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the classes you are interested in.  

Surf Camp photos are available at www.riptidephoto.com

 
How we are different than other surf camps: 


      We have the most experience, this summer will  be the Hermosa Beach Chevron 
Surf Camps 20th year!   We have been teaching surfing professionally for 23 years. 
Join over 8000 happy students! 
     All of our paid instructors are adults and  experienced surfers. Many other camps 
use kids and  beginning surfers as employees. Most of our instructors have been with 
us for many years. They are among the  highest paid in the industry.            
     Five of our instructors work in the local public  schools. Two of them have California 
Teaching  Credentials and one is finishing a Master Degree in  Special Education. Two 
others work as special education assistants. 
     Two of our instructors are Red Cross Lifeguards  and swimming teachers. Our younger 
teachers were in the surf camp for years and on their high school surf team.   
     We carry a lesson plan on the beach in a ziplock  bag. It is available on our web site 
in the image gallery. It is a work in progress and we update it. Do other camps have lesson 
plans or make them easy  to view? 
     We have created many new instructional strategies  to help students learn surfing 
quicker and safer. We  videotape the classes to check on the effectiveness of  our teaching 
techniques. 
      We treat students as individual learners and use  strategies from regular and special 
education teacher training. We set high goals and check often for  understanding. We 
change the lesson as water conditions dictate or as needed to improve instruction. 
     Our location south of the Hermosa Pier has smaller waves and rip tides than Manhattan 
Beach. Hermosa is  also less crowded with expert surfers and swimmers than Manhattan 
and Redondo making it a fun, safe place to learn.  
     Hermosa has less shore-break (waves that break real close to shore in shallow water) 
than Redondo and Torrance beaches making for longer and safer rides.  
      We are located between the the L.A. County Lifeguard Southern Headquarters at the 
Hermosa Pier and the 10th street lifeguard tower for safety. Our surf  camp has an easy, 
safe drop off location and plenty of parking.  Bathrooms and showers are located at the pier. 
      Surfboard, bodyboard, wetsuit  and bicycle rentals are available nearby. Enjoy the waves
or ride the famous 28 mile bike path! Many great family owned restaurants, taverns and eclectic 
shops are within walking distance!