Carver Clinic

Looking to improve your Surfing skills while we suffer through flat days? Come take a Carver Surfskate Clinic with Surf the Greats!

Carver Surfskates have been around since 1995, helping all manner of folks improve not only their surfing, but also their mobility, dexterity and focus! Our instructors have put together a Level 1 and Level 2 class to help introduce you to surfskating, improve your pre-existing skills and show you the etiquette and safety of carving ramps and bowls in our local skatepark!

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Level 1

Our 60 minute Carver Clinic Level 1 will get you started with some flat ground skills and techniques to help boost your confidence and help implement a good foundation before getting started on ramps and features in the skatepark. Ideal for beginners, and people looking to improve their riding habits to better translate into their surfing skills!

Level 1 Indoor Winter Lessons

Our Level 1 Carver Clinics have moved indoors for the winter season! Only available over the colder months, we'll focus on our beginner techniques in a small group setting in the comfort of our own store! Ideal for beginners to both surfing and surfskating
Skill levels: Complete beginners to boardsports with no surf/skate experience, beginner surfers looking to hone their skills on dry land

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Level 2

Our 60 Minute Carver Clinic Level 2 has been designed to suit people who have taken our Level 1 Clinic and are comfortable with their abilities on a surfskate, or for those who have experience surfing or surfskating and want to improve and progress their foundations. In this clinic, we will progressively build on the drills presented in our Level 1, focusing on technique and biomechanics, generating speed and maintaining control. With the addition of angled walls and ramps, breaking down the technique to perform bottom turns, re-entry, cut backs, snaps, as well as other more advanced maneuvers.

Skill levels: Intermediate - advanced surfers with some skating experience, intermediate skateboarders, surfskaters with experience 

Abilities: In order to attend this Level 2 class, a participant must be able to perform the following confidently:

  • Breaking using the ABS system at higher speeds
  • Generating speed carving from heel to toes
  • Performing tighter turns on heels as well as on toes
  • Carving around cones with confidence
  • Ready to start tackling 30 to 40 degree walls as a wave
  • Ready to start dropping into 1-3' 30 to 40 degree walls at the skate park

    All Classes include Protective gear if selected, we don’t provide helmets so please bring your own! 

    The use of helmets and protective gear is mandatory for all our classes. Participants must bring their own helmet (Anything rated to protect your head works fine! Bike, Snowboard, Skate helmet etc)

    *BYOB - Bringing your own Surfskate and protective equipment to the lesson

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    For Private lessons & Semi Private group lessons please
    email us at School@surfthegreats.org
     

    Pricing:

    Registration Type  Equipment Included BYOB*
    Group Session
    Level 1 & Level 2
    $84/class
    $74/class
    Private Lessons
    Level 1 & Level 2
    $109/class
    $99/class
    Semi Private Group Lessons 
    Level 1 & Level 2
    Please contact us for more info 

      Clinics are 60 minutes. All prices are per person. Prices do not include HST.

      Our Carver Clinics happen at the Woodbine Beach Skate Park and at the Underpass Skate Park in Toronto

    At the beginning of each session, our coaches will assess all participant skill levels and will tailor the coaching for optimized individual progress.

    How to Book

    Reserve your spot now using the calendar below.

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    Terms & Conditions

      CANCELLATION PHILOSOPHY

      You can cancel your class online or through our app up to 12 hours before class start time to avoid losing the class. We do not accept email or phone cancellations. If you have not canceled your class, you will receive an email the following day to advise you that you have been late canceled.

      LATE CANCEL PENALTY

      Our late cancel policies are based on student feedback to help create a more fluid and relaxing sign in. If we hold a spot for you and you don’t show up it means that someone else could not get into the class and this is frustrating for people who have made the time to show up. 

      No refunds or credits are given for classes missed. We are sorry, but we cannot make individual exceptions. You have until 12 hours before class starts to add yourself in or remove yourself based on your schedule, so you can always wait until you know you can definitely make it to save your spot!

      REFUNDS

      All sales are final and not eligible for a refund unless Surf the Greats cannot meet its commitment to deliver a class. You have up to 12 hours to cancel or reschedule a class, and your account will be credited. Credits are non-transferable and may be used toward other workshops or products in-store and online. Cash refunds can only be issued if Surf the Greats cannot meet its commitment to deliver a class. No refunds or credits are given for classes missed.

      COURTESY POLICY

      Our goal is to create a space for as many students as possible in every single class we offer, without overcrowding the class or letting space go to waste unnecessarily. In order to do that for each of you, we have a few guidelines in place.

      PRE REGISTRATION

      All spaces are available to book online up to 14 days in advance and pre-registration is required to guarantee a spot in your favourite classes. Pre-registration is available through our MindBody online app.

      WAITLIST

      Even when a class appears full, you may, and should, add yourself to the waitlist. When a cancellation is made, the first name on the wait list gets automatically added to the class, and you receive an automatic email and/or text message at the time. Once you get added to the class from the waitlist you become responsible for attending or canceling.

      LATE ARRIVAL PHILOSOPHY

      If you are not signed in at the desk, at the beach, or at the skate park within 10 min before class starts and there are students hoping and waiting for a spot in class, we open the available spots in class to those who are on the waitlist, and your reservation might thus be forfeited. We also start our classes on time and will not accept any late entry to classes.

      TOLERANCE POLICY

      Surf the Greats has a zero-tolerance policy for discrimination based on age, gender, sexuality, mental or physical disability, body type, race, religion or political belief.