Global Boarders provides luxury Cornwall surfing holidays, Corporate surfing days, Family Surfing Holidays, School Surf Trips and unique Cornwall Surf Experience packages. Combining the finest surf locations in Cornwall, the highest quality of instruction, customer service, accommodation and food, Global Boarders' Surfing Holidays in Cornwall will leave you with a feel good factor that will be with you long after your holiday is over.
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Age: 37
Sex: Female
Years surfing: 5
Hobbies:
Surfing, swimming, working out, massage, poetry and hanging out with my friends & family and colleagues. I also really love working. Oh, and cake.
Favourite waves:
Perranuthnoe
Places surfed:
Morocco, The Outer Banks NC USA, Ireland and of course Cornwall.
Boards owned:
7'6" minimal; 9' longboard; 9ft Swellie [not fashionable but great for tiny days and paddling over to St. Michael's Mount - hanging out with the swans on the way].
Philosophy on surfing:
Surfing can provide you with pretty much everything you need to keep yourself in check. It is amazing for you physically and spiritually; it can take you places geographically and personally; it can give you big highs and big lows. For some surfing is a lifestyle - for me it is a way of life and I'm pretty lucky that the whole Global Boarders Team have a deep, shared passion and we can spend every day doing what we love, together. Meet the rest of the Team below...
Age: 21
Sex: Male
Years surfing: 8
Years coaching: 5
Qualifications:
Other hobbies:
Training groms [talented young surfers] to a National standard of surfing, Snowboarding, Diving, Socialising.
Favourite waves:
Porthleven, Little Fistral and a few other spots that you will only surf if you search...
Places surfed:
France, Spain, England, Wales, Morocco, Portugal... and so on!
Boards owned:
X2 6’1 Fire Wire (Tag Burrow Model) and Black and White Performance Short boards, 7’6 Semi-Gun for those big days and a 9ft big boy swell board for those even bigger day. And numerous others shape and sizes for all conditions.
Philosophy on teaching:
Watching individuals experience what I did 8 years ago everyday is the most brilliant feeling for a coach / teacher. Guiding the youth of today away from the ‘.com’ culture inspiring peer to peer respect and reducing obesity are the core elements of my motivation. Cornwall is blessed with endless golden sands and picture perfect waves. I ask you, if the opportunity is there why not take it?
Philosophy on surfing:
Surfing changed my life, opening doors and creating everlasting connections and friendships with people from all walks of life and places in the world. The most addictive sport you can ever take up, with the chance to travel to foreign places in search of perfect waves.
**Only a Surfer knows the feeling**
Age: 23
Sex: Male
Years surfing: 4
Years coaching: 3
Qualifications:
BSc Sports Coaching
BSA Surf Coach Level 1
RLSS National Beach Lifeguard
RLSS National Pool Lifeguard
JSLA and CSLA Sports Leadership
Other Hobbies:
Snowboarding, Travelling, Football, Cricket, Keeping Fit, Swimming, Reading and the occasional game of poker with the guys on the CPT.
Favourite Waves:
Lower Trestles in California and Crack Pipe in Fiji. Gwenver/Sennen and Gwithian back home in Cornwall.
Places Surfed:
Cornwall, Wales, Sri Lanka, Bali, Lombok, New Zealand, Fiji, California, Mexico, El Salvador and Nicaragua.
Boards Owned:
Two 6’3” squash tails (Matt Adams and Bourton). 6’10” Lost Quad Shark for the bigger days.
Philosophy on Surfing:
Surfing gives back what so many sports cannot, a chance to really connect with the elements and your surroundings. For the chance to experience this feeling in so many exotic countries around the world is truly amazing and what makes surfing so special to me. I feel very lucky that I am able to bring this experience into my working life.
Age: 25
Sex: Male
Years surfing: 15
Years coaching: 3
Qualifications:
BSA Surf Coach Level 1
NARS National Beach Lifeguard
RLSS Pool Lifeguard
Other Hobbies:
Football, swimming, tennis, travelling, skateboarding.
Favourite Waves:
Perranuthnoe, Praa Sands, Gardens, Raglan, Bingin, Impossibles, Medewi, Contis, Rincon.
Places Surfed:
UK, France, Spain, Portugal, Fueteventura, California, Mexico, New Zealand, Morocco and Indonesia.
Boards Owned:
6' 3" Kenny Macdonald swallow tail, 5'10 boomstick fish, 6'4" Brothers Neilson swallow tail.
Philosophy on Surfing:
Gives you a great perspective on life in general. Sends you flying around the world in a frenzy of wave fever. For me no one sums it up better than my colleague and Global Boarders Head Coach Chris Brown, to quote him directly:
"Surfing is a source, it will change your life forever, you are never to old to start. It's a way of life - it becomes your very 'raison d'etre' and a way of getting in tune with nature and your surrounding eco systems and allows you to channel the forces of nature to your advantage. It gives you what I call a 'heightened sense of things', let's call it an awareness. The awareness allows us to understand we are all one. All of us. It's also a really good laugh."
Thanks Chris!
Jon (JP) Parlby Age: 21
Sex: Male
Years surfing: 7
Years coaching: 4
Qualifications:
Other hobbies:
Love my music and DJ ing, mentoring underprivileged kids, DIY, travelling, keeping fit; swimming, running, tennis etc, making and repairing surfboards.
Places surfed:
Kernowfornia of course, France, Spain, Portugal, Northern Italy, Carribean, Ireland and hopefully Indonesia in the very near future.
Boards owned:
6"0' lost speed demon 2 (thanks to the Pauls' at Black and White surfboards) 5"10' quadfin (B+W) 9"1 longboard.
Philosophy on surfing:
It drives me mad with frustration, but then it is the thing that I love the most as it can take your mind off anything and keep you focused and driven and also opens doors with career options.
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Marazion
Cornwall
TR17 0EA
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