A recent study has reportedly found the economic value of the mental health benefits of surfing in an attempt to quantify the benefits.

Local surf coach and Western Australian surfing veteran, Ian ‘Wooly’ Macpherson, says surfing is one of the sports where an individual is “just in the moment”.

“When you stand up and catch a wave, you’re not really thinking about what’s going on at work or what your last business thing was all about, that’s for sure,” he told 6PR Afternoons.

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