When I opened the surf school, back in 2001, it didn’t existed any surf school in Praia da Areia Branca, a small beach village close to Peniche / Baleal. At that time I was working in tourism industry as a tour guide and tour operator. As a local surfer, I had the idea of combining my two passions: SURF and TOURISM. Ripar Surf School was born! Since then, we helped many dreams of ridding waves to become true. I worked with several surf instructors through all these years. All