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BRAND NEW PACIFIC SURF CO. CLOTHES!!! |
| We now have our new '09 clothes in store ready for you to hit the streets... stylin'! New t-shirts and hoodies with great new colours. Also, we have added a new line of spray jackets, perfect for after those spring and fall surf sessions. So come on over and pick up your new P.S.C. clothes... |
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TONS OF USED GEAR FOR SALE!!! |
| CHEAP PRICES... We have lots of used gear for sale. All gear is in good to great condition and ready to hit the water. We have everything from hoods, gloves, booties, summer wetsuits, winter wetsuits (suits from $50 and up), soft tops and hard tops (all boards being sold with fins and leashes for a killer price of $100!), and boogie boards. Come on by and check it out... time to get equipped for the summer surf season! |
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Can't Think of that Perfect Holiday Gift? |
What better an idea than a gift certificate from Pacific Surf School. Give your loved ones the experience of a lifetime! We have brand new gift certificates available for any type of lesson that we offer. Call us or drop by the shop to get this great gift idea. The ideal stocking stuffers!!! |
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2009 O’Neill Cold Water Classic Series to hit Tofino |
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CANADA Competes at I.S.A. World Surfing Games |
Pacific Surf School (PSS) would like to congratulate O’Neill and Adanac Surfers Union (ASU) Team Riders and local boys Noah Cohen and “Radical” Reid Jackson for gaining 22nd overall for Canada, out of 31 teams, at this years ISA (International Surfing Association) World Surfing Games held in Costa de Caparica, Portugal, this past October. There are currently 57 nations in the ISA membership and this is the highest Canada has ever placed. Noah walked into the competition ranked 91st overall and walked out 49th in the world, cracking the top 50. While Radical Reid was ranked 92nd and came home ranked 65th overall. Both Noah and Reid’s surfing have reached new heights and the on lookers got glimpses of this and Canada's progression on the world stage. In particular, Noah was throwing down some air reverses to finish off his combos and was pictured slotted on www.Surfline.com, the most prominent surfing website out there. As Marc Fuller, from O’Neill Canada, said in Portugal, the feeling is Canada can and should be in the mid teens at the next games. To help secure this goal for the future, Shannon Brown has been appointed the coach for the two Team Canada teams by the President of the Canadian Surfing Association, John Fluke. The next ISA event will be the Quiksilver World Jrs. at the end of March 2009 and the Billabong ISA World Surfing Games at the end of July 2009. Follow the link bellow to view photos from the contest and Noah’s tube time: |
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Pacific Surf Camps Receives The Hope Award |
Pacific Surf Camps traveled to Calgary to attend The Hope Awards and received The Agency of Excellence award from Aspen Family Network on Sept. 17th, 2008. Tonya Hartz and Jay Bowers were very excited to meet all the staff from this amazing organization and spend time with the kids on their own turf. (Pictured: Tonya Hartz our camp coordinator and Dakota one of our awesome aspen campers) |
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Pacific Surf School to host The TD Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup at Cox Bay |
The TD Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup is one of the largest conservation initiatives of the Vancouver Aquarium. What started 15 years ago as a small beach cleanup by four Vancouver Aquarium employees has now grown into the second largest cleanup in the world. Powered by Canadians, this program allows people from all regions and all walks of life to make a positive difference to their environment. Last year alone, over 52,000 Canadians registered to clean up 1,240 shorelines removing 87,489 kg of harmful shoreline litter. Pacific Surf School is proud to be hosting a cleanup on Thursday September 25 2008 at Cox Bay. We would like to invite everyone to come along and help with this great initiative. Participants are required to meet at the Maltby Road Cox Bay car park @ 4:30pm. After a quick briefing and equipment handout (garbage bags and plastic gloves), the cleanup is scheduled to start at 5:00pm. Following the event there will be a Beach BBQ will all proceeds going to the Surfrider Foundation Canada. So come on out, bring the kids and help keep our beaches clean! If you have any further enquiries or wish to participate in the event, please email |
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WINNER OF THE O'NEILL SURF ACADEMY LOGO CONTEST: CONGRATULATIONS TO: MIKE RICCARDI OF ONTARIO Mike created a really "West Coast, Canadian" logo for us, all the judges were impressed with his use of imagery combining the traditional O'Neill logo with cool West Coast images like the Whale, Cedar trees and of course the Maple Leaf. Here's a preview for everybody:
