SERVICES
Surf Class Adults
Simo is an experienced, qualified surf instructor and coach, with over 35 years of surfing experience behind him. For many years he has been teaching surfing at all levels, from beginners to advanced. Also, he has been working in surfclubs coaching the surf athletes. With Simo everyone can make progress in surfing, regardless of his age, fitness level, technical skills, etc. Learning the proper technique from the beginning provides a faster progress.
Lessons for beginners focus on introduction to the surfing basics – surfing equipment, proper way of laying on the board, efficient paddling, positioning the board in relation to the waves, standing up. After practising techniques on the beach, you will learn in the white water how to control your board, stand up on small waves, keep the balance, how to catch and ride a wave. You will be improving with time, developing techniques that work for you, paying attention to important details such as precise placing your feet, paddling and timing the wave, initiating and pulling off a pop up to a balanced stance etc., building strenght and muscle memory.
For more advanced surfers who are able to catch the white water waves and occasionally the unbroken green waves by themselves, lessons include further improvement of surfing technique, introduction to front and back side turns, catching and riding green waves. At his point it is essential to learn about factors affecting the waves such as swell, wind, tides, current, under water topography, shape of the shoreline. Reading waves enables surfers to recognize the right spot and to pick the right waves to surf.
Progressing to a more advanced surfing level means spending a lot of time in the water paddling out, overcoming waves, controlling your surfboard in the lineup, reading and selecting waves, understanding surf etiquette and priority rules, perfecting your pop up and timing, mastering turns and maneuvers on the waves. Photo and video analysis may be a perfect way to improve your technique. Reviewing and discussing videos with Simo will show your strenghts and weaknesses, he will indicate areas you need to focus on to see improvement in your surfing skills. Sometimes correction of small details can make a big difference to your surfing performance.
Surf Class Kids
For kids the most important thing is to have fun! With surfing it is not different. Children love to spend time on the beach, play with sand and swim. Introducing surfing to them can be even more exciting!
Generally, children learn and develop their skills very fast, they also have great balance.
Surfing can be a joyful sport for kids who feel comfortable in water. While surfing, they will learn to respect the ocean and nature, start to treat it as their natural environment. Also they will be introduced to sport and active lifestyle.
Surfing is a kind of sport training both mind and body. Without noticing it kids improve their motor skills, balance, coordination and concentration. They may better cope with stress and anxiety, problems with self-confidence.
Every kid is unique, and so must experience surfing and ocean at it’s own pace, as fun activity, without any pushing and without being afraid. It is important never to force children to get into the water. In every case it is essential to make sure that the child is able to swim and all health issues must be discussed for kids safety.
There are different ways to introduce kids to surfing, depending on the age of the child.
Small kids will be happy to discover the ocean and the world of surfing by playing with a surfboard one the beach and in the water. Little older can try bodyboarding, and at the age of about 3 years old they can start standing up on the board and catching their first waves. always with a supervising teacher holding them.
Older chilren, about 4-7 years old might have greater confidence in water. They develop motor skills very fast trying to stand up on the boards, catch the waves and experience ocean in their own way, with help of the teacher.
For kids about 8-12 years old surfing can be a great fun activity. At this age children start to be able to paddle and catch the waves by themselves.
Teenagers might start to condsider surfing as a sport, they are able to surf more independently. They set and achieve their own goals, still being closely supervised by the experienced teacher for safety.
Guiding
Simo has been surfing the waves of Moroccan coastline for over 30 years. Surfcoast became his natural environment, he knows every place and all the surfspots. Also, he knows nearly all Moroccan surfers, having been teaching the best of them. Surfing with Simo as a guide provides unusual possibilities to explore the best Moroccan spots and to catch the best Moroccan waves.
Guiding is a great option for advanced surfers to experience new places with great waves. They will be taken to various surfspots, some of them famous, some of them uncrowded and hidden, always depending on current weather conditions. The decision, which place to choose, is made every day in the morning after carefull checking wind, temperature of water, swell, tide etc. Simo confirms current surfconditions at different spots by calling his friends at these places.
Guiding, for some people, means taking surfers to the place with best surfing conditions, showing the spot and the waves, without going with them into the water. For Simo, the idea of guiding is different.
Guiding means going with the surfers into the water, protecting them from rocks and other dangers, explaining issues concerning currents, sandbanks or winds for their safety. Surfing together with his guests he makes sure, that they are doing well in the water. He also gives some technical instructions to improve their surfing skills.
Since practically all surfers in Morocco know Simo, they respect him and his guests. Surfing with Simo means no trouble with locals in the water. Paddling close to him, you will be free to get your wave.
Surf Safari
On request.