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Meet the team of Newquay's best surf coaches
Meet the Coaches
A variety of qualifications and experience makes our team interesting to meet and surf with. We can offer you quality surf tuition at all levels, at fantastic beaches with top facilities, and courses tailor made to suit your needs!Ashleigh Bennetts
Ashleigh Bennetts:Academy Owner - BSA Level 3 Head Coach. Kids Dept' & Club Coach.
Ashleigh has high standards and great confidence when it comes to coaching, able to command the attention of a large group and loves coaching on a 1-1 basis. With 6 years of coaching experience at the O'Neill Surf Academy and previous years with club and lifeguard experience. Ash is a BSA Level 3 coach and ISA judge. After taking over the running of the surf school from Pat and Sally over 18 months ago Ashleigh is developing the Academy with some exiting new changes for 2009 and beyond. Having spent the winer in Califormia she is planning her next trip for the winter!
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Rachael Taylor
Rachael has joined us for the 2009 season. Having previously worked at West Coast Surfari, we are delighted to have Rachael back with us. She’s a great coach and a great surfer….and has travelled around the world in recent years surfing some of the worlds best waves! She has great skills when it comes to teaching, at all levels, and is a tremendous asset to our team - helping us to give you the best surf lessons from some of the best coaches in the business!!
She will be coaching daily at the Academy, and when not at the beach she will be joining our office team to tackle the mountains of paperwork! We are extremely proud to have 2 female coaches at the Academy for 2009 and hope to pass the benefits onto our students!Matty Stokes
Dan Rawsthorn
Dan Rawsthorn aka "Tractor": BSA Level 2 Senior Coach & Surf Tour Manager
Dan first met us on a surf tour to Morocco around 10 years ago. Dan has over 20 years experience surfing in the UK and abroad. His passion for surfing grew into the area of coaching and he has now been coaching for 4 years. Dan rides his shortboard most of the time, but enjoys his longboard when the surf is small! Dan runs all our West Coast Surfari Tours to Morocco, France and South Africa. In between his busy schedule of surfing the world's best waves, Dan can be found surfing in and around the Newquay beaches or on the golf course.
Tom Butler
Tom Butler: Level 2 Coach
Tom joined the academy in 2006 to coach in between his busy schedule of competing. Tom is busy Lifeguarding this season at Towan beach in Newquay. When he's not saving lives he'll be training hard for the coming year to hopefully gain himself another British Title. He has picked up some new sponsors this year and is looking to take a few titles in the British and European surfing competitions. Tom will be visiting us occasionally this to help coach on some of the busy days in between his busy schedule of training and travelling. We wish Tom all the best for 2009
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