SUP & Paddleboarding discovery

What are you trying to achieve?

A few short questions — two to four minutes — reviewed personally by Skip. This is the beginning of the coaching rather than a booking form: nothing is booked, paid for or confirmed here.

How it works

Your first session starts before we meet.

Tell Skip what you're trying to achieve, where you are now and what's getting in the way. He reviews it personally and uses it to plan the session around you.

The aim is to identify the things likely to make the biggest difference for you — not to work through a generic lesson plan.

You may only need one session.

On a paddleboard, small changes to stance, paddle technique, board control or the way you read conditions can sometimes make a substantial difference.

The first session is deliberately designed to stand on its own. Many people leave with enough understanding to practise and keep progressing independently.

If further coaching is genuinely useful, it costs less — the Discovery and planning have already been done. The aim isn't to maximise the number of sessions; it's to make the coaching useful.

Who is the coaching for?

Choosing this shows the pricing that would apply. It doesn’t book or charge anything.

Where are you with your paddling now?
What would you most like help with?

Choose as many as apply.

Do you have your own board or equipment?
Are you working towards a journey, challenge or expedition? (optional)
Where would you ideally like the coaching to happen?

Coaching can potentially take place at a venue you already have access to, where access and permissions allow. SHACADEMY doesn't operate a permanent paddleboarding venue, and equipment isn't automatically supplied — so nothing is assumed about a particular location or kit.

And how do we reach you?

Preferred way to be contacted

What happens next?

Skip personally reviews every coaching enquiry. He'll look at what you're trying to achieve and what you've shared, then come back to you to work out the most useful next step and, where appropriate, arrange the session.

Sending this doesn’t confirm a session. Sessions are arranged individually and remain subject to suitable venue, permissions and operating conditions.

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