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UK Team
LINLEY LEWIS
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- BSA accredited surf instructor, NARS Surf Coach Lifesaver
As a founding Director of Ticket to Ride, Linley has nurtured the business from the early stages. He has unparalleled experience in handling surf tours, having run trips for large groups to South Africa, Mozambique, Portugal and all over the UK, for the past five years.
He originally learnt to surf on his own Gap Year, and after falling in love with the sport became a qualified surf coach, and also boasts an impressive acumen of countries traveled to on the hunt for perfect waves.
When he's not running trips or touring the UK in the TTRide truck, he can be found preparing himself for his next Adventure or putting in the hours in the TTRide London HQ.
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WILL HAYLER
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BSA Level 2 Accredited Instructor, NARS Beach Lifeguard and South African (LSA) Beach Lifeguard
Will left Newcastle University in 2005 with a degree in Politics and a passion for Surfing. Having finished his final season as an Instructor at Harlyn Surf School, Will decided to turn down a number of different career options in order to set up Ticket to Ride 'Worldwide Surfing Adventures.'
Will's energy and excitement for surfing are highly contagious. Since leaving school Will has spent whatever time he had traveling and surfing in some of the world's most exotic and remote locations making many valuable friends and contacts throughout the surf industry.
Away from the beach Will heads up all Ticket to Ride's Marketing and Events and is constantly dreaming up new and inventive ways to ensure that Ticket to Ride remains at the pioneering forefront when it comes to surf coaching that delivers results and responsible travel that puts something back into the local community.
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TIM CONIBEAR
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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.
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SAM MILLAR
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BSA Level 2 Instructor, NARS Beach Lifeguard
Sam runs the Freeride Surfschool in Perranporth, North Cornwall and spent a winter working at the Coffee Shack as their in-house Surf Coach. Sam is a BSA Level 2 accredited coach and competed for Plymouth University - the U.K's top University Surf Team. He comes with a wealth of coaching experience and has been surfing for over 18 years.
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NIKKI LEADBETTER
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BSA Level 1 Instructor, LSA Lifeguard
Nikki is a Ticket to Ride graduate. She went on from South Africa to teach with the Animal Surf Academy in North Cornwall where she was a very popular coach. A keen and highly qualified photographer, Nikki brings another edge to the Ticket to Ride coaching staff and an all important female touch.
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SA Team
PAUL BOTHA
 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.
Surfing Achievements:
- Cape Surfing Pioneer
- 1983 SA Team Coach
- Founder of the Ocean Action Festival
- Founder of the United Surfing Council
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- Founder of the ASP Africa Regional Office
- 2002 Red Bull Big Wave Africa Contest Co-ordinator
- Former Springbok Surf Captain
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CHRIS BOND
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BSA Level 2 Instructor, LSA South African Beach Lifeguard
Chris is a local to the Cape Town surf scene and a revered and well-respected local coach. He is the current SA University Champion and Western Province Team Rider.
A very friendly and laid back character, he is a popular figure on the TTRide coaching staff. Chris is a BSA Level 2 accredited coach.
Surfing Achievements:
- 2007 SA University Champ
- BSA Level 2 Coach
- Western Province Team Rider
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Costa Rica Team
GEORGE SOLH
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BSA Level 3 Surf Instructor, SLSA Beach Lifeguard
George has over 20 years surfing experience. He first visited Costa Rica in 1991 and after travelling much of the world has decided to call it his home from home.
Before making a fulltime living out of surfing, George spent three years in the Parachute regiment and a further 2 years in the Foreign Legion serving active duty in Chad. Other career paths have included professional Photography for both surfing and fashion.
George and his family have happily turned their lives into one endless summer spending half their year living in Santa Teresa and the other half over Europe.
George's involvement in Ticket to Ride Costa Rica gives us a fantastic local knowledge as well as unparalleled expertise and genuine enthusiasm for those lucky enough to be coached by him.
Surfing Achievements:
- Swedish Surf Team Consultant Coach
- Level 2 ISA Surf Judge
- Costa Rican Surf Federation Judge
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