ASP pro surfers Tim Reyes and Jordy Smith keep fit with Bikram 'Hot' Yoga

Yoga and surfing share a common bond—both are considered a spiritual pursuit, but without spiritualism being necessary. Both require balance, strength, and poise, but in the case of Bikram Yoga (or “Hot Yoga”), there is one significant difference: temperature. Recently Timmy Reyes has included Hot Yoga¹ into his training schedule and has recruited Jordy Smith as his sidekick. Despite being new to it, both credit Hot Yoga with helping their surfing in numerous ways.

Naturally, their training—that of highly paid professional athletes, I feel compelled to remind you—became a perfect place for a poor, office-bound desk-jockey to dive into another surf-tip experiment in the service of you, dear reader. Past experiments have seen me do a lot of whining about sweat and tears and so on, but this time the whining felt legitimate. There was a lot of sweat, although I will deny the tears.