Helping beginners catch their first wave is as much fun for me as it was the day I caught my first wave 30+ years ago. I bring a stress free, safe, and positive vibe to all my lessons. I love sharing the joy of surfing! I started surfing in the 80s when there was little support for beginners. Well, times have changed. Soft top boards and a family vibe in the water have made surfing accessable to all who want to give it a go. I have been a fixture in the local surf industry, shaping my own boards, operating a surfboard manufacturing facilty for years, and a published surfing photographer. I have two teenage children that I have taught to su...

Music and life go hand and hand. Music can express the qualities of life that are difficult to express in words. Also learning a musical instrument and pieces of music developes problem solving skills that you can use in may areas of your life. Most importantly, understand that music brings people together. The sense of community developed through playing with a group or playing for people builds bonds of friendship that crush fear and hatred and spark unity and peace. I am also an avid surfer. The past 17 years I have sufred up and down the California coast from Humboldt, San Francisco and Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara, and Ventura, LA and OC,...

Studying Athletics & The Arts Helps With The Balance of the Body, Mind, and Spirit.

Professional experience in many forms of art from figure drawing and painting to sculpting in physical materials and 3d. Down to earth practical advice and practices that will accelerate your learning curve while still being enjoyable. Also offering deep experience in selling art as NFTs. Art is my life, its what I was born to do. Art is my passion and my purpose.