National Surf Schools & Instructors Association National Surf Schools & Instructors Association (NSSIA)
The Official Professional Association for the Surf School Industry
Protecting Both Industry and Students • Established 2005
AN IRS REGISTERED NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
Director Bruce Gabrielson in Huntington Beach Instructor Certification Class with Bruce Gabrielson and students. Orlando, Florida Surf Expo with directors and chairman, l. to r., Peter Pan, Bruce Gabrielson, Kali Montero Gerry Kantor NSSIA director and Leucadia Surf School owner.
Huntington Beach Instructor Certification Class with Chairman Bruce Gabrielson, Director Kim Hamrock and students. Orlando, Florida Surf Expo with directors and chairman, l. to r., Peter Pan, Bruce Gabrielson, Kali Montero Director Gerry Kantor of Leucadia Surf School giving a beach lesson to a group of British Soldiers recently in Afghanistan,
Membership

Accredited Surf Schools and Certified Surfing Instructors

We not only train instructors on how to teach surfing safely and effectively for all age groups, we also provide information on how to recognize injuries, how to coach competitors, nutrition and conditioning, plus how to manage your surf school business.

Additionally, certified instructors learn about the history and culture of their sport. This is a comprehensive program to develop our instructors as professionals.
Accredited Surf Schools
WEST COAST, BAJA CALIFORNIA & HAWAII
Alysha's Surf School - Honolulu, Hawaii
Banzai Surf School - Huntington Beach, California
Corky Carroll's Surf School - Huntington Beach, California
Costa Azul Surf School and Surfboards - San Jose del Cabo, Baja California, Mexico
Leucadia Surf School - San Diego, California
Positive Horizons Surf Camps
Orange County, CA
Surf City Surfing Lessons - Huntington Beach, California
University of Surfing - Pacifica, California

EAST COAST & GULF COAST
Big Kahuna Surf School - Deerfield Beach, Florida
Central Florida Surf School - Vero Beach, Florida
Coastline Adventures Surfing School - New Jersey
Delmarva Surf School-Oceanview, Delaware
FCA Surf - Ocean City, New Jersey
Kitty Hawk Kayak and Surf School - Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Peter Pan Surfing Academy-
Narragansett, Rhode Island

Skudin Surf School - Long Beach, NY

Snake's Surf School -
Ocean City, Maryland

Stacey’s Surf Camp
Margate, New Jersey
Surf2Live - Long Beach, New York
Surf Lessons 101 - Rockaway Park, New York
Tony Silvagni Surf School
- Carolina Beach, North Carolina
Yancy Spencer Surf School - Pensacola, Florida - telephone 850-485-6170
CANADA
Surf Sister Surf School
Tofino, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
PUERTO RICO
Aquatica Dive & Surf
Aquatica, Puerto Rico
Wow Surfing School - Puerto Rico

COSTA RICA
Secret Spot Surf School
Tamarindo, Costa Rica
 

 
 
Certified Surfing Instructors
WEST COAST,
PACIFIC NORTHWEST,
& HAWAII
 
Baltgalvis, Jans - Huntington Beach, California
Barrera, Marcus - Huntington Beach, California ocsurferguy@hotmail.com
Carungcong, Rey
Orange County, California [email]
Clark, Pam - Oregon
Cole, Matt - Pacifica, (San Francisco) California [email]
Chichizola, Yvo - Santa Cruz, California [email]
Crummer, Sheri - Huntington Beach, California
George, Heather - Newport Beach, California
heather.george@me.com
Gibbs, Taylor - Huntington Beach, CA [email]
Hamrock, Kim - Huntington Beach, California [email]
Horton, Turner - Maui, Hawaii [email]
Kaner, Jaz - Long Beach, California [email]
Kantor, Gerry - San Diego, California [email]
Linton, Matt - San Jose, California [email]
Mahoe, Al - Hawaii [email]
Mitchell, John - Huntington Beach, California - drfitness@cox.net
Moe, Bob - Granger, Washington [email]
Nakano, Jill - Long Beach, California [email]
Owens, Sonny - Northwest Oregon [email]
Poppler, Jericho - Huntington Beach, California [email]
Powell, Aaron - Hawaii [email]
Puder, Chris - Long Beach, California
chris.puder@gmail.com
Sullivan, John - Pacific Palisades, California[email]
Tchiprout, Alain - Ventura, California tchiprout@hotmail.com
Walker, Richard - Huntington Beach, California [email]
Willmore, R. Lee - Seal Beach, California [email]
Young, Cathy - Huntington Beach, California [email]
Van Druf, David - Huntington Beach, California [email]

BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Gonzalez, Alejandro Olea , San Jose del Cabo, Baja, Mexico
Aide Rosas, San Jose del Cabo, Baja, Mexico
Francisco Padilla, San Jose del Cabo, Baja, Mexico
Hector Mandivil, San Jose del Cabo, Baja, Mexico
Johnatan Ulises, San Jose del Cabo, Baja, Mexico
Rafael Rojas, San Jose del Cabo, Baja, Mexico
Rubin Cota Manriquez, San Jose del Cabo, Baja, Mexico
EAST COAST, TEXAS
& PUERTO RICO
 
