SURF LESSONS
Surf lessons for beginners, intermediate and advanced surfers
Want to learn to surf or improve your technique? WE RIDE surf courses in Versilia are organised for beginners, intermediate and advanced surfers, with one-to-one or group lessons.
From your first pop-up to reading the waves and manoeuvres, see the programme for your level below. The school is based in Forte dei Marmi and Viareggio: contact the instructors to choose your lesson and check availability and sea conditions.
Choose an open session in the calendar. Lessons are confirmed depending on sea conditions.
WHAT is your surfing level?
BEGINNERS
The beginner course is ideal both for those who are completely new to surfing and for those who have surfed before and want to refresh their knowledge. During the course you will get familiar with the equipment and receive your first instructions on wave dynamics, winds, currents and the hazards of the sea. On the practical side, we will focus on paddling, the pop-up and the turtle roll.
What you will learn:
Introduction to surf equipment, water safety, understanding currents and strategies for handling them, learning basic paddling technique, pop-up drills, surfing your first white water and reforming waves.
Techniques for getting through the white water without losing your board, correcting and improving your stance, setting up your first turns, surfing diagonally along the wave while staying in the white water, and balancing your weight correctly to speed up or slow down the board.
INTERMEDIATE
The intermediate course is designed for people who have already completed the beginner level or who can already stand up and surf waves in the white water. You will get used to shorter, less buoyant boards, learn to read the waves on your own and, above all, to trim along the wave to gain speed on the face.
What you will learn:
Advanced techniques for getting past the waves, including an introduction to the duck dive and the turtle roll, turning the board effectively while seated to catch more waves, more advanced paddling, better reading of sea conditions, and building the speed needed for your first changes of direction and basic manoeuvres.
ADVANCED
The advanced course is ideal for anyone who has completed the intermediate level or who can already stand up and surf green waves and wants to take on more challenging surf. You will learn to make your take-off as fast as possible and to set up more radical manoeuvres. The goal is to develop advanced command of manoeuvres, allowing surfers to explore new moves and keep refining their own surfing style.
What you will learn:
In the advanced course you will gain the ability to tackle the line-up in more demanding sea conditions, mastering the take-off on steep waves and perfecting even more radical manoeuvres. You will work in depth on paddling technique, staying efficient even in the challenges of ocean waves, so you can get the most out of advanced surfing.
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FORTE DEI MARMI
Bagno Piero
Viale della Repubblica 100
Giorgio Bascialla
+39 339 5248200
VIAREGGIO
Bagno Milena
Terrazza della Repubblica 31
Marco Romano
+39 380 4962342
