Newquay

5 Stages of a Surf Lesson

At Ticket To Ride Surf School, we provide the highest quality Surf Lessons based on the ISA “ABC” beginner Lesson structure. Many of our coaches have undergone the ISA Level one course with us on our Surf Adventures we run twice a year in South Africa & Sri Lanka.  If you’re on the fence about […]

How To Pick The BEST Beginner Surfboard

So many people have started surfing in the last couple of years, especially here in the UK with lots of us heading to the coast for our ‘staycations’ during the fun, fun COVID times. If you’re new to surfing then there is an awful lot to learn, one being which surfboard to use. And let’s […]

Julian’s Top 5 Tips for Beginner Surfers

There’s no denying that surfing is tricky stuff. Actually it is really hard work, it’s a sport where you are always progressing, you never hit a point where you are like “ok that’s me done, I’m the best I can be” which is awesome but can be quite frustrating and even more so when you […]

Best Job in The World? Meet Jeffa

Meet Jeffa in part four of our Best Job in The World series of interviews. Jeffa is the Ticket to Ride poster child, a straight A* student who has decided to delay University to take a couple of years enjoying the Ticket to Ride way of life, traveling South Africa, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Costa Rica […]

Best Job in the World? Meet Katie

For the second instalment of our ‘Best Job in The World’ series of interviews, meet Katie. A previous Ticket to Ride customer turned TTRide Surf Instructor turned TTRide sales legend! 1. *Name and job* Katie Mousley, Surf School Sales Manager 2. *Sum yourself up in three words* Fun loving animal 3. *Sum your job up […]

Advanced Beginner Coaching Weekend with Sam Lamiroy

This Autumn we are excited to announce the launch of our first Advanced Beginner Surf Coaching weekend with the legendary Sam Lamiroy, September 25th – 27th, £149pp. The weekend is tailored for orange iAM Bands surfers, basically any surfer who is past the novice stage and is catching waves under control, but needs guidance on […]

Sam Lamiroy Longboard Coaching Weekend

Our annual Longboard coaching weekend in Newquay this October 2nd – 4th is being held by the legendary Sam Lamiroy, costs just £149pp and will take your logging up a notch by covering surfing technique (cross stepping, nose riding, generating speed, etc), fitness in surfing, board design, surfing psychology, oceanography and more. Two nights twin […]

Performance Surfboard & Wetsuit hire

What’s that you spy? Yes it is not one but two racks full of genuinely good surfboards. SUPERbrand, DHD‘s, Firewire, Nigel Semmens, Cord, Luke Young, Matt Barrow, Simon Anderson, Laminations, Endevour, Chilli, even a few NSP‘s for the intermediate beginners. Ranging from 5’3 to 8ft, we’ve got the lot for you to use as we […]

GROM CLUB

Just in case you didn’t know a “Grom” is a surfer’s term for young surfer and we’ve had a whole bunch of Groms coming to our weekly Grom Club all year round, but we’ve recently refurbed and expanded the surf schools meaning we can take on more of you little surfing rugrats. Whether you are […]

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Reviews!

  • star rating  Charlie did a great job of giving my daughter the confidence to get up into a standing position on the board
    A perfect balance of patience and encouragement - thank... read more

    suhneooaqq
    March 31, 2024
  • star rating  We just wanted to say a huge thank you to Ru for a fantastic family lesson today. He gave us the best tuition and unfaltering support in the waves, especially... read more

    heatherwM1372TJ
    October 25, 2023
  • star rating  Booked a 2 hour private with Ru and I couldn’t fault him! I have never surfed before and I felt Ru adapted the ways to help me learn best. 100%... read more

    Leah M
    October 25, 2023
  • star rating  had a really good lesson today. I haven't surfed for a few years due to illness and lost my confidence. I had my lesson today with Rory and he was... read more

    maxinef2019
    October 11, 2023
  • star rating  We had a fantastic experience learning how to surf. Charlie was a patient and experienced teacher who always encouraged you, even if you fell off everytime like I did. We... read more

    Claire B
    September 16, 2023