Joey D works with pro surfer Jensen Callaway...

Yesterday's blog was running a bit long as I was trying to talk both Bridgestone and Reno, so I wanted to save this D1-related tidbit for today.

During the off-week last week I had the opportunity to work with my "nephew" Jensen Callaway, an up-and-coming surfer. I used quotations because he's not really my nephew, but he's like family to me and I was changing his diapers when he was fresh out of his mother's womb. His folks Rob and Rhonda are dear friends of mine and I've watched Jensen grow up from day one. Now I'm seeing him blossom into a world-class athlete right before my very eyes.

I've spent a fair share of time letting the readers know about my recently-opened D1 Athletics facility and I've talked about the caliber of athlete we'll be training on site. Besides my PGA Tour pros and other elite professionals, D1 is home to up and coming talent like Jensen and all other biomechanical applications.

Jensen has traveled the world, highly ranked as junior pro surfer. As he's ready to take things to that next level and is preparing to join the ASP World Tour, Jensen and I have reconnected and we're getting him biomechanically ready for the challenge of a lifetime.

I look forward to posting some video in the coming weeks regarding our sessions. This stuff is going to blow your mind. For me as a coach, it's been invigorating to implement so many new techniques. We're opening this world of biomechanics and balance, pushing the outer limits of surfing, proving how these exercises play into the sport.

Strength, upper body/lower body coordination, feet planted, hips pivoting and moving... when you're in the moment, all body parts functioning together and a wave jolts you - you have to understand how far you can go outside the limits of balance.

Balance is effected many different ways. Through a few sessions last week, we started to realize that when you close your eyes and you stand on one foot or try to find your balance, it's night and day from your eyes being open. We're exploring things with Jensen that we're going to report here in the blog in the coming months.

We're pushing some serious limits here and Jensen is beyond fired up with these initial results. We're bringing balance, explosion and strength into the world of surfing at a level that's never been done before. Stay tuned... and for more on my boy Jensen, check out the video below. - Joey D.