| founder & head instructor |
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Gerry
Kantor, 1963
South Mission Beach Jetty,
San Diego |
Gerry
Kantor, 2004
Grandview,
San Diego |
| view
1960's
surfing photos of Gerry Kantor |
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Gerry
Kantor is a second generation
San Diegan who grew up in the Point Loma and South Mission Beach
areas, both of which are known for their numerous surfing reef
breaks and beaches. He bodysurfed at a very young age, and started
surfing in the early 1960's. He wrote for Surfer Magazine (known
as "the Bible of the Sport") in the 1980's, and traveled
extensively for surf in France, Mexico, Costa Rica and Hawaii.
He is a graduate of nearby UCSD in La Jolla, and a director
of the National Surf Schools and Instructors Association. CPR
FOR THE PROFESSIONAL RESCUER, TITLE 22 CERTIFIED. |
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| sURF INSTRUCTORS |
| All
of our Instructors are currently or will be shortly certified with
one or more of the following certifications: Lifeguard Certified
/ CPR for the Professional Rescuer / First Aid Title 22. |
| Matt
is currently a student at UC Santa Cruz majoring in mathematics, with
plans of law school. He was born in nearby Del Mar, California, and
was on the surf team at Torrey Pines High School. Matt has surfed
since he was 10. Matt is on his third year with Leucadia Surf School.
LIFEGUARD/TITLE
22 CERTIFIED |
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| Dane
is currently a student at University of San Diego in the school of
business. He has surfed since he was 11, and was a member of the Torrey
Pines High School surf team. This will be Dane's third summer season
with Leucadia Surf School. CPR
FOR THE PROFESSIONAL RESCUER CERTIFIED |
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Chris Mumford is a second
generation San Diego surfer (his father surfed) and has surfed for
over twenty years, and that at only 28 years old. He currently co-owns
Ono Surfboards with his father. OPEN
OCEAN LIFEGUARD CERTIFIED. |
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| 2nd generation Encinitas surfer
(Dad surfs), surfed for 12 years, Chico State Graduate 2010, from
Encinitas, California. CPR
FOR THE PROFESSIONAL RESCUER CERTIFIED |
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| Andrew Kline has surfed for 15
years, is orginally from Los Angeles, California, is a 2008 graduate
of UCSD in Environmental Studies. He is also an ocean lifeguard at
North Island, Coronado. OPEN OCEAN
LIFEGUARD CERTIFIED. |
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| 7 year part-time veteran of Leucadia
Surf School, 2006 UCSD graduate, from Los Angeles, California.
AMERICAN RED CROSS LIFEGUARD CERTIFIED |
EMPLOYMENT/TRAINING:
We are always searching for qualified individuals for surf instructor
employment and training. Prefered qualifications: over 18, college
student or graduate, 10 or more years California surfing experience,
and California or San Diego native. We also consider all other
qualifications. ALL INSTRUCTORS
MUST GET AMERICAN RED CROSS CERTIFICATIONS: LIFEGUARD TRAINING
OR CPR AND FIRST AID TRAINING FOR THE PROFESSIONAL RESCUER.
THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS.
You can do this after you are working, but if you have these or
similar (EMT) certifications already, this will increase your
chances of working as an instructor. We will be hiring a lot of
instructors this summer, and also a telephone scheduler, who can
work from home with a computer and land line telephone. JOB
INQUIRIES: Please send an email to surf@leucadiasurfschool.com,
with a list of your background, college, surfing, jobs, with "employment"
in the subject line. We do not answer all emails. This is not
a writing test, we just need to know your background.
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