Albright, Phillip Puddy
Port Aransas, Texas [email]
Baittinger, Jamie - Nags Head, NC - jdsurf4e@yahoo.com
Baker, Tony - Deerfield Beach, Florida
Britt, Bill - Supply, NC [email]
Britt, Dusty - Supply, NC [email]
Cullen, Frank - Long Beach, New York [email]
DeCarlo, Melody - Satellite Beach, Florida [email]
DeVenege, Nicole - Jacksonville, Florida [email]
Diamond, Melissa - Florida, Costa Rica [email]
Diaz, Emaliel - Puerto Rico

Dosher, Jason - Holden Beach, NC [email]

Epting, Travis
Deerfield Beach, Florida
[email]
Farmer, Robert - Nags Head, North Carolina [email]
Fonviette, Lydia - Clarkton, NC [email]
Fulford, Brett - Supply, NC [email]
Gabrielson, Bruce - Ocean City, Maryland [email] [website: Huntington Beach Snake's Surf]
Gonzalez, Frank - Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Grosvenor, Jeremy - Jones Beach, New York [email]
Hall, Herman - Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina [email]
Hesson, Carol - Tybee Island, South Carolina [email]
Hines, Jesse - Nags Head, North Carolina - jesseandwhit@aol.com
Horton, Steve - Tybee, Georgia [email]
Johnson, Jimmy - North Shore High School - North Shore Surf Club - Houston, Texas [email]
Kerns, Mary - Baltimore, Maryland [email]
Liberatori, Cathy
Tybee Island, South Carolina [email]
Maki, Lance - Florida [email]
Marcheln, Stacey - Margate, New Jersey [email]
Matera, Joe - Marmora, New Jersey[email]
Mead, Lisa - Florida [email]
Michael "Woody" Wood, Cocoa Beach, Florida
Montero, Kali - Deerfield Beach, Florida [email]
Murdock, Lisa - Puerto Rico
Paim, Mike - Pompano Beach, Florida mike@mikepaim.com
Pan, Peter - Pawtucket, Rhode Island bicsurf@hotmail.com
Powell, Jack - Bethany Beach, Delaware [email]
Preziosi, Bonnie - Ocean City, Maryland [email]
Quiñones, Rubén - Puerto Rico [email]
Roland, Brandon - Cocoa Beach, Florida [email]
Saulnier, Tom -New England [email]
Savage, Skip - Florida [email]
Silvagni, Tony - Kure Beach, North Carolina [email]
Skudin, Cliff - Long Beach, New York [email]
Skudin, Will - Long Beach, New York [email]
Smith, Jeffrey - Block Island, Rhode Island - [email]
Snyder, Noah - Outer Banks, North Carolina [email]
Spencer, Yancy IV - Pensacola, Florida [email]
Steffener, Jennifer
Normandy Beach, New Jersey
Stellato, Chris - Virginia Beach, Virginia[email]
Sue-A-Quan, William "Chino" - Puerto Rico [email]
Tompkins, Lance
Normandy Beach, New Jersey [email]
Walker, Debbie - Cocoa Beach, Florida
Walker, Jimmy - Cocoa Beach, Florida
Zuckerman, Elliot - Long Beach, New York [email]
CANADA
 
Richards, Michelle - Nova Scotia, Canada [email]
 

TOFINO, BC, CANADA
Bennet, Deb
Bonnemaison, Dominga
Bracey, Karley
Holmes, Tia
Humphries, Rhiannon
Keefer, Tessa
Montgomery, Krissy
Mullin, Amber
Prother, Kate
Reeves, Devorah

Smith, Jordan

Wightman, Steph
AUSTRALIA & EUROPE
 
Bennink, Ben - Ocean Shores, Byron, NSW [email]
Matos, Pedro - Lisbon, Portugal [email]
Wann, Tina - Germany

COSTA RICA
 
Borquet, Cairo - Tamarindo, Costa Rica
Leon, Rodolfo "Rudy" Diaz - Tamarindo, Costa Rica [email]
Ottinger, Peter - Playa Santa Teresa, Costa Rica -
ranchositauna@expreso.co.cr
Pandis, Lavinia - Tamarindo, CR
laviniapandis@hotmail.com
Rafols, Jose - Aguadilla, Costa Rica [email]
Rodriguez, Rafael - Tamarindo, Costa Rica [email]
Steer, John - Tamrindo, Costa Rica
Seitour, Luis
Tamarindo, Costa Rica
luis.seitour@live.com

Westcott, Brittany - Dominical, Costa Rica
THAILAND
 
Gamble, Rick - Phuket, Thailand
surf@saltwater-dreaming.com

Certified Surf Coaches - All Areas
Baltgalvis, Jans - Huntington Beach, California
Albright, Phillip Puddy
Port Aransas, Texas [email]
Bennink, Ben - Ocean Shores, Byron, NSW [email]
Gabrielson, Bruce - Ocean City, Maryland
[email]
Hall, Herman - Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina [email]
Halverson, Clay - Bend, Oregon -
clayhalverson@excite.com
Hamrock, Kim - Huntington Beach, California [email]
Kaner, Jaz - Long Beach, California [email]
Johnson, Jimmy - Houston, Texas [email]
Mitchell, John - Huntington Beach, California - drfitness@cox.net
Saulnier, Tom - New England [email]
Sue-A-Quan, William "Chino" - Puerto Rico [email]
Willmore, R. Lee - Seal Beach, California [email]
Zuckerman, Elliot - Long Beach, New York [email]
 
     

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