Surf schools.

[chris fixxy]

What would you reccomend?

For how long? - is it worth making a week of it as opposed to a weekend.

Learning abroad in warmer waters?

help.

thanks.

[Dr Rev]

Depends on where you want to surf, Newquay has great surf schools.

Are you new to surfing ? If so a weeks course might be ok, but like most things you have pratice, pratice , pratice !

Good luck

[chris fixxy]

i used to surf when i was a nipper (16 ish), but its about ten years on now

I keep thinking of trying to get down to bournemouth to have a few lessons as i am spending a few weeks in newquay over the summer.

I am also looking into an october sort of time trip to morocco.

[TicTac]

I went to a surf school down at Perranporth its right on the beach and there lessons were really good and they weren't that pricey either, definitely worth looking in to.

[intothewave1985]

theres an awesome article on this subject in this months issue of transworld surf magazine.

[drowningbitbybit]

Not that I know flesh all about lessons.... never had one... (hence very slow learning curve!)

But, if I was starting I'd book myself a weekend (avoid bournemouth for learning, its not consistent enough) to learn the basics, then practise those basics. THEN take some more lessons once I was happy popping up etc.

Doing a weeks course would, I imagine, be very hard work physically and not necessarily get you there any quicker.

No point in trying to rush learning - it takes flippin' ages!

[Adrenaline Fueled]

What I did, which seemed to work out for me fine:
Started off messing around in the white water on a friends board. I then devoured a book on surfing (Surfing: A Beginners Manual)
and practiced pop ups. Then, I booked a 1 hour lesson at perranporth. The instructor had a look at my 'surfing' and pointed out the mistakes I was making.

From then on, I just worked at putting what i'd learnt into practice. Maybe I would have progressed further with more lessons, and I may well take some more lessons later this year to improve my surfing. But all in all, it's worked out pretty well for me.