LEXIE HALLAHAN - During the Spring of ’05, I started NW Women’s Surf Camps with an inspirational team of instructors.  2008 will be our fourth season offering women of all ages a unique opportunity to experience surfing on the North Oregon Coast.  Our efforts, mission and vision have been a resounding success! As Rumi wrote - "Let the beauty we love be what we do."

DENNIS J BRAUN - Blessed to live in Seaside for over 40 years. An active athlete for 35 years and counting. 22 summers as a beach lifeguard in Seaside and Cannon Beach. "Never stop giving thanks for the gift of life......by living each day to the fullest."

BETH GERGICK - "Surfing for me is so much more than just riding a wave. It’s respecting and loving the ocean for its playfulness and humbling power, it’s my connection to the Creator, the cultures and adventures I’ve thrown myself into searching for waves, and the belly laughs and amazing people I’ve met along the way. When it all flows together in perfect synchronicity on a wave, it produces a kind of joy inside of me that’s really hard to explain. So all I can do is give thanks and hope that I can share that feeling with others."

JEANNINE POUCEL - "Surfing is simply a matter of accepting nature's whim.  Because maybe today, at this very second, the perfect wave will allow me to harness it's power and glide effortlessly across it's majestic crown.  OR it will pick me up with angry upheaval and slam my cocky butt into it's depths.  It is then that I take comfort in the fact that nature, in the end, will prevail.  To teach another woman how to read and play in this kind of environment fosters empowerment from within and a humble appreciation of the things we can't control.  We can only hope to have the flexibility and grace to accept the ocean's offering and in return encourage more people to protect it.  I am thankful to be part of this organization."

ALICIA RITTER - "Life is a journey and the ocean guides me on my path." Bodyboarding in Ocean age 5. 23 years total surfing time.

More about us
All of our surf instructors are experienced water people with over 100 years of surfing time between us.  We’ve traveled for surf to Indonesia, Europe, Mexico, Costa Rica, Hawaii, Canada and the Pacific Northwest.  We are all Currently Certified in Life guarding, American Red Cross CPR and First Aid.  One of our instructors has 22 years of beach life guarding experience on Seaside and Cannon Beaches.  We train yearly with a Coast Guard swimmer in advanced ocean skill rescues.  All instructors teach with Gath surf helmets for their students.  In case of an emergency, rescue tubes and first aid kit are provided at every camp, lesson and event.  We pride ourselves in having “raised the bar” in both qualified surf instruction and the safe way we conduct it.  We all love sharing our passion for life and surfing with our students.  Come join us for an empowering surfing experience on the beautiful North Oregon Coast!