Surfski Coaching Courses

Our Next Course will be Hopefully be in 2026

I’m recovering from heart valve replacement surgery.

No More Courses in 2025

Benjamin is recovering from surgery.

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One-on-One Coaching

can be arranged to suit whatever date works for you – so book ahead!

The Coach

Ben Edom has a lifetime of experience in kayak and canoe paddling, coaching and competition, including GB Sprint Team and a national championship win and 10 years of Ski paddling in Australia on Queesland’s Sunshine Coast and Sydney’s Northern Beaches. This breadth of experience, and often daily playing on those big Pacific swells, enables Ben to communication simple, clear key principles, valuable hints and subtle techniques, all personally tested with a serious amount of sea time.

Now back in training, and one of the team riders for STELLAR Surfskis UK, Ben has earned a string of podium places in 2018, 2019 and 2020 races, competing in the 2019 and 2022 World Championships. And, to bring his coaching skills right up to date in 2020 Benjamin qualified as a British Canoeing Race Coach.

“I love the sea and want to help anyone who embraces the thrills and challenges of wind and wave on a ski to be more effective and aware so you can enjoy every trip all the more. More speed and power, less effort – If that means you can beat me – all the better!”

The Courses

There are three tiers of day, weekend, or longer courses to suit everyone except ocean ski experts:

Improvers

A general, practical introduction to surfski paddling for people with some experience of canoe or kayak who want to understand how to apply that to ski. Offers a sound foundation of principles, safety considerations and plenty of practical techniques to take home and work on.

Intermediate

For paddlers with canoe-kayak and at some ski experience who are ready to up their game on their ski. We cover a wide range of vital ski-specific seamanship and paddling techniques, while working towards a focused and proactive attitude to your paddling, the ocean, and racing.

Four-Day Intensive

When you’re ready to take your ski performance to the next level, build on your established experience on surfski and other paddling disciplines – when you want to go faster, to be more relaxed, and more in tune with the ocean.

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Benjamin Edom is a Paddle UK qualified Race Coach and has full Public Liability and Professional Indemnity insurance through Canoe Wales.