We’ve come up with the perfect mini-gap or career break experience to improve your surfing and give you the qualification to become a BSA Level 1 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 course is a 2 week intensive performance course to improve your surfing and ensure you’re up to the challenge. After the 2 weeks you’ll be assessed by one of the most reputable and experienced BSA coaches the UK has to offer.
Week 1
Each morning will start with a sunrise morning exercise session. Techniques for stretching, stamina improvement and muscle building will all be covered as will the importance of a good warm up before any surfing.
After a quick dip in the ocean in front of the Surf Villa, breakfast will be served. Fresh Orange Juice, coffee, cereals, croissants, fruits, bread and spreads are on the menu as you re-fuel on our roof terrace ready for a day’s surf.
Come 9:30, you’ll leave the camp and the morning lessons begin. The basics of surfing will be briefly re-visited to ensure everyone is on the same page and bad habits will be wheedled out and quashed. After this brief revision the instructor will take you through a variety of areas including the theory of a wave, wave choice, riding along the wave, turning left and right, techniques for paddling out in larger swell and how to deal with different breaks.
Lunch is served at the beach.
The afternoon is used to practice the morning’s lesson. There will be time for one-on-one sessions, extra tips, video analysis and time in the water with the instructor to see how the pros do it!
Back to the Villa around 5:30pm for a bit of down time to explore the town, chill out, or go for an evening session at Hash Point – right in front of the villa!
A hearty Moroccan dinner is served with the days video analysis being played with the instructor taking you through your footage. There really isn’t anything better for your surfing than to see exactly what your doing wrong and someone telling you how to improve there and then.
Week 2
Time for a little surfari! A trip down south is on the cards. The unspoilt, undiscovered and un-crowded breaks of Tifnit, Sidi Bibi or Mirleft are perfect to practice, practice and practice again what’s been covered in the previous weeks lessons. Again video analysis is used for instruction.
Back to Taghazout on the third day 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!
The last couple of days of the week will be spent in Immsoune – the beautiful little fishing village about 90km north. Perfect right hand mellow breaks and the big wave spot Cathedrals should be ideal to bring everything that’s been learnt in the course of the 2 weeks ready for the assessment.
Who’s the instructor?
Hicham is possibly the smiliest man in Morocco! And who wouldn’t be if you could surf like he can. Give him something that resembles a board, and something that resembles a wave and he’ll be off. He is a laid back character that has surfed all of his life. He devotes most of his spare time to the development of the Imouran surf club, a small charity surf association, helping kids learn to surf.
What’s the accommodation like?
The surf camp is located in the sleepy little fishing village of Taghazout - a real traveling surfers paradise. Surf shops and cafes line the one main road as moronic heards of goats amble the side streets and climb the argan trees. The camp is right on Hash Point – honestly you can’t get closer to the surf if you tried! You’ll wake up each morning to the azure blue ocean at your doorstep peppered with hundreds of fishing boats bringing in the mornings catch.
The beds are bunk beds in our 4 person dorms. There’s a bathroom for each dorm so you aren’t sharing with too many people and we have a full time cleaner who cleans the bathrooms twice a day. Each level of our surf villa has it’s own private terrace if you want a bit of down time to just watch the waves and chill out.
Insurance Assessment
In addition to successfully completing the BSA Surf Coach Assessment candidates will also need to obtain a lifesaving award from the SLSA or RLSS. Awards that are accepted by the BSA are:
SLSA Surf Coach Lifesaving Award
SLSA Beach Lifeguard Award / Professional Lifeguard Award
RLSS Beach Lifeguard Award / Professional Lifeguard Award
Don’t worry though – we can help you arrange these no problem, and with any luck after our intenstive performance course – these will be a doddle!
Date Available:
Performance Course: 15th-28th Feb 2010
BSA Assessment: 1st-4th March
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