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north san diego, california

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surfing instructor bios
founder & head instructor
This surf spot is crowded now.  No one else out on this day back in 1963!
Gerry Kantor, 1963
South Mission Beach,
San Diego
This old guy rips!

Gerry Kantor, 2004
Leucadia,
North San Diego

Gerry Kantor is a second generation San Diegan who grew up in the Point Loma and South Mission Beach areas, both of which are known for their numerous surfing reef breaks and beaches. He bodysurfed at a very young age, and started surfing in the early 1960's. He wrote for Surfer Magazine (known as "the Bible of the Sport") in the 1980's, and traveled extensively for surf in France, Mexico, Costa Rica and Hawaii. He is a graduate of nearby UCSD in La Jolla, and a director of the National Surf Schools and Instructors Association.
view 1960's surfing photos of Gerry Kantor
 
Our Crew
   
DAN PERRAULT
HEAD INSTRUCTOR
/SUPERVISOR
Local high school earth sciences teacher, who is a native of Ramona, California, and has surfed for 15 years. Dan is a graduate of nearby Cal State San Marcos.
   
MATT BLANCHARD
INSTRUCTOR
Matt is currently a student at UC Santa Cruz in applied physics, born in nearby Del Mar, California, and was on the surf team at Torrey Pines High School. Matt has surfed since he was 5.
   
JOE FERRAN
INSTRUCTOR
Joe is currently a student at USC in the school of business. He is orginally from Del Mar, California, and has surfed since he was five. Joe jokes, just call me "Jo" for short.
   
mARK MILLER
INSTRUCTOR
Mark is a high school teacher, who recieved his undergraduate degree from UC Davis, and his graduate degree in Geosciences from Princeton University. Mark has surfed for 15 years.
   
bENNY JAMMIN
iNSTRUCTOR
Benny is a native of nearby Carlsbad, California, and has surfed for 35 years.
   
All of our surfing instructors are CPR certified, experienced surfers, and trained by Leucadia Surf School owner Gerry Kantor to make sure that all of our clients actually get a chance to ride waves and actually surf during their lesson or camp. The instructors have written guidelines to insure the successful outcome of every surf class. They also have more than enough surfing experience to insure the safety of your surfing lesson or surf camp.
SURF INSTRUCTOR TRAINING: We are always searching for new and qualified surfing instructors to train. If you are interested in becoming a good surf instructor for Leucadia Surf School, are a college student or graduate from the UC system or other college, and a San Diego or California native, with 8-10 years or more of surfing experience, please email us a note detailing this and your surfing and vocational background via email. No previous experience as a surf instructor is preferred, so that we can train you in our own instructional methods.

Leucadia Surf School is licensed and fully insured for the beaches of Encinitas, Leucadia & Oceanside in North San Diego, California.

City of Encinitas License #17029

 City of Oceanside License #103444
Surfing Lessons and Surf Camps on the beaches of Encinitas, Leucadia & Oceanside in North San Diego, California.
Our surfing lessons and surf camps are near La Jolla, Torrey Pines, Del Mar, Solana Beach, Cardiff by the Sea and Carlsbad.
760-635-SURF • Surf@LeucadiaSurfSchool.com
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