Instructor Profile: John, Senior Instructor

John is 29 and originally comes from 'Up North', Manchester and started surfing in 1996. John Studied Sport and Excercise science at university and went on to be a fitness instructor in Manchester before making the move to Devon in 2006, to start work at Surf South West. He has travelled to France, Lanzarote, Spain, Costa Rica, Ecuador,El salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Brazil, Chile, New Zealand, Australia and Indonesia. John surf's a 6'0 short board and a longboard. He is a qualified NARS Beach Lifeguard and BSA Level 3 coach and a trainer and assessor for the British Surfing Association.



" Just a quick word of thanks for your part in making our time in Lanzarote such a great success. We had a brilliant time which exceeded both our expectations. We were both impressed by your instructors approach; they both struck an excellent balance between providing professional coaching guidance whilst also being very approachable, encouraging and supportive with respect to their offers of help. We both feel we benefited considerably given our lack of ability. I personally feel that I progressed more in my time with them in five days in the water than I have over the last six months faffing around trying to teach myself! "

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