefore I make sure to change it up sometimes, so I don’t get too sick of the same repetition all the time.

Today was one of those days;)

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