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Surf School and Surf Academy

This is the school itself: lessons on the water, camp mornings on the sand, and the tent that everything runs out of at Sunsplash Park.

Every frame came off a real session. If you book a lesson with us, your wave may well end up in here.

01: The figures

Surf School / Surf Academy

Adult surf class celebrating with arms and shakas raised behind a row of colorful soft-top surfboards at the shoreline — FIG. 03:FULL CLASS, ARMS UP · WATERLINE, DAYTONA BEACH

Three paddleboarders on flat turquoise water, fisheye view — FIG. 25:THREE BOARDS, FLAT WATER · SUP SESSION

Two students practicing SUP yoga on calm turquoise water — FIG. 26:SUP YOGA ON GLASS

Student celebrating a ride with arms raised, seen from behind — FIG. 27:ARMS UP AFTER THE RIDE

Lesson group running pop-up drills on colorful soft-top boards — FIG. 28:POP-UP DRILLS ON THE SAND

Paddle drill line on the sand on a sunny lesson morning — FIG. 29:PADDLE DRILL LINE, LESSON MORNING

Class practicing their surf stance on boards in the sand — FIG. 30:STANCE PRACTICE ON THE BEACH

Instructors carrying soft-top boards into the surf — FIG. 31:BOARDS GOING IN · INSTRUCTORS

Young surfer riding whitewater toward the beach, seen from behind — FIG. 32:FIRST WAVE, WHITEWATER · TOWARD THE BEACH

Students practicing prone paddling on boards on the beach — FIG. 33:PRONE PADDLING DRILLS

Wide view of a lesson group stretching on the beach — FIG. 34:GROUP STRETCH, WIDE VIEW

Two instructors and a student together after a lesson — FIG. 35:AFTER THE LESSON · TWO INSTRUCTORS, ONE STUDENT

Daytona Beach arch at golden sunset — FIG. 36:THE ARCH AT GOLDEN HOUR · DAYTONA BEACH

Beach umbrella and chairs on a glassy sunrise morning — FIG. 37:GLASSY SUNRISE, ONE UMBRELLA

Five adult students in wetsuits lined up behind five colorful soft-top surfboards on the dune park lawn, Daytona Beach — FIG. 01:SATURDAY'S GROUP LESSON, 09:40

Three adult students with tall soft-top longboards at the shoreline throwing shakas, Daytona Beach — FIG. 02:THREE STUDENTS, SHAKAS UP · SHORELINE

Student and instructor throwing shakas from surfboards in the lineup — FIG. 38:SHAKAS FROM THE LINEUP

Four students in yellow rash guards celebrating after a lesson — FIG. 39:FOUR UP, YELLOW RASH GUARDS

Lesson group with boards near the lifeguard tower at Sunsplash Park — FIG. 40:GROUP AT THE LIFEGUARD TOWER · SUNSPLASH PARK

Student holding her board at the shoreline after a lesson — FIG. 41:BOARD UNDER ARM, LESSON DONE

Two students with Ryan at the branded Vast Oceans lesson tent — FIG. 42:THE TENT, TEN FEET FROM THE TOWER

Surfers carrying boards under the Daytona Beach arch — FIG. 43:BOARDS UNDER THE ARCH

Instructor with a stand up paddle board under the lesson tent — FIG. 44:SUP AT THE TENT

Lesson group lined up with boards at the beach tent, seen from a distance — FIG. 45:LESSON LINEUP AT THE TENT, FROM A DISTANCE

The Vast Oceans lesson tent and soft-top boards on the sand — FIG. 46:TENT AND SOFT-TOPS, READY

Surfer with a longboard at the beach approach parking lot — FIG. 47:LONGBOARD AT THE BEACH APPROACH

The Vast Oceans lesson tent with rash guards hanging and boards laid out on the sand, ocean behind — FIG. 48:THE LESSON TENT, SET UP FOR THE DAY

The Vast Oceans checkered tent on the sand with soft-top boards leaning against it — FIG. 49:THE CHECKERED TENT AND THE BOARD LEAN

Two longboards standing in the sand beside a beach umbrella, with people sitting in the shade behind — FIG. 50:TWO LONGBOARDS AND THE UMBRELLA

A student lying on a longboard in shallow water, throwing a shaka — FIG. 51:SHAKA FROM THE SHALLOWS

