Our Instructors

 

Kilian

Kilian is the owner and operator of Surf Santa Barbara and has been a professional surfer on the World Surf League for 15 years. Kilian has over 14 years of experience coaching and teaching surf lessons in Santa Barbara. He does private coaching for intermediate surfers and beginner lessons.

Kilian is CPR and Ocean Rescue (BWRAG) certified, and has completed EMT school.

James

James has been teaching surfing in Santa Barbara for 25 years (over 10,000 surf lessons) and is a top competitive longboarder. As a father of a child on the autism spectrum, James also specializes in teaching surfing to neurodivergent individuals. He is also a swim instructor and enjoys keeping every lesson safe and positive!

James is CPR and First Aid Certified.

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Selena

Selena grew up surfing competitively around Central America and the East Coast. As a recent graduate from SBCC, she loves teaching and surfing around Santa Barbara and has been teaching people how to surf for 9 years.

Selena is CPR certified.