O’Neill and Pacific Surf School have a long history together in nurturing and supporting the emerging surf culture here in Canada. Both Pacific Surf School and O’Neill are committed to sharing their passion for the ocean and the art of surfing by creating The O’Neill Surf Academy here on the West Coast of Canada. The aim of The O’Neill Surf Academy is to be actively involved in aiding those that are less fortunate and offering a brighter alternative by showing them the joys of surfing. |
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VOTED #1 SURF SHOP IN TOFINO! |
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Voted #1 in Tofino Time Magazine’s reader’s choice awards: |
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SURFING TOFINO IN THE WINTER........... |
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O.K. the word’s out, it’s no secret any more that the waves here in Tofino (and everywhere else in the Northern Hemisphere) get much “better” in the fall and winter months; but what does “better” really mean? This term ‘better’ (when talking about surfing in the winter) is primarily used by the experienced surfer who has spent all summer riding the smaller (South) swell waves and is now looking forward to the much larger and more powerful winter (North) swells. ‘Better’ is also used to describe the quality of the waves; during these months large storms are generated North of here, up near the Alaskan ‘Pan Handle’, these storms consistently produce large North West swells that do not have to travel far before hitting our beaches here in Tofino. Because these waves do not have to travel as far as the summer south swells they are still carrying a lot of their original energy and size. The quality of these waves is also affected by our prevailing South East wind during these months. A South East wind is what we call on “offshore” So where does this leave the novice to intermediate surfer? Is the fall and winter a good season to plan a surf trip? Well here goes, there are many advantages to planning a surf trip in the fall and winter:
But what about the waves themselves, is it safe to surf here in the winter if you are a novice to intermediate surfer? Well, the waves are consistently larger and more powerful through the fall and winter months, but do not let this discourage you. Here in Tofino we have six surfing beaches within 30mins of town; all of these beaches have slightly different orientation, this means that if there are large powerful waves hitting one beach, you just need to drive around the corner to the next beach (that faces a slightly different direction) and you may find much smaller, less powerful waves. So even when it is ‘overhead’ at Long Beach or North Chestermans, you may find a nice clean ‘waist-high’ wave at South Chestermans or Mackenzie Beach. If you do plan on visiting Tofino for a surf trip during the winter and fall months and you do consider yourself to be a novice to intermediate surfer here are some words of wisdom:
Written by Paul Horscroft, BSc Surf Science & Technology. For more info’ on surfing in Tofino in the winter, check out Jay’s article on our resources page entitled “Bigger is better: winter swells” |
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A BIG THANKS TO O'NEILL AND SPY |
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Pacific Surf School is proud to welcome SPY optic to our family
Check out SPY’s website @ www.spyoptic.com
Check out O'Neill @ www.oneill.com |
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PACIFIC SURF SCHOOL HAS A NEW HOME |
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Pacific Surf School moved into our brand new location on Thursday 8th June, 2006 - Address: 'The Campbell House' 430 Campbell St, Tofino (next door to Storm Surf Shop).
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PACIFIC SURF SCHOOL IS LOOKING TO FILL THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS: |
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Successful candidates must: Possess excellent organizational, computer and personal skills. Work well under pressure. Be committed and dependable. Have experience working with cash registers. Be self-motivated and ambitious. Assets: Previous front end/sales experience General knowledge of surfing and surf industries |
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Successful candidates must: Be committed and dependable.
Previous retail experience Punctual Good Work Ethic General knowledge of surfing and surf equipment |
wind; this wind blows from the beach towards the wave, physically preventing it from breaking until it reaches shallower water, where it will break more dramatically, often with a hollow section that is commonly called the “tube”. This offshore wind also ‘cleans up’ the swell (waves) by grooming the face of the wave and eliminating some of the surface ‘chop’ and bumps from the wave. 
