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Slater claims Jeffreys Bay Victory

He’s done it again. Whilst the TTRide AFR Riders are enjoying perfect waves up the coast in Cape Town, Eight-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA) beat rei...

Published: 18/07/2008 at 09:24:19


Ticket to Ride and Natives.co.uk launch Season2Season, the ultimate gap year

Ticket to Ride and Natives.co.uk launch Season2Season, the ultimate gap year ...

Published: 01/07/2008 at 10:19:33


Chris Bond steers Cape Town Uni to Victory

Despite being pipped to the the defence of his title by Uni team mate, Ticket to Ride's Chris Bond came came a highly respectable second and in doing so ensured...

Published: 25/06/2008 at 21:54:25


Ticket to Ride Surfboard Winner

Ticket to Ride 'worldwide surfing adventures' is geared towards those aspiring to learn to surf and travel the world. One of surfing's strongest draws is t...

Published: 13/06/2008 at 10:39:09


Ticket to Ride Uni Champs Postponed

Sadly due to events beyond our control the Ticket to Ride South West University Surfing Championships scheduled for next Tuesday has had to be pulled. With the ...

Published: 29/05/2008 at 12:37:56


Ticket to Ride Beach Break Live Surf Comp

21st May 2008 South West and Wales University Surf Championships 2008 Ticket to Ride and sponsors and core UK Surf Brand Headworx ha...

Published: 21/05/2008 at 16:47:51


TTRide Trip I Sells Out for Jan 09. (Trip II not far behind)

With 2 trips running back 2009 is set to same format as this year's super successful January - April 2008 Zero- TTRide South Africa instructor training season. ...

Published: 12/05/2008 at 16:50:09


Ticket to Ride Wins Dame Anita Roddick Young Entrepreneur Award

Ticket to Ride - has won the Dame Anita Roddick Young Entrepreneur Award. The Award was presented by the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) Chairman,...

Published: 12/03/2008 at 14:12:48


BUSA Surfing Nationals supported by Ticket to Ride storms to a close

Last weekend's annual BUSA Surfing Nationals went down with its usual stormy sea and biting wind, enough to stop the fun?? Not a chance and the reason for this...

Published: 04/03/2008 at 11:38:56


Ticket to Ride Sponsors the 2008 Student Nationals

Ticket to Ride is extremely pleased to be the associate sponsor bringing you the 2008 BUSA Student Nationals to be held this Friday 29 Feb - Sunday 2 March on ...

Published: 25/02/2008 at 15:18:23


Board Competition - Adventure Travel Show

A big thank you to everyone who we met at the Adventure Travel Show, it was great seeing you all for there for the great event, and three days of high energy le...

Published: 29/01/2008 at 13:53:48


TTRide Young Entrepreneur Finalists

Ticket to Ride Worldwide surfing adventures, originally from Haslemere but with with offices in London, have been chosen as a finalist a South East Business Awa...

Published: 29/01/2008 at 11:26:31


2009 Roadtrips are now on sale!

Our 2009 African Roadtrips are now on sale! These are fast becoming our most popular trips so give us a call on the office phone and let us tell you all abo...

Published: 08/01/2008 at 17:46:30


Airport Strikes

As some of you may have seen in the papers BAA are threatening to strike on 7th and 17th of January. This would result in severe delays to the flights and more ...

Published: 22/12/2007 at 09:47:56


Happy Christmas from TTride

Happy Christmas to you all from Ticket to Ride and many happy returns for 2008. The office will be closed from Friday 21st Dec - 2nd January. For all enquiri...

Published: 21/12/2007 at 16:35:07


Christmas offer for 2008 Roadtrips

Christmas has come early for all those looking to come on our July 2008 roadtrips! There will be an offered price of £1595 for all bookings taken before the ...

Published: 11/12/2007 at 12:05:04


January Sales come early!

With the new year not too far off we thought we'd offer you Career Breakers some assistence in seeing through those new year resolutions. We will be running ...

Published: 22/11/2007 at 11:54:35


Christmas Open Days

Christmas is approaching a we will be holding another round of open days for potential riders to come and meet the TTRide team and to talk through our trips. ...

Published: 22/11/2007 at 11:37:11


TTRide Facebook Challenge 3000

It's coming to that time of year when we get ready to go away, but before we do we've got a challenge for all our Facebook members. Ticket to Ride have set a...

Published: 30/10/2007 at 15:34:47


TTRide South African Coaches Webpage

Having been stuffed by them in the rugby it took a bit of soul searching but we have put together a web page for our South African Coaches. As the Origional ...

Published: 25/10/2007 at 14:50:03


British Airway's new board policy

BA are no longer offering free surf board carriage as of November 6th. Having spoken to a BA representative, they say that if you booked your flight before t...

