4 Day Progressive Surf Camp with Video Coaching, Photos, and Garden BBQ in Newquay, Cornwall, UK

Coaching you to become a better surfer

New to surfing

You’ve never surfed before or maybe tried it just a few times, and want a total recap. You’ve seen lots of surf schools at the beach, but you want to make sure that you pick the right one. Well, you’ve come to the right place.

At Base Surf Lodge, their main priority is quality, not quantity. As a small, independent surf school, the group sizes are always small, too. This allows their surf coaches to really focus on each individual in the group and give tailored feedback. From years of experience, the coaches are masters of being able to adapt their coaching techniques to give each guest their best chance of smooth progression.

Base Surf Lodge will supply you with the perfect beginner surf equipment to get you started. Once you’ve received your wetsuit and surfboard, the equipment will be free to use throughout your stay. This will give you the opportunity to stay longer at the beach after your lessons, or head back down later in the day, if you just can’t get enough. After all, practice makes perfect!

Warning: Once you start surfing, you may be hooked for life!

Surfed before

You’ve surfed a good few times before and have found a new love for the sport. You have pretty much mastered standing up in whitewater and riding to the shore. You’ve seen surfers out back riding along waves and are now super keen to be out there with them.

Base Surf Lodge knows that this is such an exciting stage of learning to surf and, as every surfer knows, the first green wave you ride along will be in your memory forever. This is also the most critical time in your surfing career to learn the correct fundamentals. With the right knowledge and skillset, you will be able to progress your surfing safely, effectively, and efficiently, without creating any pesky bad habits.

This is where Base Surf Lodge comes in. In their surf lessons, you will learn proper technique for paddling out, positioning, wave reading, surfing etiquette, and how to take off on unbroken waves. Get these right, and your progress will fly through the roof.

Experienced surfer

Surfing is no longer just an occasional hobby. It’s sneaking in to become part of your life. You’ve devoted all holidays to the ocean and can’t stop scrolling through surf media. You are starting to catch green waves and ride along in one or maybe both directions already.

You may even be able to link some turns, but you are super keen on getting better and are fed up with typical surf lessons being all the same. Base Surf Lodge hears you!

From years of experience working for many surf schools, they know the deal. This is why they have focused their energy on creating the perfect intermediate lessons.

They’ve taken inspiration from some of the best: Chris Mills, also known as Surf Strength Coach; the legend that is Taylor Knox; and the surf guru Brad Gerlach (if you haven’t heard of them, look them up as they all have incredible home surf workout programmes that definitely complement Base Surf Lodge's coaching).

From constantly training and learning themselves, Base Surf Lodge is able to adapt its coaching to suit every individual’s learning style and ability. In the lessons, they incorporate a lot of land-based training and basic movement skills. This enables them to consistently practice their surfing without always having to wait for the perfect wave.

With this land-based training, you and they will be able to work together and take a closer look at your technique, then focus on specific areas of your surfing that need improving. Through taking a deeper look into your own ability, you will also gain valuable knowledge and a much better understanding of why things go well or not so well when in the water.

In each lesson, you will use your time in the water to focus on fun practice. Base Surf Lodge aims for you to use what you've learnt on the beach and put it into practice without putting too much pressure on yourself. The focus will be more on combining your knowledge of safety, board control, wave reading, and muscle memory from the beach to select good waves and have fun trying new things.

So, whether you want to improve your pop-up, generate speed along the wave, or perform a solid bottom turn to top turn, Base Surf Lodge will coach you to become a better surfer.

Base Surf Lodge's aims

In the 13 years that Rob and Lou have been running Base Surf Lodge, their aim has always been to provide the best place for you to come and experience surfing life. They welcome all-level surfers, so if you are new to surfing and feel adventurous, or you’re experienced and want to improve your skills, you’ve come to the right place.

In true surfer style, you will focus on being flexible and relaxed, giving you the opportunity to make this surf camp your own. When Base Surf Lodge goes on a surf trip themself, they want everything to be as hassle-free as possible and can only imagine you’d want the same. They also like to be able to enjoy the area they are visiting and want time to explore, rather than having a crammed-packed schedule with no time to chill.

So, they have designed their surf camps to be hassle-free and to give you the freedom to do whatever makes you happiest on your holiday, whether that’s relaxing in the sun or staying in the water 'til you're surfed out.

Coaching

Base Surf Lodge's small team of experienced surf coaches will be there to give you the knowledge and skillset to enjoy the power of the ocean and ride its waves in style. Whether you are totally new to surfing or experienced and keen to learn more, they guarantee to help you become a better surfer.

As fully qualified and highly trained surf coaches, they offer you much more than the classic ‘just copy me’ style of lesson. They will give each guest in-depth and technical coaching, both on land and in the water. No matter what your level or which movements you may need help with, the coaches will be masters of breaking each phase down so that you can progress with ease.

As a team, the goal is to share Base Surf Lodge's knowledge of surfing with you and to leave you empowered with valuable life skills. During your surf camp, they will discuss how to safely avoid or manage rip currents. You will learn how the daily surf, tide, and weather conditions affect the waves and how this differs on each beach. Together with them, you will go through a surf-specific warm-up with basic movement training and breath control.

All of this is really important to maintain a healthy and long-term relationship with surfing, because who doesn’t want to be surfing when they’re 80?