Ballina Surf School

Dave was fantastic with our 3 young kids for a private lesson. A really nice bloke and professional too. The kids had a blast. Thank you.

My wife and I had a beginners surf with Dave this morning and it awesome. He had us standing up no problems with great advice and knowledge. Highly recommended!

What a great experience! From my first call to Dave I knew he’s a man you can trust! Professional surfer and teacher, awesome advices and tips, not only about surfing but about the area too! Feel heaps more confident about my surfing future and I’m in love with Ballina! Highly recommend to get in touch with Dave even if you just need an advice!

Dave is a great teacher, I've taken three lessons with him so far, with more to come. He's got a great spot for beginners, where it's not too deep and you can stand up when needed. The progression has been noticeable, over the last three lessons I've learned to paddle onto the wave, ride it in and do a few turns along the way as well. He's super chill and patient, and a great guy.

This is my third lessons with Dave - I had a few lessons over summer with him and booked as soon as I got back up here. He's so nice and gives such great tips - will be booking more lessons with him for sure! I've had lessons in Bali, Byron and Victoria and I just love my sessions with Dave. Always learn so much and have such a good time:)

Started some lessons with Dave a month ago. His a top bloke and very knowledgeable about surfing. He has helped me a lot with video analysis picking out areas to work on and ways improve my technique, highly recommend

Had a private lesson with David at Shaws bay, it was awesome. I improved so fast and so well I couldn't do it on my own. I wanned to learn how to turn and I did! And even more! We got my critical turns fine tuned and worked at speed down the line. Even learn to pump and win speed. At the end I was worn out and pumped at the same time. Such amazing feelings. Thank you very much David for this wonderful session. ‍️

Good surfing experience!
we worked on speed at take off, effective weight distribution and creating speed down the line with effective turn timing and checked a few surf spots.
Deve was really friendly and helpful, would definitely recommend to whoever wants to improve his surfing skills.

I only started surfing 6 months ago. After a couple of failed attempts on my first board (a mid length) I contacted Dave from a Google search. I was really Impressed with his knowledge of the local surfing spots and felt comfortable with his easy to understand and friendly teaching style so I decided to get a weekly 'one on one' lessons. Dave knew my level and ability and always found the right spot and conditions suitable for me to progress the fastest. Thx to Dave within a few months I was ready for my first short board and bought a 6ft 'pod mod'. I recently did a lesson with Dave where he videoed me and went over the footage afterwards pointing out what I was doing well and where I could improve. I actually found this so helpful and already within a week of that video analysis feel like I have made a lot of progress, maybe.have to wait til next week's lesson and see some footage for proof haha!
All in all, Dave is professional, extremely knowledgeable and now with his experience in video analysis I reckon he offers the best value for money as far as surf coaching goes