How it works
Three steps. One clear path.
Most surfers don’t progress because nobody ever showed them the map.
Surf Academy gives you the map.
01
🎯
Find Your Level
Answer 3 quick questions and land exactly where you are on the progression ladder. No guessing.
02
📌
Follow Your Roadmap
Access your level’s video tutorials – theory, technique, and common mistakes. Know what to work on before, during, and after every session.
03
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Book Your Next Step
When you’re ready to progress, we have a Surf Camp or Coaching Retreat at the right location for your level.
The progression ladder
Wher Are You Right Now?
Each level is a stage in your journey. Find where you are, follow the
roadmap, and progress to the next when you’re ready.
Not sure what level you are?
Answer 3 quick questions and we’ll place you on the ladder in under a minute.
1
L1
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- 🇲🇦 Morrocco
Explorer - Beginner
Starting from zero • Softop 7’6-8′
Board anatomy • Wave Type
Paddling & timing • Take-off• Turtle roll
Green wave positioning • Surf forecast
2
L2
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- 🇲🇦 Morrocco
- 🏝️ Mentawai
Builder - Beginner to Intermediate
Directional control • Mini Mal / Funboard 7′-8′
Wave reading • Angled take-off• Lineup rules
Spot organisation • Channel & Currents• Priority
Steering left & right • Speed generation • Duck dive intro
🔒You’re ready for L3 when: You can ride the shoulder consistently in both direction and maintain speed without the wave dying under you.
3
L3
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- 🇲🇦 Morrocco
- 🏝️ Mentawai
Improver - Intermediate
Real turns on mid-sized waves • Hardtop 6’6-7’6
Steeper take-off • Faster pop-up• Wave selection
Bottom turn • Top turn• Wave sections
Pumping • Cutback • Rail-to-rail
🔒You’re ready for L4 when: You can execute bottom turns. top turns and cutbacks intentionally on head-high waves – not just react, but choose
4
L4
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- 🏝️ Mentawai
Advanced
Powerful waves, intentional manoeuvres • Hardtop up to 6’6
Above-the-lip-surfing
Floater • Powerfull waves• Reef breaks
Snap • Agressive Top turn• Spray
Gettinng barrelled
Barrel positioning • Backdoor • Slowdown technique
🏝️ Mentawai Coaching Retreat is your destination. World-class reff breaking wave surf coaching, 10 day of real progression
5
L5
- 🏝️ Mentawai
Performance & Long Board
High performance or longboard mastery • Coming soon
Airs • Deep barrels• Advanced manoeuvres
Cross-stepping • Noseriding• Style & flow
Why surf Academy
Built on 10 years of real surf experience.
Not an algorithm. Not stock footage. Real coaches, real locations, real progression.
🏕️
10+
Years running surf camps across 4 continents
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4
Owned destinations matched to your level
🎓
ISA
Certified coaches behind every tutorial
🏝️
L1→L5
The only complete progression ladder online
THE COACHES
Real Coaches. Real Experience.
Every tutorial and coaching retreat is built and delivered by coaches who
have spent years in the water with surfers at every level.
PLATFORM COACH • ISA CERTIFIED
Giacomo (Jack) Freddi
With 5 years of surfing and coaching across the Canary Islands, Portugal, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Norway, and South Africa – Jack is the primary voice behind every Surf Academy tutorial. He spent 1.5 years coaching full-time in Fuerteventura and has run surf retreats through Surfbreak Club for 2.5 years. He works primarily with L1-L3 surfers who surf 2-4 weeks a year and need a clear roadmap to actually progress.
ISA Certified Surfbreak Club 5 years coachingMorocco • Sri Lanka • Indonesia
PLATFORM COACH • ISA CERTIFIED
Giacomo (Jack) Freddi
With 5 years of surfing and coaching across the Canary Islands, Portugal, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Norway, and South Africa – Jack is the primary voice behind every Surf Academy tutorial. He spent 1.5 years coaching full-time in Fuerteventura and has run surf retreats through Surfbreak Club for 2.5 years. He works primarily with L1-L3 surfers who surf 2-4 weeks a year and need a clear roadmap to actually progress.
ISA Certified Surfbreak Club 5 years coachingMorocco • Sri Lanka • Indonesia
What Surfers Say
From first wave to Mentawais.
Real guests. Real Progression.
"I'd been surfing for 3 years without knowing what level I was or what to work on. Level 3 showed me exactly what I was missing. Two months later I booked the Mentawai retreat."
"The wave forecast video alone was worth it. I'd been checking Surfline for years and had no idea what half the numbers meant. Now every session starts differently."
"I surf 3 weeks a year. The platform lets me stay connected between trips. First time l've felt like I'm actually progressing rather than starting over each time."
Next Coaching Retreats
Ready to take the next step?
Small groups, professional coaches, world-class locations matched to
your level. Real progression in 7-10 days.
🏝️ Mentawais, Indonesia
Surf Coaching Retreat
July 12-22, 2026 • 10 days
- 👨 : Jack Freddi + Luke Du Toit
- 🏠 : Solid Surfhouse Resort included
- 📹 : Daily video analysis
- 🏄 : Max 8 surfers
€1,990 / person incl. accommodation
🏝️ Mentawais, Indonesia
Surf Coaching Retreat
September 8-18, 2026 • 10 days
- 👨 : Luke Du Toit
- 🏠 : Solid Surfhouse Resort included
- 📹 : Daily video analysis
- 🏄 : Max 6 surfers
€2,190 / person incl. accommodation
🇲🇦 Taghazout, Morrocco
Step Up Coacing Week
October 4-11, 2026 • 7 days
- 👨 : Jack Freddi
- 🏠 : Solid Surfhouse Morocco included
- 📹 : Video analysis 3x/week
- 🏄 : Max 8 surfers
€990 / person incl. accommodation
Start where you are.
Go further than you think.
Level 1 is free. No credit card. No commitment. Just your progression roadmap,
starting now.
Level 1 always free • Levels 2-4 from €[pricel/year • Included with all Surf Camp bookings