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The North Shore Experience with Darrick Doerner

Location: North Shore, Oahu. Hawaii.

Based on the North Shore of Oahu. Big Wave Master Darrick Doerner has developed a program born from the desire to share knowledge and with his fellow surfers. The mission is to provide a place where you, a beginner, intermediate or advanced surfer, can really take your surfing and ocean knowledge to the next level, while learning to respect other surfers and the environment. Catch more waves...draw better lines...become more comfortable in bigger waves...be taken to the best surf spots...have a genuine Hawaiian experience. These are just a few of the things you will experience with Darrick Doerner and the SEA Adventures crew.

For the intermediate or advanced surfer: Do you think you can surf?

Come to Hawaii to find out what your made of and take it to the next level.

For the beginner: Want to learn to surf and feel the beautiful power of the ocean?

This is the right place for you.

One of Darricks guests charging...

The Program

- Airport Meet and Greet
- Accommodations
- Daily Guided Surf trips with Darrick
- Tour the North Shore with one of the most respected Big Wave riders.
- Access the North Shore with a true insider.
- Improve your wave riding ability, ocean awareness, and overall confidence in the surf

Darrick’s North Shore Experience is a fully customizable Ocean adventure which caters to all levels of ability, individuals, groups and corporate retreats.

This your opportunity to learn from one of the worlds most respected Watermen. Darrick will guide you through the “center of the surfing universe”, the North Shore of Oahu, and you’ll leave with a whole new respect for the ocean, increased confidence, and a broader understanding of your abilities.

Darrick has an impressive list of credentials and experience.

Worked with the Hawaiian Water Patrol from 1978-2004, which was in charge of water safety for all North Shore surfing contests. Their role was to ensure the safety of all professional surfers in the treacherous waters of Hawaii. Darrick's water patrol work for films and TV shows include Big Wednesday, Baywatch, ER, The Big Bounce.

• Stunt double and surf coach for Patrick Swayze in Point Break (1991). Final "Bells Beach 100 Year Storm" surfing and wipe-out scene shot at Waimea Bay.

                         Doerner, Kalama, Hamilton

• Stunt double for James Bond in Die Another Day (2002). Opening segment shot at Peahi, Maui with Dave Kalama, Laird Hamilton and cinematographer Don King.
• Filmography - Wake-Up Call (1996), Radical Attitude (1999), Endless Summer 2 (1994), In God's Hands (1998), Strapped (2002), Laird (2003), Step Into Liquid (2003), The Ride/The Day (2004 - Sundance Film Festival Film of the Year), Riding Giants (2004), All Aboard the Crazy Train (2006).

In addition to his credentials, Darrick is probably most known for his role in the pioneering of Tow-in Surfing. Along with Laird Hamilton, and Dave Kalama, Darrick was there at the beginning, when they decided to use jetskis and shorter surfboards with footstraps, and began slinging themselves into waves too big to catch by paddling. The footage of the sessions at the legendary “Peahi” or “Jaws” surfbreak on the North Shore of Maui, propelled Darrick, and his buddies into surfing history as the first ones to really surf, as Darrick would say, “The Unridden Realm”.

Darrick is also available as your personal guide at the global surf location of your choice.

To book Darrick and experience the North Shore with a legend of the Sport email us.

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