Learn to Surf
What Surfing Teaches You: 6 Things You Discover When You Start
Surfing teaches far more than standing up on a board: patience, ocean connection, mindfulness and community. 6 lessons from our surf school in Famara.
How to Choose Surf Equipment: Gerry’s Guide for Beginners, Intermediates and Advanced Surfers
Gerry’s 13-minute video on choosing surf equipment, plus the short version level by level: which board, which wetsuit for Lanzarote, and the one tip that saves…
Health Benefits of Surfing: What a Week in the Water Does to Your Body and Mind
What a session actually is (mostly paddling), what it trains, why you sleep and feel better after a week in the water, and the two or…
Essential Surfing Equipment for Beginners: What You Actually Need (and What to Skip)
Board, leash, fins, wetsuit, wax and sun protection — what each piece does, which version a beginner actually needs in Lanzarote, what to skip for now…
Famara Live Webcam
Get a daily overview of the surf and kite conditions at Playa Famara. Our camera moves…
How to Take Off on a Surfboard: The Pop-Up in 3 Steps (and Why You Fall)
The take-off, or pop-up, step by step as we teach it in Famara: stance, where to lie on the board, the two-extra-strokes timing, the three-step movement…
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Surf lesson 2 h from €50 · 4 h from €70 · Surf Camp with accommodation from €229 / 3 nights
Best Surf Beaches in Lanzarote for Beginners: 5 Places to Learn (and When Each Works)
Five beaches where you can actually learn to surf on Lanzarote — Famara first, then the east-coast bays that work when it is too big or…
Learning to Surf in Europe: 4 Beginner Destinations Compared (and When to Go)
Four very different places to learn to surf in Europe — from the Canaries to the Arctic Circle — compared on season, water temperature, wetsuit and…
Learn to Surf on Lanzarote: 5 Reasons It’s Perfect for Beginners
Warm water all year, a long sandy beach, swell almost every day and small-group lessons: five reasons Lanzarote is one of the best places in Europe…
Surfing Lanzarote ⎮ Surf Guide Canary Islands
Updated September 2026 · Written by the Red Star Surf instructor team, teaching in Famara since…
Video Analysis in Our Surf Lessons: See Your Surfing, Fix It Faster
Daily video analysis is part of our four-hour surf course and Performance surf camp in Famara: how it works, what it shows you and why you…
Surfing Etiquette
There is no sign at the entrance to the water and no referee in the lineup.…
Fitness for Surfing
Watch any lesson at Famara and the pattern is the same: the first forty minutes are…
Surf Slang & Terms
Most of these words were coined in Hawaii, California, Australia and South Africa, and they travelled…
Choosing Your Surfboard
Only days when you are on the wrong board. The same waist-high wave at Famara is…
The History of Surfing
Riding waves was not invented as a sport. It was fishing in pre-Inca Peru, ceremony and…
Surfboard Design
Every curve on a board buys you one thing and costs you another. More rocker turns…
