Paddleboard Rental in Torquay, United Kingdom

Celebrating 37 years, husband and wife team, Andre' and Dulce started out back in '78 with the shop then known as The Skate Surf Centre, and have always been at the forefront of new sports in this country such as surfing, skateboarding, windsurfing, powerkiting, kitebuggying, kitesurfing and stand up paddleboarding. The business has evolved over the years from the manufacture of surfboards, a very successful skateboard team which competed all over the UK, the RYA recognized Torquay Windsurfing School which taught a great many over the course of 25 + years, and the shop Torquay Wind Surf Centre. Andre' and Dulce were also founder members of the Windglider Class Association in the UK the first Windsurfing class to achieve Olympic status back in 1984, and both competed nationally and internationally, having won many competitions with brother Mark, the Shorland trio, Dulce became National Heineken Ladies champion in 1980. In 1999 Andre' and Dulce became involved in Kitesurfing and Kitebuggying. Andre' was for a time the Flying Doctor, Powerkite's Magazine Dr Kite. Andre' ran the Torquay Windsurfing School for many years (1978-1999) and then the Torquay Kitesurfing and Kitebuggying school from (1999-2015), one of the first Kitesurfing schools in the country, if not the first. The School now offers courses in Stand Up Paddle (SUP) as well as Powerkiting and Kitebuggying. Check out the courses page. Andre' was one of the first BSUPA Stand Up Paddle Surfing Instructors in the country. See our courses and gift vouchers, Torbay is an excellent location for the sport.