BSA level 2 Accredited Instructor
NARS Beach Lifeguard
LSA Lifeguard
Tim's dedication for Surf and Travel has led him all over the world. From the remotest jungle of South and Central America to the harsh terrain of the Occidental Sahara. Tim's travels have taught him invaluable skills when it comes to planning and executing highly successful surf adventures.
As a Language graduate from Bristol University and key member of their surf club, Tim spent a year living in South West France where he nurtured an interest in wine which he recently followed by working at the prestigious Klein Constantia Wine Estate in Cape Town for their harvest season.
Tim offers a different perspective on surfing. His laid back style and love for different boards will allow our Riders to pursue a variety of different approaches to surfing. Two years in Cornwall as an instructor at Harlyn Surf School and a season coaching the Restormel Borough Development Squad leaves Tim well positioned to add further knowledge and expertise to the Ticket to Ride team.
A true believer in the outdoor lifestyle, when he's out of the office and not in the water he's often to be found in the air engaging his other passion, Paragliding.
SPA Lifeguard
SSA Surf Coach
Theta Qualified Surf Guide
When it comes to running tours in South Africa they don’t come much more qualified than Bevan. Not only does he boast over five years experience of guiding surf groups along the coastline, but he has also had three seasons working as an overland tour guide throughout Southern and Eastern Africa.
Hailing from Durban, Bevan was brought up in and around the infamous heavy beach breaks. Originally learning his trade on a body board he soon realised that standing up on the board was the way forward, and has travelled and surfed South Africa’s East coast extensively.
He is a reputable photographer, and gets equal pleasure when he’s shooting subject matter in the oceans, or out on the African planes.
BSA Level 2 Surf Coach
NARS Surf Coach
Pete is a true character who has committed himself to the ultimate season lifestyle. During the Summers he runs one of Cornwalls most prestigious surf schools, King Surf in Mawgan Porth, and will spend his Winters either in the Mountains hunting for powder, or travelling the globe searching for perfection in the water, sometimes doing both!
We first spotted Pete in 2005 whilst working for another Surf School on the same beach as him. We were simply blown away by the level of energy and enthusiasm he threw into his lessons; and no matter how hard we tried ours never looked as fun. So if you can't beat them, you've got to join them, and that's why we're so excited to have him on the Ticket to Ride team for 2010.
BSA Level 2 Surf Coach
SLA Beach Lifeguard
2007 SA University Champion
As a local from Cape Town, Chris was brought up in the huge surf culture there, and became addicted to the sport and the ocean from an early age. He has worked as a beach lifeguard, and his passion for surfing has taken him around the world. It was in England that he proved himself as a top class surf coach working for the British Surfing Association, impressing all those around him with his enthusiasm for coaching, professionalism, and highly approachable manner.
Chris has also generated a huge reputation for not only his coaching, but also for his surfing, and represents Western Province at the South African Championships, and can often be seen in the local South African surf magazines.
As an all round sports enthusiast he has also represented Western Province at volleyball, and played a lot of cricket, hockey, tennis, and basketball to a high club standard. Chris has done a Business Science degree at the University of Cape Town where he ran the surf club. Chris brings invaluable local knowledge to the South African team, he runs trips with quality and control, lives life to the full, and will always be the first up in the morning on the hunt for waves.
Cape Surfing Pioneer
1983 SA Team Coach
Founder of the Ocean Action Festival
Founder of the United Surfing Council
Founder of the ASP Africa Regional Office
2002 Red Bull Big Wave Africa Contest Co-ordinator
Former Springbok Surf Captain
Paul Botha started surfing in Cape Town in 1959 before going on to pioneer many of the now popular surf spots on the Southern tip of Africa with his contemporaries during the sixties. After extensive worldwide surf travels in the seventies he returned to Cape Town and became a surfing administrator.
Paul ran the first professional surfing events on the Cape Peninsula and was appointed the Springbok surfing team coach in 1983. Having founded many South African surf organisations such as ASP Africa regional office and the giant Ocean Action festival, he also facilitated the formation of the non-racial United Surfing Council of South Africa.
Identifying the need for international standards in the burgeoning SA surf school industry early in the new millennium, Paul and his son Dene imported British Surf School and Instructor standards to South Africa that will ensure both the safety and quality of the Surf Schools and instructor training across South Africa.
Paul provides Ticket to Ride not only with unparalleled knowledge of Surfing in South Africa but also a wealth of contacts that Ticket to Ride has used to ensure an unforgettable South African surfing experience for all involved.
