WSA Membership: Keeping You Covered Through Covid
While we all navigate through uncertain times, we appreciate that renewing memberships isn’t a favourable action for many. We are aware that COVID-19 is greatly impacting the WSA community, but [...]
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Having the right business insurance to cover your outdoor activities is essential to protect your business and your customers who trust you for a safe and fun adventure. Getting the [...]
Water Skills Academy Pledges 1% For The Planet
It’s been a long time in the making, but we’re thrilled to announce that Water Skills Academy (WSA) has joined forces with global movement ‘1% for the Planet’; joining more [...]
What does it take to be a surf instructor?
by Dan Lavery Long Line Surf School So over the weekend I ran the first Water Skills Academy- Foundation Surf Instructor Course of the year. With the season nearly upon [...]
Why Are Some Surfers 17 Times More Likely To Go Deaf?
Surfer's ear is a common cause of deafness among young people. Many surfers have heard of it but unfortunately most do not take adequate precautions to prevent it. It is [...]
Top 10 Tips on how to become a surf instructor
Being a surf instructor is a great way to make a living both at home and overseas. We have put together some advice for anyone looking to get into the [...]
What is Drowning & What to do if Someone is Drowning!
It will never happen to me In this article we will look at an incident which is always possible with any water sport and that is the risk of drowning. [...]
Cold water surfing
What the old guys say The older generation will tell you that the halcyon days of surfing are long gone and exist only in the minds of those that experienced [...]