The International Surfing Association (ISA) defines surfing as all wave riding activities on any type of waves and all flat water activities using wave riding equipment. As there are several wave riding sports, this work addresses the teaching methodology of those sports in which we paddle and move in the sea lying down on our surfboard and surf the waves standing up, as happens in shortboarding or longboarding. As a relatively recent sport, surfing still lacks a consensual teaching methodology, motivated above all by the reduced amount of existing research that supports the systematization of the approach to techniques and that supports all coaches’ decisions during the teaching process. Following this line of reasoning, this study proposes a systematization of a progressive organization to the approach to surfing initiation. The methodology of this work involved the identification of all the techniques to be mastered until the end of the beginner level and their organization into different teaching phases, each phase characterized by different objectives, adaptations, and techniques. Three major phases have been identified: Adaptation Phase, White Waves Phase, and Green Waves Phase. These phases are further divided into sub-phases that in some cases are repeated but in different environments. Its operationalization begins with the first phase of differentiated adaptation to the environment and equipment, passing through the pedagogical approach of surfing in flat surface (white waters) and ending with the transition to the outside and the complexity of the unbroken waves. With this proposal, we intend to present the methodology of organization of the contents that best adapts to the majority of practitioners. Knowing that each coach has his way of working, this work presents a model that is flexible and seeks to emphasize the discussion and deeper investigation of the various tasks inherent to the practice of surfing.