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Welsh Surfing Federation Surf School
The Instructors
The instructors work for the surf school in the summer months and have other jobs or are students. The lucky ones head south to surf somewhere warmer in the winter.
All of the instuctors working for the WSF are fully qualified Surfing GB coaches, CRB checked with Surf Life Saving Society or Royal Life Saving Society beach lifeguard awards. There is quite a range of surfing ability amongst the instructors from Mike "its taken me 25 years to be this average" Steadman to Nick "how did he do that?" Reid. Its all about having fun and safety is the only thing we take seriously. One thing to think about is that all of our instructors were beginners once.
On the beach each instructor wears a yellow identification vest, waterproof two-way radio, emergency whistle and rescue surfboard. We also take a first aid kit to the beach. In the lesson you willl wear our distinctive yellow and black wetsuits or your own with one of our lycra vests in the surf school colours. All this equipment is there just in case and the most important thing each instructor takes to the beach is the ability to spot risks well before they can become a danger.
For this season these are our regular instructors and a little bit about them:
Mike Steadman (Surf school manager)
| Age: | 47 1/2 |
| Years surfing: | 28 |
| Years instructing: | 18 |
| Surfing Qualifications: | Surfing GB Surf Coach (level 2) NARS Beach Lifeguard (Valid to 9/5/16) |
| Main occupation: | School Teacher |
| Other info: | Other hobbies include snowboarding, mountain biking and moustashe growing (now retired). |
Charles Legg
| Age: | 45 |
| Years surfing: | 28 |
| Years instructing: | 9 |
| Surfing Qualifications: | Surfing GB Surf Coach (level 1) NARS Surf Life Saving & Surfing Coach Award (Valid to 09/5/16) |
| Main occupation: | Surf instructor |
| Other info: | Charlie lives and breathes the sea juggling his "busy" life between surfing, canoeing, fishing, spear fishing and teaching surfing. How does he do it? |
Matt Crome
| Age: | 30 |
| Years surfing: | 15 |
| Years instructing: | 5 |
| Surfing Qualifications: | Surfing GB Surf Coach (level 2) NARS Surf Life Saving & Surfing Coach Award (Valid to 12/6/12) |
| Main occupation: | Youth and community worker for Parklands church |
| Other info: | Plays drums |
Joe Loft
| Age: | 25 |
| Years surfing: | 10 |
| Years instructing: | 4 |
| Surfing Qualifications: | Surfing GB Surf Coach (level 1) NARS Beach Lifeguard (Valid to 1/7/15) |
| Main occupation: | PHd Student |
| Other info: | One of our Welsh speaking instructors. Karate. |
Laurie Jones
| Age: | 19 |
| Years surfing: | 5 |
| Years instructing: | 2 |
| Surfing Qualifications: | Surfing GB Surf Coach (level 1) NARS Beach Lifeguard (Valid to 1/4/15) |
| Main occupation: | Student |
| Other info: | In Welsh and British Lifesaving team. Beach flags and sprints European champion |
Nick Reid
| Age: | 31 |
| Years surfing: | 16 |
| Years instructing: | 5 |
| Surfing Qualifications: | Surfing GB Surf Coach (level 1) NARS Beach Lifeguard (Valid to 1/6/13) |
| Main occupation: | Primary school teacher |
| Other info: | Member of Welsh surf team, winner of student
surf championships |
James Williams
| Age: | 33 |
| Years surfing: | 18 |
| Years instructing: | 3 |
| Surfing Qualifications: | Surfing GB Surf Coach (level 1) NARS Beach Lifeguard (Valid to 1/6/11) |
| Main occupation: | Primary school teacher |
| Other info: | One of our Welsh speaking instructors |
Chris Sanders
| Age: | 27 |
| Years surfing: | 10 |
| Years instructing: | 5 |
| Surfing Qualifications: | Surfing GB Surf Coach (level 1) NARS Beach Lifeguard (Valid to 24/6/15) |
| Main occupation: | Student |
| Other info: |
| Age: | 19 |
| Years surfing: | 10 |
| Years instructing: | 2 |
| Surfing Qualifications: | Surfing GB Surf Coach (level 1) NARS Beach Lifeguard (Valid to 2/11/15) |
| Main occupation: | Student |
| Other info: | Speaks Welsh In Pic below 3rd from right front row |
| Age: | 20 |
| Years surfing: | 5 |
| Years instructing: | 2 |
| Surfing Qualifications: | Surfing GB Surf Coach (level 1) NARS Beach Lifeguard (Valid to 6/11/14) |
| Main occupation: | Student |
| Other info: | Speaks Welsh In Pic below 2nd from left front row |
| Age: | 22 |
| Years surfing: | 10 |
| Years instructing: | 2 |
| Surfing Qualifications: | Surfing GB Surf Coach (level 1) NARS Beach Lifeguard (Valid to 1/5/16) |
| Main occupation: | Student |
| Other info: |
| Age: | 43 |
| Years surfing: | 25 |
| Years instructing: | 2 |
| Surfing Qualifications: | Surfing GB Surf Coach (level 1) NARS Beach Lifeguard (Valid to 1/7/15) |
| Main occupation: | Teacher |
| Other info: | In Pic below back row centre |
Gwen Spurlock
| Age: | 21 |
| Years surfing: | 10 |
| Years instructing: | 2 |
| Surfing Qualifications: | Surfing GB Surf Coach (level 1) NARS Beach Lifeguard (Valid to 30/6/15) |
| Main occupation: | Teacher |
| Other info: | Surfing competitions |
Here are some of the people who work on the desk:
Mel Steadman (Office manager)
| Age: | Not telling |
| Years surfing: | Only dabbles when its sunny |
| Years instructing: | |
| Surfing Qualifications: | |
| Main occupation: | Nurse |
| Other info: | Married to Mike, likes cooking |
Rhian Poulton (Office assistant)
| Age: | 21 |
| Years surfing: | 4 |
| Years instructing: | (assistant) |
| Surfing Qualifications: | (assistant) |
| Main occupation: | Student teacher |
| Other info: | Speaks Welsh |
Jen Sanders (Office assistant)
| Age: | 24 |
| Years surfing: | 4 |
| Years instructing: | (assistant) |
| Surfing Qualifications: | (assistant) |
| Main occupation: | Teaching assistant |
| Other info: | Photography |
Sam Beynon (Office assistant)
| Age: | 23 |
| Years surfing: | 4 |
| Years instructing: | (assistant) |
| Surfing Qualifications: | (assistant) |
| Main occupation: | Student of Criminology at Cardiff University |
| Other info: | Just left to work a holiday rep |
Want To Be A Surf Instructor?
Fancy joining the team?
If you have a passion for surfing, are a good communicator, enjoy teamwork and have a keen eye for safety then please apply.
You should be a competent surfer, we teach beginners so there is no need to be of a competition standard. You will need to have the RLSS or SLSA beach lifeguard and surf coach awards. If you don't have these awards then we can show you where to get them.
Having the surf coach and lifesaving awards and experience of working with the longest established and most successful surf school in Wales looks very good on a CV if you a gap year student. Teaching people to surf is also great fun and personally rewarding.
As we run at weekends and school summer holidays ideal candidates will be surfers who are school teachers, students or someone who has a winter job.
If you are interested please send an e mail saying why you want to work for us and attach a CV and a recent photo.
Want To Be A Surf Assistant?
We are also looking for assistants. For this no qualifiications are needed but applicants need to be 18 or over, have an intersest in surfing, have excellent people and administration skills.
If you are interested please send an e mail saying why you want to work for us and attach a CV and a recent photo.
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