A stack of coloured soft-top surfboards with a towel laid over them — FIG. 52:SOFT-TOPS STACKED

Three long-sleeve rash guards laid out on a table, one of them a Vast Oceans school shirt — FIG. 53:RASH GUARDS BEFORE A SESSION

Two people seen from behind standing in shallow water holding surfboards — FIG. 54:AT THE WATERLINE, BOARDS IN HAND

An instructor in a Vast Oceans shirt seen from behind carrying a soft-top board under one arm — FIG. 55:INSTRUCTOR CARRYING A SOFT-TOP

An adult surfer riding a soft-top board across a small wave — FIG. 56:UP AND RIDING ON A SOFT-TOP

A group of adults after a lesson, most in wetsuits, standing under the Vast Oceans banner — FIG. 57:ADULT GROUP AFTER THE SESSION

A student standing on a board in the whitewater with both arms raised — FIG. 58:ARMS UP IN THE WHITEWATER

An instructor in a Vast Oceans shirt crouched over a board on the sand, seen from behind — FIG. 59:INSTRUCTOR AT THE BOARD, ON THE SAND

A person standing on the sand in front of a pink longboard, throwing shakas — FIG. 60:SHAKAS BY THE PINK LONGBOARD

A lesson group with their boards at the waterline, hotels along the beach behind — FIG. 61:THE CLASS AT THE WATERLINE

A lesson group holding boards upright at the shoreline, seen from a distance — FIG. 62:BOARDS UP, WAITING ON THE SET

A child drawing a large chalk heart on the boardwalk, seen from above — FIG. 64:CHALK HEART ON THE BOARDWALK

A large summer camp group gathered on the boardwalk with the beach behind — FIG. 65:SUMMER CAMP GROUP ON THE BOARDWALK

Students carrying soft-top boards on their heads along the beach — FIG. 66:CARRYING BOARDS ALONG THE SAND

A large camp group in matching shirts with their arms raised — FIG. 67:CAMP GROUP, ARMS UP

A line of students practising the pop-up on boards laid out on the sand — FIG. 68:POP-UP DRILL ON THE SAND

Students standing with their boards beside the lesson tent — FIG. 69:THE CLASS AND THEIR BOARDS

Students doing handstands against a wall with their boards laid out below — FIG. 70:HANDSTANDS ON THE BOARDS

Two people sitting under a beach umbrella with surfboards propped beside them — FIG. 71:UNDER THE UMBRELLA, BOARDS ALONGSIDE

Two students in school shirts and an instructor standing between upright boards — FIG. 72:STUDENTS AND INSTRUCTOR, BOARDS UP

Students standing in a line on the sand with soft-top boards balanced on their heads — FIG. 73:BOARDS OVERHEAD

A class standing in front of a row of upright surfboards on the sand — FIG. 74:THE CLASS AND THE BOARD LINE

A group holding a striped longboard up together on the beach — FIG. 75:HOLDING THE LONGBOARD UP

Two students standing between two upright boards on the sand — FIG. 76:TWO STUDENTS, BOARDS UP

Five students standing in front of a row of upright soft-top boards on the beach — FIG. 92:FIVE STUDENTS AND THEIR BOARDS

A student standing on a paddle board in shallow water with the paddle in hand, others behind — FIG. 93:UP ON THE PADDLE BOARD

A student in shallow water with a hand on her board, holding the leash — FIG. 94:SORTING THE LEASH IN THE SHALLOWS

Three students standing together in front of upright surfboards on the sand — FIG. 95:THREE STUDENTS, BOARDS BEHIND

Three students in rash guards with their arms around each other, boards behind — FIG. 96:ARMS AROUND, AFTER THE LESSON

An instructor kneeling beside a young student on the sand between two soft-top boards — FIG. 97:ON THE SAND WITH THE INSTRUCTOR

A young student standing on a soft-top board riding whitewater toward the beach — FIG. 98:RIDING THE WHITEWATER IN

A young student riding a small wave on a soft-top board with both arms out for balance — FIG. 99:UP AND RIDING, ARMS OUT

A young student riding a yellow board through the whitewater with one arm raised — FIG. 100:ARM UP ON THE YELLOW BOARD

A young student riding a board prone through the whitewater — FIG. 101:STRAIGHT THROUGH THE FOAM

A young student standing on a board in shallow water with an instructor watching from behind — FIG. 102:FIRST WAVE, INSTRUCTOR BEHIND

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