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PAKU VIEWS ISSUE 3 SPRING/SUMMER 2011-12
Gillian McNabb (AREINZ)
LIcENsEd AGENt/sALEspERsoN
027 28 48 019
Jen Beare
LIcENsEd sALEspERsoN
021 210 9552
Graham Beare
LIcENsEd sALEspERsoN
021 15 15 683
Ofce: (07) 864 7822
238 Main Rd., tairua
LICENSED UNDER REAA 2008
Living and growing up in Tairua is the ultimate experience in terms of learning to surf.
But up until the
foundation of Tairua School’s Surf Academy, if nobody in your direct family or your circle of friends surfed, it was
hard to get started. The Surf Academy’s aim is to give all students at Tairua School an opportunity to surf.
Once a week, the Surf Academy meets at Tairua or Pauanui beach where the students learn to read the waves,
paddle a board, stand on the board and surf etiquette. At the end of summer, a competition is held so everyone
can show off the skills they’ve learned.
Thanks to Tairua’s Surf Academy, groups of children from all different community backgrounds can be found out
the back, enjoying the ocean together and sharing the love of surfng in our backyard. - Gia Garrick
Above: The next generation of Tairua surfers starting to walk
in the steps of their parents. Photos Viv Attwell
Finding your love of surfng from an early age
Rory Guichenet scores a gem on a still winters
morning. Photo Luke MIllen
With the needle behind Sam Macaw takes to the sky.
Photo Viv Attwell
Luke’s son Mali getting a handle on
things in the esturary