Surf Camp Includes...
- 3 full hours of instruction per day for 4 days
- Transportation to and from Beach
- Surfboard or body board
- Surf Camp T-Shirt
- Photo Package (optional)
- DVD Video Package (optional)
Camps cost $250 and run Monday through Thursday (please note exceptions on Calendar) from 8:00 to 11:00 am. We meet each morning at Access 39 at the South end of Wrightsville Beach near Crystal Pier.
What to Expect?
An experience you will never forget!
Summer Surfing Camp is an excellent way to start as a beginner or take your skills
to the next level or all the way to Competition.
We teach all ages, Youth, Teens and Adults, Girls, Boys, Moms and Dads. This is
a family affair for us and we invite you to participate to your comfort level. We
have surfboards sized for you and also body boards available for the very timid
that are learning about catching waves for the first time. We have safely and successfully
taught boys and girls as young as 6 (if they are very motivated) and as old as 60.
The safety information and wave knowledge we teach is unique to our camp. Many of
the instructional techniques and language have been developed over many years of
actual experience in the surf teaching and observing with a teacher's eye. It is
one thing to be able to surf, but knowing the how to language and techniques is a special
skill.
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Surf Camp Details
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Students learn basic surfing skills in five days such as surfing safety and etiquette,
situational ocean awareness, paddling, catching waves, standing, balancing, and
turning. Ed Pickett's famous "beach lesson" begins the week. Focusing on safety techniques,
Ed uses role play on land to emphasize the importance of applying these safety techniques
in the ocean. On land, students learn paddling form, practice pop-ups and experiential
safety techniques.
 As students progress each day, the beach lesson shortens, always reviewing safety
skills, and students increase their surf time. Students learn to navigate through
the shore break, paddle, and sit on their boards. Each instructor guides three students
into waves, coaching the students through progressive skill exercises. Each day,
students build upon the skills of the previous lessons, and soon learn to catch
waves by themselves. We provide a safe atmosphere that builds community.
Next comes the thrill of standing, balancing, turning, and linking turns. Some campers
choose to spend several weeks per summer surfing with us, and return for following
summers. Instructors expand the students’ foundation during consecutive weeks, teaching
students how to properly execute turns and how to link maneuvers into a flowing
dance that comprises surfing. Students will practice and master progressive skills,
connecting basic turns with advanced maneuvers to maximize wave performance, grounded
by safety awareness techniques.
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2010 Camp Schedule
SURF CAMP EXTENDED 2 WEEKS!
Now Open Until August 20th
Bold dates indicate camp dates
Camp Times
Camps run Monday through Thursday from 8:00 to 11:00 am. This year we're saving Friday for Drop-ins, Extra Lessons, and rain dates. Feel free to show up on Fridays!
Camp Cost
All Surf Camps are $250 per week. Friday Drop-ins are $50.
Camp Location
Camps and surf lessons take place Wrightsville Beach Access 39. More location and directions info...
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The Next Level
Intermediate to Advanced
After learning the basics of getting out to the surf, sitting,
lining up on the wave, catching small waves, standing up on your own, and riding
straight, you're ready for THE NEXT LEVEL.
These lessons are about having
more fun surfing. We will learn the four basic turns, frontside bottom turn, front
side top turn, backside bottom turn and backside top turn. You will develop power and speed in turns, practice floaters, cutbacks, tube rides, and many more. We will coach you into performing these functional maneuvers by practicing balance and compression/extension.
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