点评:My husband and I had the most incredible private surf lesson with Wayne and his sons.
We are new to surfing, we'd only had one previous lesson and wanted to take a lesson from a local while on vacation in Barbados. Wayne was recommended through word of mouth and I am so glad that we chose to take lessons with him because he really focused on helping us build skills we can take with us. Our first lesson had been in shallow white water with the instructor pushing us most of the time.
During this lesson, we were able to start to learn how to spot the waves ourselves, how to practice the right timing with paddling and standing and get long rides and practice turning. His teaching method is to provide new information as you master the concepts so you don't get overwhelmed. I really started to feel comfortable on the board and start to get out of my head and start to feel what worked best. We'd discuss what worked well and where I could improve after each run. One of Wayne's son's was surfing with us so we each received 1:1 attention and had support with moving fast enough to catch the wave and paddling back (which is quite hard - our arms were tired by the end!). His other son recorded videos of our runs from the shore so that we could share with our families and learn for the next time. Wayne shared that my stand was a bit too wide and recommended that he try me on shorter board next time.
We will be going back for another lesson or two before we leave!
翻译:我和丈夫跟韦恩和他的儿子们上了一堂精彩绝伦的私人冲浪课。
我们是冲浪新手,之前只上过一次课,这次来巴巴多斯度假,想找个当地人教我们。韦恩是朋友推荐的,我们非常庆幸选择了他,因为他真的非常注重帮助我们掌握一些可以终身受用的技巧。我们的第一堂课是在浅水区的白浪区,教练大部分时间都在督促我们。
在这堂课上,我们开始学会自己观察浪,练习划水和站立的节奏,争取更长的冲浪距离,以及练习转弯。他的教学方法是循序渐进地讲解,让你在掌握之前的知识点后再学习新的内容,这样就不会感到不知所措。我开始真正地在冲浪板上感到自在,不再胡思乱想,而是开始感受什么才是最适合自己的。每次冲浪结束后,我们都会讨论哪些方法有效,哪些地方需要改进。韦恩的一个儿子和我们一起冲浪,所以我们每个人都能得到一对一的指导,有人帮我们加快速度追浪和划水返回(这真的挺难的——最后我们的胳膊都酸了!)。他的另一个儿子在岸边拍下了我们冲浪的视频,这样我们就可以和家人分享,也能为下次学习做准备。韦恩说我的站姿有点太宽了,建议下次试试短一点的板子。
我们离开之前还会再去上一两节课!