Having a personal guide during those initial days of surf or initial days of a new zone, can and will make the difference in your ocean experience. Surfing involves much more than standing on a surfboard in the ocean tides, swells, board rentals, rips, locals, secret spots, urchins, dolphins, red tide, rash guards, zinc, wax, leashes, the list goes on and on. Paul’s teaching strategy is patient and personalized. ![]() He received his teaching certificate from the BCASI (British Columbia Association of Surf Instructors) and has taught lessons out of the coastal Canadian towns of Tofino and Ucluelet, taught for two years in Nicaragua, and is a surf guide on Nootka Island, British Columbia. Paul has been surfing and instructing for over a decade. His beliefs remain firm that anyone can surf, and everyone should! Paul has worked as a surf guide at remote lodges in both Canada and the tropics and has taught lessons to hundreds of people. After paying his dues learning the rhythms of the Northwest Pacific’s frigid waters, Paul has been creating art on the faces of waves for over a decade. He truly believes that the ocean is the most awe-inspiring place on the planet and has the ability to elevate one’s soul to levels of enlightenment. Paul’s furry appearance is most likely to catch your eye while building a fire on the beach or calling you into a perfect wave at sunset. While the shortboarder is looking to rip the wave apart, the longboarder is searching for the perfect position of trim that affords him a moment of utter relaxation – a state of grace, you might say – because any further movement or weight shift on his perfectly planning surfboard would only serve to disrupt the elegant equilibrium of his place in the world.” Perfect for large families and group trips (8-16 people).“Julio is also very adept at finding The Glide, which, aside from a state of mind, is also a physical place on the wave.
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