Reviews
Sunday Times Travel Supplement (6/6/10)
'Don't try to teach yourself - even a two hour lesson will set you up with the core surfing skills for life. I learnt to surf at Godrevy Beach, near Hayle, in Cornwall and that's a star place for novices. It's an immense sweep of sand with a lighthouse on the point and a resident seal colony. They often swim around your board. The lighthouse end is great for learners, the other is for savvy surfers - really good barrels roll in off the sandbank there.'
Robyn recommends the Gwithian Academy of Surfing which has lessons from £30 and flats from £69 per night.
Robyn Davies - A five time British surfing champion and surf project co-ordinator for the National Trust
Sunday Telegraph Travel Supplement (1/8/10)
Through the windows of the Tate can be seen the other side of local culture – surfers, bobbing like black seals in the white water. It had to be done – so off we went to GAS, the Gwithian Academy of Surfing. Equipped with wetsuits and boards, we followed our instructor Chris down to the beach to be confronted by some large waves.
But as anyone who has ever tried it will tell you, surfing is totally addictive once you're in the water. It's surprisingly easy to get going, given the right conditions and a bit of sensible instruction.
The twins wanted more the next day and so did I....Just wanted to drop you two a quick email to say thanks for a great couple of hours on Saturday, never believed that I would be standing up by the end of my first lesson. Can't wait to get back down to the beach for another lesson and a bit more time in the water, hopefully with slightly bigger waves.
P.S. how do I tell my girl friend she's about to become a surf widow?
Phil
hi ya, came from penryn college on wednesday last week - was my first time a surfing and i LOVED it. thanx.
fern pannell
p.s. c u on wednesday
Tyson
Thank you for the excellent lessons we had with Chris, his help and encouragement made for great surfing for my son and I.
Unfortunately we went home early due to our tent being flooded out, next year please ensure the weather is back to normal!
Thanks again, we’ll be back.
Brian & Robert Turner
Hello Tyson
Doesn't seem like a week since we were at Gwithian - I had a more successful day last Friday and was managing to stay upright longer (but not very elegantly). Just like to say Thankyou to everyone at GAS - Mark, Alice, Bentley, Rob, Ian - the surfing was brilliant and we all really enjoyed it. Everyone was really helpful. Doubtless will see you again, I'm itching to give it another try.
Thanks again,
Kim.
Hi,
Just wanted to send a big thanks for the surfing tuition on our holiday in August. The weather was awful but the surfing was the saving grace of the holiday.
We thought Bob was a good instructor and the safety aspect was very re-assuring as some of our group were quite young.
Kind regards,
Amanda Woodroof.
To everyone at GAS:
I would like to give a huge thank you for helping me have the best holiday I have had in a long time. The accommodation was perfect, if anything too large for me alone and the coaching standard can be proved by the results. Although I have a long way to go I feel as though I am surfing! And more that I had fun and the hard work never got in the way of that.
My only suggestion is would be to have a bus and train timetable on hand for those who don't have their own transport.
And a village store, but hopefully in a few years I could take care of that and fulfill a new beach life dream!!!
Thank you so much GAS
Chris Smith
Hello,
I just wanted to say thank you for the great trip that we had this weekend!
It was really fun to learn how to surf and one of the most fantastic weekends I've had I think! I'm hoping to do a bit of surfing on holiday in America this summer, should be fun, and I'll definitely be coming back to Cornwall another time!
Thanks for being great instructors and nice blokes and helpful since I'm deaf and i was worried that i wouldn't be able to follow instructions but it all worked out fine!
regards, Katie
Good afternoon Tyson,
I just wanted to say that the surf lesson my friend Hayley and I had yesterday morning was brilliant, it was really enjoyable and your team who teach the classes are so friendly, helpful and just fab. Your classes were very professional and it was nice how everyone in the group was very social.
I really enjoyed myself and really enjoyed practicing after the lesson had finished.
This is something I am definitely going to continue to practice as it something I really enjoyed.
I am hoping to come down again later in the year and will be telling all my friends about your academy as a place to go and learn.
Have a super day, I hope the sunshine is still beautiful.
Best wishes
Emilly
Dear Tyson
I am writing in thanks for all your support with the Sportlink Project. Over the five years we have successfully reached over 660 young people, and this would not have been possible without the help and support of local sports and lesiure clubs.
This project benefitted young people by increasing their self confidence, self esteem, motivation and most importantly made it possible for them to achieve positive futures.
Thank you once again, Rebecca
Rebecca Frost, The Bishop's Forum Sportlink Project