Russo Surf Camp made up a special surf course program to help students to learn the right technique and progress at a faster rate. Russo Surfcamp - Vale Figueiras pays the most of attention to provide with high quality lessons, so apart of having fun, you would be able to learn properly.
Beginners, who starts from zero, and Beginners-Intermediates, that need to improve their technique, would be taught by one of the member of the Luis Marreiros surf team. Luis is the most recognizable and well known surf coach in Algarve region, he is taken care mostly of Intermediates and Upper Intermediates.
Yes, they are going to correct all your little mistakes, position the body and weight the right way, taught you about the tides, waves, conditions, make you try to do your best and catch the great surf moments.
Luis's Intermediates prepare to push the limits and achieve the goals!
It includes three hours of lessons per day, dividing into two sessions of 1.5 hours. This will all depend on the conditions the ocean provides on the day. Lessons are structured with a warm-up, theoretical exercises on the beach, and a practical part in the water.
Vale Figueiras Surf Camp suggests to start a surf course on Monday, so you can enjoy the full course, adapting from the beginning. Surf courses are from Monday until Friday and free surf on Saturday. Soft boards for beginners and hard boards for more intermediates / advanced surfers are available. Russo Surf Camp offers surf courses for all levels.
Beginners
- Monday: Adaptation to the water environment, explanation of safety rules, learning how to slide onto the waves, and explanation of surf equipment. Then, the introduction to surfboard inside the water.
- Tuesday: Learning how to position the feet correctly on the board in a low balance position. Practicing on the beach and inside the water.
- Wednesday: Exercises of take off with extension of legs and recovering the balance. Correcting the position on the sand and practicing inside the water.
- Thursday: Continuing practice of previous exercises. Improvement of technique and introduction to walking exercises on the board.
- Friday: Learn the techniques of turning the surfboard front and backside.
- Saturday: Free surf day while supervised by the surf coaches. Put to practice all you have learned during the week.
Intermediates
- Monday: Paddling, sitting on the board, turning direction while sitting, positioning, and explosive paddling.
- Tuesday: Paddle to the outside, techniques to pass the waves while paddling out.
- Wednesday: Catching green waves with the help of the coach pushing, timing and reading of waves to know in which direction to paddle and when to get up.
- Thursday: Surf green waves going left, surf green waves going right, and video analysis.
Advanced
- Monday: Duck dives, bottom turns, and turn on the top of the wave.
- Tuesday: Trimming, cutbacks, and re-entries.
- Wednesday: Tides, currents, and introduction to reefs.
- Thursday: Getting in and out of the water.
- Friday: Reading swell charts.
- Saturday: Surfaris to secret spots.
Daily schedule
- 08:00 – 09:00 Yoga Session
- 09:00 – 10:00 Breakfast
- 10:00 – 10:30 Get ready to the beach (receive your lunch bag at the kitchen and get your wetsuit from surf coach)
- 10:45 Leave to the beach
- 11:30 – 13:00 1st surf session
- 13:00 – 15:00 Lunch time at the beach
- 15:00 – 16:30 2nd surf session
- 17:30 – 18:00 Coming back from the beach
- 18:00 – 20:00 Free time, shower time, beer time, massage time
- 20:00 – 21:00 Dinner
- 21:00 – 23:00 Chill time, bar time, etc.
- Please, notice, the exact starting time of each surf session is varied depend on ocean conditions!
Weekly schedule
- SUNDAY: Arrival / departure day, check in / out
- MONDAY: Welcome meeting before the lessons, surf, and yoga lessons
- TUESDAY: Surf and yoga lessons, video presentation
- WEDNESDAY: Surf and yoga lessons
- THURSDAY: Surf and yoga lessons, dinner out
- FRIDAY: Surf and yoga lessons, BBQ, live music party
- SATURDAY: Free surf, photo presentation
Yoga lessons available by request n Sat
Photo presentation from June to September
