About SeaSports Southwest - Devon

 SeaSports Southwest Opened it's doors as a fully fledged RYA recognised centre on March 15th 2008. since then we have started to develop a reputation for running a very very good watersports centre. We have a great team who are focused on ensuring that you have a really good time having fun and learning in a safe environment.

The Centre;   

. We offer tuition & training to the  highest standard with top quality instruction & equipment

· Come as a beginner & leave as a multi disciplined high level instructor

· An excellent choice of activities

· All in an easily accessible and beautiful location

· Discounts will be available for loyalties and recommendations and for customers taking whole packages. RYA Members.

· Schools will be offered discounted prices

· Season tickets will be available for equipment hire

· With emphasis on learning & development and fun in a controlled and safe environment

 The Team

All our staff are passionate about their own diciplines and enjoy working as a part of a fun and focused team. All Staff are CRB checked and 1st aid qualified.

We are Sue and Tim Cox and the team;

Tim has a shockingly long history working in the watersports industry. -  Windsurfing Advanced plus Instructor & Intermediate Trainer, Senior sailing instructor, advanced dinghy Multihull keel boat instructor, Powerboat instructor, personal watercraft instructor and 1st aid instructor. (Also good at growing hair!)

Sue has a long history of business, looks after the bookings and the office & personel side of things. Runs the beach hire side of the business,  Oh yes and teaches windsurfing when ever possible. Also likes to ask lots of questions!

Andy Bruce chief instructor BCU Kayak and canoe instructor and guide. He is Passionate about coaching paddle sports and is also a power boat instructor and Windsurfing Instructor. he's quite handy on a dinghy and is quite the best Pirate on the whole team - check out the pictures on the Pirate Party Page!

Aaron Robinson  Kayak insructor & Windsurfing Instructor. Likes growing organic things.

Sam Chisholm  Works on the beach assists on courses our youngest member of the team learning his trade! loves chips & stays skinny!  

Roy Barnes Personal Watercraft instructor & power boat instructor & electrician - (who says don't mix electricians & water!)  

 

It Can Sometimes Be Difficult to Talk About Yourself! - So we asked a local sailor to give us some thoughts:

John Hibbard, UK National Champion,
Britain’s Most Extreme Champion and World Tour Competitor comments on the arrival of SeaSports Southwest:

windsurfing champion 007 "It’s great to finally have watersports tutition and hire available in Teignmouth. It will make getting in to watersports that much easier. I wish it had been around when I was learning. I learnt to windsurf on the river Teign when I was 14 years old. At that time there were no coaching facitlites availble locally so I learnt most of my skills from magazines and from watching others as well as a lot of trial and error.

I attended Teignmouth Community College and always dreamt of setting up a watersports facility in the town. In the end though my attentions turned to competitions and I set off in search of a life as a professional windsurfer. 10 years since learning in Teignmouth I have achieved my goal and become the National Champion as well as winning the covetted title of Britain’s Most Extreme sportsmen!

I compete all over the world on the Professional Windsurfers Association (PWA) World Tour, with my best result so far being 5th at the Samsung Mobile Championships in Belgium. I always look forward to coming back to my roots and windsurfing in Teignmouth. It’s a great place to try windsurfing and having SeaSports SW in the town can only be a good thing, and maybe in a few years time another Teignmouth windsurfer will be joining me on the PWA world tour."
Cheers
John

 

 

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