Published: 24/10/2007 at 10:30:02


Autumn Offers - Final Week!

Our Autumn special offers are coming to an end this week. If you want to make a saving on your Ticket to Ride experience then be sure to contact us before Frida...

Published: 22/10/2007 at 16:22:50


Postal Strike

We've had some serious delays with our post over the last few weeks. It seems that there is still a backlog and brochures aren't arriving as quickly as we'd lik...

Published: 22/10/2007 at 16:11:54


New Blog!

We've just put together our new blog, We'll be bringing you all the latest news from South Africa and our UK surf events as well as our various trips around ...

Published: 24/09/2007 at 18:07:16


TTride October Open Days

Ticket to Ride will be holding open days for potential riders over the October half term. There will be a number of hour long slots available to come into our P...

Published: 17/09/2007 at 10:30:42


Ticket to Ride a World Record Breaking Wave

Ticket to Ride a World record breaking wave in England? With the sun shining and the summer surf trying, all was about to change on Polzeath beach on Sunda...

Published: 03/09/2007 at 11:00:38


Ticket to Ride Earthwave

Ticket to Ride ‘Worldwide Surfing Adventures’ in association with the Surf’s Up Boardriders Club to lead England’s bid to take the 2007 Earthwave Crown and the ...

Published: 29/08/2007 at 18:32:52


Ticket to Ride @ WQS 5* Rip Curl Boardmasters

Ticket to Ride has just returned from the Rip Curl Boardmasters held annually at Newquay's Fistral Beach. The event enjoyed great weather, which excused the ...

Published: 15/08/2007 at 09:44:37


Newquay Boardmasters

It's august which means the only place to be is Cornwall and the Newquay Boardmasters. The best surfers in the world are slugging it out on Fistral beach and Ti...

Published: 07/08/2007 at 12:02:40


A-Level Open Days

A-Levels results are fast approaching and with many plans hinging on A's B's and C's, Ticket to Ride is opening its doors to allow you to come in and meet the t...

Published: 06/08/2007 at 15:37:52


Ticket to Ride Summer Campaign

As those of you who recieve our newsletter or are members of our facebook group will have seen, Ticket to Ride is a little bit disappointed with the weather we ...

Published: 25/07/2007 at 16:07:46


Ticket to Ride completes inaugural school trip

Ticket to Ride have just completed their inaugural School Surf Trip to Portugal after taking 12 boys and 3 staff from Sherborne School, Dorset, on a dream 1 wee...

Published: 10/07/2007 at 16:54:34


Final 2008 places up for grabs

With summer finally here places for our January 2008 trip are being snapped up as Gap Year plans get finalised. We now only have 10 places remaining on our J...

Published: 02/07/2007 at 17:00:09


2009 Trips on sale now!

Ticket to Ride's January 2009 Zero - TTRide hero trips will be on sale as of 9am on the 2nd July 2007. There will be 40 places available with a special offe...

Published: 20/06/2007 at 10:58:06


Ticket to Ride Open Days

Ticket to Ride will be running another round of open days to coincide with the summer holidays. This is your chance to come in and meet us. We can then talk...

Published: 20/06/2007 at 10:52:20


Ticket to ride surfing adventures at Beach Break Live

Ticket to Ride have enjoyed a successful week in Cornwall at the Beach Break live festival and would like to say a big thank-you to all the organisers and all t...

Published: 20/06/2007 at 10:01:11


TTRide Triathalon for Leukaemia

Never one for sitting around, TTRide director Linley Lewis competed in the Blenheim Palace Triathlon last weekend. Along with a field of over 5,000 triathletes ...

Published: 05/06/2007 at 09:23:07


Ticket to Ride Management in Brittany

One of the best things about being a surfer is being let into the lifesyle that surrounds the sport. Once you've caught your first wave the search for bigger an...

Published: 29/05/2007 at 16:34:12


TTRide graduate instructors take on Europe

Following on from 3 months of surfing in South Africa with Ticket to Ride this winter and with the help of Ticket to Ride's extensive contacts within the surfin...

Published: 15/05/2007 at 15:39:31


TTride Mini Gaps now on sale!

Ticket to Ride's all new Mini Gaps are now available. For those not taking a Gap Year, or who don't have three months to spare, Ticket to Ride's Mini Gap is the...

Published: 02/04/2007 at 09:34:03


TTRide Open Days

The office will be open over the coming week (2-5th April) for potential Riders to stop by and meet the team. If you are considering Ticket to Ride as an option...

Published: 02/04/2007 at 09:13:26


2007 TTride Trip ends in style

Riders from TTRide's 2007 trip have landed in London having concluded the adventure in Durban. Prior to departure the riders enjoyed a day in the Kingsway mall ...