Level 3 Coach- (SA's Top Qualified)
SSA Instructor Trainer / Assessor
Western Province Team Rider
Billabong Grom Coach
ASP Event's Commentator
Experienced Contest Director
Dene is South Africa's highest internationally qualified surf instructor and the country's only accredited Trainer and Assessor for surf instructors.
Dene started surfing at age 5 in Cape Town, going on to win the Western Province U10 surfing title as a nine-year-old in 1990. He competed in surfing events until 1998, winning or placing highly in numerous events countrywide, including Jeffreys Bay, captained the WP Junior (U16) team in the SA Junior Championships in 1997, and placed in the top 20 in the 2007 SA Surfing Championships.
Dene specialises in advanced surf training for competitive athletes and has also conducted more than a 20 Level 1, 2 and 3 surf coaching courses on behalf of Surfing South Africa (SSA), the national controlling body for the sport, in all the major coastal centres and in Mozambique.
Dene is also a qualified Beach Lifeguard and Level 1 Swimming Teacher.
Pro Surfer 1986 / 1987
SA Big Wave Pioneer
Vice Chairman Atlantic Surf Club
Head Contest Director Atlantic Surf Club
Jon started surfing in the late 60's at Llandudno in Cape Town and began competing in 1975, participating in events both locally and abroad initially as an amateur and finally in 86/87 as a professional. In 1978, Jon was one of the first crew to regularly start surfing Dungeons, Cape Town's now famous big wave venue. In 1986 he became the vice chairman and contest director of the Atlantic Surf Club in Cape Town.
In 1999, together with his Wife Donna, he moved to the warmer waters of Plettenberg Bay where he established The International Surf School (I.S.S) which Ticket to Ride are privileged to attend.
Level 3 Instructor
Former SA Team Coach
SA Future Stars Coach
Etienne boasts one of the most complete coaching C.V's of any surf coach worldwide and is lucky enough to ply his trade on the legendary waves at Jeffrey's Bay. Etienne is a level 3 accredited instructor and is a former South African Team Coach.
To this day Etienne continues to coach at the highest level grooming the up and coming stars of the South African surf scene as the "South African Future Stars" coach. Etienne is an exciting addition to the Ticket to Ride coaching staff as riders will have the chance to sample some of the world's best waves with one of the world's most experienced surf coaches - a mouth watering opportunity for any surfer!
1986 SA Open Champ
1990 World Pro/Am Champ
1992 European Champ
1999-2003 & 2006 SA Masters Champ
Member of 2007 World Title winning SA Masters Team
Former Italian Team Coach
Older brother of Andre and one of South Africa's most successful surfer's, Dave's past honours make impressive reading! Dave has 26 years of surfing experience and won his first surfing title in 1986, winning the South African Open. He then went onto win the 1990 World Pro/Am crown, the 1992 European Championships and dominated the Masters Series winning from 1999 - 2003. He regained his master's crown again in 2006 and was a member of the South African Masters team that went onto win the World Master's Competition in Puerto Rico in 2007.
His coaching experience is equally impressive, working as the South African Junior team coach, the Italian team coach and has worked with current World Tour competitors Greg Emslie and Royden Bryson (currently ranked 27 & 25 in the top 44)
1978 World Champ
SA Masters Team Coach
Former SA Team Coach
National Team Selector
Ant lives to surf and one session with him will change your outlook forever. Ant has been surfing for over 40 years and honours include a World Title in 1978.
Ant has since turned his focus to coaching and as the South African Masters Team Coach, he led them to victory at the 2007 masters Championship in Puerto Rico. He has also worked with the Springbok National team and remains one of South Africa's most upstanding and highly regarded surf personalities. He has recently been appointed to the national selection panel for the World Surfing Games.
Together with his son Byron, himself an up and coming South African surfer and national competitor for Kwazulu Natal, he continues to offer professional and inspirational coaching for anybody looking to get a kick out of their surfing.
1988 - 2000 Durban Pro Lifeguard
1991 - Present Lifeguard Trainer / Assessor
1,200 Lifeguards Trained
Deon is the figurehead of South African lifesaving. Having worked as a professional lifeguard on the beaches of Durban from 1988 to 2000. Deon has been training and assessing Lifeguards since 1991 and has trained over 1,200 lifeguards.
He is currently the head of the professional lifeguard training service provider, namely the Lifeguard Academy, which operates throughout Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean.
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