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Outside magazine, June 2001

Going for Your Ph.Dude
Six surf schools that'll teach you how to stand and fall
By Christian DeBenedetti

Buzzy Kerbox Surf Lessons
Launiupoko, Maui, Hawaii
808-573-5728/www.buzzykerbox surf.com.
Big-wave tow-in pioneer Kerbox teaches small groups of mostly beginners for $65 per two-hour session.

Manly Surf School
Sydney, Australia
011-612-9977-6977/www.manly surfschool.com.
Manly's the beach, not the M.O., at former pro surfer Matt Grainger's well-known lyceum.

Lou Maresca's Surf School
Fort Pierce Inlet, Florida
561-231-1044/www.surfschoolcamp.com.
Take private or group lessons with Lou himself at the East's oldest and largest surf camp.

Surf Diva
La Jolla, California
858-454-8273/www.surfdiva.com.
Isabelle "Izzy" Tihanyi, original Diva and local surfing legend, runs the world's first all-women's surf camp and clinics.

Corky Carroll's Surf School
Costa Rica, Puerto Vallarta, and Huntington Beach, California
714-841-0253/www.surfschool.net.
When not jamming at Duke's in Huntington Beach, surfing icon Corky Carroll (five-time U.S. Overall Champ, three-time IPC champ, multi-instrumentalist) can be found lecturing from atop his board.

University of Plymouth Surf Science Program
Plymouth, Devon, UK
011-44-1752-233093
Yes, you can earn a B.S. in Surfing! Well, Marine Studies. All it takes is three years of ocean ecology and surf-marketing classes.

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