“My core is on fire!” says Martha Hunt, whipping her ponytail back and forth. Here, in a sun-drenched Bowery studio, the Victoria’s Secret Angel is trying out Surfset, a surf-inspired workout class that uses a custom-built balance-training board to mimic the ocean’s waves. Having just returned from a trip to Oahu, where she successfully surfed for the first time, Hunt is keen on honing her skills. “I got up on my first wave, actually, and my face turned from absolute fear, with my eyes bulging out, to complete wonder,” she says. “Now I want to surf all the time, and am looking for that core-balancing workout.”
Enter Aaron Thouvenin, Surfset New York City cofounder, who is here to lead Hunt through the class’s cardio, strength, and balance-building method. “As a surfer in the Northeast, none of us get out in the water as much as we’d like, but this is a good way to keep your skills up,” he says. As the two practice pop-ups and duck dives, mimicking techniques used in the ocean, Hunt shares that she’s already planning a second trip to Costa Rica this spring—and that at dinner with Helena Christensen, she learned that the Danish super had just started surfing, too. “We’re making surfing cool,” she says, laughing. “No, it was already cool.” That may be true—but watching Hunt gracefully twist along the board, she makes a good case for the sport’s body-transformative powers.
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