Family Bodyboard Lesson

• Allocation of all equipment with suitable sizes for all ages
• Bodyboarding technique and wave selection
• Bodyboarding signals and how to wipe out
• Run through of terminology and kit familiarity
• Functional warm-ups, comprehensive family tuition and feedback
• Heated changing rooms and secure storage for valuables
• Hot outdoor showers and male & female toilets
• Assessment of ocean conditions and identification of hazards
• Full beach and ocean safety briefing
• A dog sitter if you require it. Just contact us for more details.
• Introduction to board handling & prone riding
• Discount card for apres bodyboard food and drink at local eateries

How Does It Work?

Bodyboarding is an exhilarating step-up from your traditional boogie-board specials. Simple to learn and addictive to master, your family will be catching white-water waves in no time! Learn a variety of wave riding skills under the expert eye of our experienced instructors. We’ve been introducing people to bodyboarding in Cornwall for over 20 years – kids, teenagers, parents and grandparents are all capable of learning and enjoying this hugely accessible sport!

Professional Instruction

Our team of coaches are all beach lifeguards as well as experienced and qualified bodyboard instructors. With a passion for the ocean, they have years of personal experience in the water too. We underpin their qualifications with in-house training by former European #1 and World Tour bodyboarder, Rob Barber. We’ve thoroughly equipped our instructors to provide the best bodyboarding experiences in Cornwall – you are in safe hands. The lesson is consistently pitched at a suitable level to engage each member of the family.

Why Newquay Activity Centre?

Our purpose-designed HQ is centrally located in Newquay town with surf shops and local eateries just a few-minutes walk away. World-famous Fistral beach is just a 10-minute walk from our centre, with Towan beach only a stone’s-throw away in the opposite direction. Here you will find Atlantic swell wrapping around the local headland into our sheltered bay, creating the ultimate bodyboarding conditions!

We don’t send our customers out on bodyboards that we wouldn’t be happy to ride ourselves; that’s why we only invest in the best quality equipment available on the market. We supply first-rate bodyboards, wetsuits and swim fins on our bodyboard lessons, putting you in the best possible position to kick-start your learning.

Our helpful instructors will provide you with the correct size bodyboard for your weight, the right size wetsuit for your height and the best fitting swim fins for your feet. This top-quality kit enables faster progression, bigger improvements and makes for an all-round more enjoyable lesson.

All equipment including wetsuits, bodyboards, ID vests and swim fins are provided along with changing facilities and safe storage for your valuables. We also have on-site lockers for bags and clothes so you don’t have to leave your gear unattended on the beach!

Bespoke Lesson For Your Family

We will tailor your bodyboarding lessons to ensure every family member feels confident and rewarded, whatever their ability. You’ll also learn basic lifeguarding skills and vital elements of beach safety! Our Family Bodyboarding Lessons are a safe place to learn, develop, encourage and enjoy something new and exciting as a family unit. They’re also fantastic for settling that age old dilemma of sibling rivalry!

To find out more, check out our ultimate guide to bodyboarding.

When we say we are the experts, we mean it. We established the world’s first structured bodyboarding lessons back in 1995. Since then, we haven’t just taught the sport; we have defined how it is taught globally.

Here is why we are the #1 choice for bodyboarders, from complete beginners to pros:

We Wrote the Book on Bodyboarding

You are learning from the source. We wrote the official Bodyboard Instructor Training Course for the International Surfing Association (ISA) and Surfing Australia. Our Director, Rob Barber, is a multiple-time British Champion and European Champion. When you book with us, you are accessing a curriculum developed by the world’s leading authorities on the sport.

Unrivaled Progression Pathways

We are the only school that can take you from your very first wave in Newquay to a barrel in Bali.
We run the world’s largest Bodyboarding instruction channel on YouTube.
We operate coaching weekends across the UK and bodyboard holidays globally.
Whether you are a novice or looking for elite coaching, we have a proven roadmap for your improvement.

Pioneering Safety Protocols

Standard safety wasn’t enough for us, so we innovated. We worked with Surf Life Saving Great Britain (SLSGB) to develop the industry’s first specific rescue protocols using bodyboards and swim fins. Our safety standards are unmatched:

• AALA Licensed (Adventure Activities Licensing Authority).
• Newquay’s only recognized SLSGB Training Centre.
• Highly Qualified Team: Every instructor is an SLSGB Beach Lifeguard and holds the specific bodyboard instructor qualifications we helped create.
• Covered by £10 million public liability insurance.

Trusted by the Best (VIP & Media)

Our reputation for excellence makes us the first choice for major media and elite athletes. We have delivered activities for the England Rugby Team, the England Surfing Team, and countless local schools. We have also been featured by:

• The Sunday Times & Christian Dior
• BBC Radio One & The Gadget Show
• 3x Cornwall Tourism Award Winners