Published: 30/03/2007 at 13:08:15


Gigantic surf in Durban

The participants on the inaugural Ticket to Ride gap year surfing adventure experienced the biggest swell and tides on the KwaZulu-Natal coast in living memory ...

Published: 21/03/2007 at 10:59:33


TTRide 2007 African Road Trip moves dates for 2009

This Summer's 4 week Ticket to Ride African Road Trip, coupled with an exciting TTRide research trip to Mozambique has meant that the sale date for January 2009...

Published: 19/03/2007 at 07:54:48


Ready for global qualifications in Durban

Ticket to Ride has arrived in sub-tropical Durban and the group have settled into the luxurious surroundings of the infamous surf camp The Secret Spot. A final ...

Published: 12/03/2007 at 11:05:10


World Champs get on the TTRide case

Ticket to Ride have now move on from Coffee Bay, and headed up the coast to Umtentweni, where the surf camp is situated right in front of an empty beach break, ...

Published: 07/03/2007 at 09:31:07


Meet Ticket to Ride at the One Life Show!!!!

If you would like to meet Ticket to Ride in person, we will be at the One Life Show 2-4 March 07, London, Olympia. And if its us that you are coming to see, ...

Published: 21/02/2007 at 17:44:20


Ticket to Ride Scores World Class J-Bay

The adventure continues however, you might say the search is over. Because having arrived in Jeffrey's Bay, home to a wave regarded as the best and most perfect...

Published: 12/02/2007 at 14:43:33


TTRide Website Relaunch

New Website launch! Ticket to Ride’s every growing popularity has lead to the creation of the new website. As well as offering improved services to our customer...

Published: 09/02/2007 at 12:47:45


Wed 14 Feb-Wed 21 Feb - TTRide Open Day

TTRide Open Day Wed 14 Feb-Wed 21 Feb. With the trip now almost half-full we will be opening the TTRide office for another week of open days allowing you to com...

Published: 09/02/2007 at 12:46:14


TTRIDE 2007 Riders arrive in J-bay!!

Ticket to Ride scores J-Bay Perfection! With Cape Town and Plettenberg now under their belts our Riders have hit the Mecca of world surfing: Jeffries Bay. After...

Published: 09/02/2007 at 12:42:51


All New WonderBreak Packages

TTRide brings you Wonderbreaks. Specialist group surf travel: Wonderbreaks are your ticket to surf some of the world’s best waves, with your friends, without th...

Published: 09/02/2007 at 12:39:44


2009 Trip to go on Sale!

2009 Trip to go on Sale! As a result of the weight of enquiries, TTRide’s 2009 Three month Surf Adventures will go on sale on March 19th 2007. All Enquiries fo...

Published: 09/02/2007 at 12:34:19


Come and meet Ticket to Ride!!!

Come and meet Ticket to Ride at the following Gap Shows: 10/11 November In Manchester G'Mex

Published: 09/10/2006 at 10:42:32


Latest 2008 offer

2008 Special offer!! Just £4,500 incl. VAT!! Sign up for the 2008 trip by the end of October 2006 and pay just £4,500 incl. VAT!!! Book your place on the Jan...

Published: 05/10/2006 at 09:00:00


2007 Discount - 10% saving!!

2007 Discount, sign on with a friend for a 10% saving!! Book your place on the January 2007 trip today!!

Published: 05/10/2006 at 08:00:00


Back from Cornwall - London office now open!!

July and August saw Ticket to Ride team down in North Cornwall promoting the 3 month adventure to South Africa. Special thanks to Carters Bar (Polzeath's Premie...

Published: 06/09/2006 at 00:54:29


FREE O'Neill Wetsuit!!!

Sign up for the 2008 trip by the end of October 2006 and receive a FREE O'Neill wetsuit!!! Book your place on the January 2008 trip today!!!

Published: 31/08/2006 at 00:55:59


TTRide clothing now on sale!!

The exclusive Ticket to Ride clothing is on sale now!! Check out our t-shirts and hoodies! Available now in a range of different colours and sizes!! Prices a...

Published: 24/06/2006 at 01:11:54


The Launch!!

The launch of our January 2007 3 month trip to South Africa was a huge success,a good evening had by all, many thanks to all those that attended. If there are a...

Published: 24/05/2006 at 01:00:07


Sponsorship with O'Neill!!

Ticket to Ride is now in proud association with O'Neill.

Published: 05/05/2006 at 00:58:21


Award Winners at the NCGE Flying Start Rally

Ticket to Ride directors Will Hayler and Linley Lewis picked up the award for "Most Sustainable Business to Consumer" at the National Council for Graduate Entre...

Published: 12/04/2006 at 01:00:39

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