3S Surf Company (Lisbon, Spain) ★★★

With a excellent location, Santa Cruz is located in the west coast of Portugal, known as the European Gold Coast, that offers you unique conditions in Portugal. Here you can surf on deserted beaches with uncrowded waves just for you, at the same time you'll feel and live the true surfing spirit and all this close to the most famous surf spots in Europe, where the World best surfers came to surf every years.

3S Surf School

Renowned for is quality of teaching demonstrated over the years,
3S surf school is located at Praia do Mirante, the "surf beach " in Santa Cruz

It's an eclectic and inclusive school, focusing on the features of each student, in order to provide personalized support. With capacity to teach surfing for all ages 3S has lessons for all levels, from initiation to advanced level, as well as unforgettable surf trips all along the Portuguese coast.
With a team consisting of teachers with over 10 years of experience in surf teaching and surf competition, graduates in Education and Sport and credited by the Portuguese Surfing Federation, the 3S has an education of excellence with the ability to be able to meet all your needs, helping you to achieve the goals and the level of surfing that you want to.
You have at your disposal the best materials in the market, wetsuits, the most appropriate surfboard to your level and leashs. All for you learn in comfort and safety.


Frédéric C. Rebelo

With 31 years of age, 16 as a surfer and 10 of them as surf teacher, Fred, has a degree in Physical Education and Sport, with specialization in water activities and nature. Surf Coach Level 2 and internship coordinator of the Portuguese Surfing Federation since 2009, has in his career as coach surfing competition, with two national championship titles and one as vice national champion. Knower of all the Portuguese coast, also surfed the Maldives, Morocco, Madeira, Spain and France.

Nuno Lucio

With 37 years of age and 24 as a surfer he is surf coach since 2006 and swimming coach since 1993.
Accredited and honored by the Portuguese Surfing Federation with the prize for best trainee in the course of surfing coaches level 1. Born in Torres Vedras and raised in Santa Cruz becomes lifeguard with 18 years old, through diving and sport fishing has spent much of his life on the sea, knowing this piece of coast inside and outside elects the West Coast of Portugal as one of the best areas in Europe to practice surf. Today devotes his life to surfing and its teaching.

3S Surf Competition

This project of 3S is directed to purposes other than the 3S surf school.
In order to be able to offer their players the possibility of being able to take full advantage of this sport, 3S has the project through which competition has won numerous awards and ratings, two national titles to enhance surfing.
This project is dedicated to part of athletes who have characteristics in order to become future professional surfers. The 3S surf competition project develops athletes with the work of technical training, tactical, physical and mental, where the competitions, internships and surf trips (Maldives, Morocco, France, Madeira), are a fundamental part of this study of evolution and growth as athletes.

Teaching Methodology

With regard to learning surf, 3S covers the following levels:

Level 1 - Introduction

Objectives:

- Knows material, functions and applications of the same (surfboard, apparel, leash, wax, etc.);
- Minimum autonomy in water with and without board;
- Know safety rules in and out of water;
- Row through the foam;
- Approach the foaming nozzle up and sit back;
- Catch broken waves independently;
- Paddling techniques, sit and turn;
- Autonomy in waves with 0.5 m size
- Perform take-off, with few imbalances in foam waves.

Level 2 - Elementary with little autonomy

Objectives:

Level 3 - Elementary with total autonomy

Objectives:

- Performs take off smoothly and adjusted;
- Almost total autonomy in the water and under water, inside and outside with waves up to 1m;
- Autonomy in the selection of the waves;
- Sit on the board and correct movements;
- Surfing front and back side of the green wave;
- Performs basic shift in the wave (bottom turn);
- Performs turning green wave (top turn);
- Passes over sessions (floater) and lower (bottom)
- Performs rise and fall of the wave in a balanced way (trimming);
- Performs a duck's bill to pass the waves;
- Identifies sea conditions efficiently

Level 4 - Advanced

Objectives:

- Performs balanced and fluid curves in the top and bottom of the wave;
- Performs curves on the rail of the board front and back side;
- Trimming discharged;
- Performs two maneuvers per wave;
- Performs cutbacks in two directions;
- Performs floaters, passing sections.

Level 5 - Expert

Objectivos:

- Performs sequences of maneuvers;
- Performs reentry and beats;
- Locks and accelerates when the wave requires;
- Performs more than three maneuvers per wave
- Total autonomy in water.

Extras

- Transfers from the airport to surf camp:
-> Lisboa 70 €
-> Porto 280 €
- Photos
- Laundry Service
- Bicycle Rental
- Car rental
- Taxi

Activities
Meeting the needs of all those who seek radical moments with the surf, either occasionally or even regularly, 3S isolated organizes events and activities for various requests from our customers:

- Activities for companies for one or more days;
- Holiday sports;
- Holiday camps;
- Courses surf practical and theoretical workshops and trainings;
- Birthday parties;
- Surf Trips;
- Championships;
- Events;
- Etc.