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Outside his own surfing career highlights, Michael has been instrumental as head
coach for the Billabong Junior Team riders for several years after retiring, Contest
Director at several World Champion Tour events in Australia & South Africa.
Guest appearances and mentoring talks for Surfing Australia's junior development
"High Performance Camps."
Michael has a unique teaching method that has proven to be extremely successful
in teaching the basics for "Learn to Surf", with over 20 years experience
as a Professional Surfer and several as a Surf Coach. His methodologies and procedures
are easy, adaptable and proper to build surfers foundations to either progress or
just to do it once.
All coaches at Godfathers of the Ocean Surf School teach Michael's unique hands
on approach encouraging, assisting & motivating with a fun, easy & proven
method you will be coming back for more.
"What I want for every customer that attends Godfathers of the Ocean Surf School
is to achieve the ultimate feeling of riding a wave and learning what it's like
to over come their fears. If you have the desire to try, we will have you standing
up and riding a wave in no time."
Michael 'Munga' Barry
Gordon Walker
Gordon Walker has been coaching with Godfathers of the Ocean Surf School since September
2007, attaining his Level 1 surf coach certificate.
He began surfing at Newport Beach in Sydney at the age of 9, with 40 years of surfing
experience in places around the world, including Hawaii, Indonesia, Fiji and Tahiti.
Helped form Newport Plus Surf Board Riders Club in Sydney, was the President for
first 5 years of the club’s existence.
Mentor and friends of 2 x former World Champ, Tom Carroll and brother Nick (surf
journalist), and others such as surfboard shaper & designer of the "Thruster",
Simon Anderson.
"Coaching has opened up a new chapter in my surfing career. With 'Munga' &
Krista’s patience and guidance, I have found a whole new level and passion
to my surfing and I intend to continue on to higher coaching levels, with my aim
to be a level 4 master coach.
I have found a great deal of personal satisfaction in being able to pass on to my
students the skills I have learnt over many years, and to help them to achieve something
that they may have considered too difficult, but in essence with the correct techniques
is something anyone can do. I love to be proactive in my approach to coaching, and
making sure that I am in the water with the students throughout the class to give
each person the individual attention they deserve to realize their full potential.
I truly consider myself a "Godfather of the Ocean", a philosophy which
extends way beyond our surf school, to the heart of ocean stewardship and environmental
awareness."
Gordon Walker
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