BECOME A BSA SURF INSTRUCTOR

We’ve come up with the perfect mini-gap or career break experience to improve your surfing and give you the qualification to become an internationally recognised surf instructor! What’s more is that it all happens in the sun spoilt coastline of south Morocco, in the perfectly located surf town of Taghazout just north of Agadir.

The outline for the 2 and a half week course is a Moroccan ‘Surfari’ for the first week to lesser known locations along the coastline to experience perfect, un-crowded waves so to get back into surfing and get to the level required for a BSA level 2 assessment. Come the second week and the assessments begin; first the BSA assessment, and second the SLS lifesavers assessment to give you the vital second part to becoming an internationally recognised surf instructor.

The dates this year are 13th February 2011 - 3rd March 2011.

Week One:

You’ll arrive on the Sunday evening and have a freshly prepared welcome dinner at the camp. After breakfast on Monday you start your surfari! We take you down south and up north in search of un-crowded, unspoilt and perfectly formed waves. The beautiful fishing village of Immsoune is on the cards first with it’s obscenely long right hand point break and big northly facing beach. You will stay in one of the hostels there, eat freshly caught fish from the markets, and surf all day.

After two nights, you’ll slowly make your way back down to Taghazout. Thursday is a day of Surfing in Taghazout. Our guide will take you to one of the many spots that litter the Agadir coastline in search of the best waves of the day.

Come 5pm we will be here to take you down south, to some of the most un-crowded waves Morocco has to offer. You know you’re getting off the beaten when you can only get to the breaks via a 4x4! You’ll stay in the surf accommodation down there, have freshly made fish or meat tagines for lunch and dinner and search out the best breaks of the day with the local knowledge of the surf accommodation owners – beaches and reefs galore!

Back up to the camp for early sunday evening for dinner and bed ready to start the assessments the following day.

Week Two:

Monday – Friday: SLS surf lifesavers course.
Saturday: SLS surf lifesavers assessment.
Sunday: Time for a well deserved rest. Go and visit the Souks in Agadir, see the water falls at Paradise Valley, have a massage, do some yoga, ride a camel, or a quad bike! The possibilities are endless. Or – surf some more!
Monday – Wednesday: BSA Level 2 surf instructors qualification.
On successful completion of the BSA Level 2 (Level 1 not necessarily a pre-requisite) surf instructor award, candidates will be able to:

• Coach a group of surfers with out supervision.

• Understand the ethical coaching process, the needs of surfers and related issues in Sports Science.
• Plan, conduct and review a series of coaching sessions in a systematic and progressive manner.
• Coach a programme of improvers to ride the open wave face with progressive and correctly timed turns.
• Promote and establish positive working relationships and high standards of behavior
• Ensure health and safety of all surfers
• Promote surfing in a positive manner
• Demonstrate an understanding of advanced surfing principals

What Pre-requisites Are Needed?

• Candidates must be able to show confidence in the water and the ability to catch a green wave of at least one metre and surf left and right.
• Some form of coaching experience in any sport is a pre-requisite. This doesn’t have to be backed up with qualifications, but references will be needed. This can be anything from professional coaching experience, to for example, School football coaching.
• Complete a swim of 200m
• 18 years +

NOTE: CANDIDATES MUST ALSO COMPLETE IN THEIR OWN TIME A BSA RECOGNISED CRB CHECK AND 40 HOURS OF SURF COACHING BEFORE THEIR QUALIFICATION IS VALID.

How much does this cost and what’s included?

Surfari:
£400 (£300 if booked with assessments)– Includes:

• Accomodation in shared room
• Breakfast, lunch and dinner
• Surf Guiding to the best spots for the day
• Airport transfers

Suppliments:

• £10 a day for kit hire (board and suit)
• £10 a day for surf instruction

Doesn’t include:

• Flights
• Insurance

Assessment:
£1300 – Includes:

• Accomodation in shared room
• Breakfast and lunch everyday
• BSA Level 2 course and assessment
• SLS lifeguarding course and assessment
• Airport transfers

Suppliments:

• £10 a day for kit hire (board and suit)
• £8 per evening meal at the surf camp

Doesn’t include:

• Flights
• Insurance
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