Drift Creek Camp is excited to offer Surf Camp for Grades 7-11. We will spend the week surfing at Otter Rock and camping at Beverly Beach State Park. Good food, fun evening activities, solid spiritual input, and lots of surfing are the highlights of this camp.
This camp is limited to 14 campers. We will
have 8 staff persons, not including our surf instructor, who comes in
just for the surfing during the day. His name is Dale Wood, and he is
an experienced surf instructor who is certified in first aid and swift
water rescue. The secondary safety person is our lifeguard, Tsid Gershom, who
is certified as well. Beyond that we always have staff in the water
with the campers, as well as keeping an eye out from the beach. The staff includes DCC camp leaders, cooks, female counselors, male counselors, a camp nurse, and a pastor. Surfing will take place at Otter Rock State Park, which is the safest beginner
surf spot on the Oregon Coast. The most dangerous part of surfing,
especially while beginning, is not the ocean, but rather your own board
and the people around you. We give complete instruction before getting
in the water that includes the proper way to fall (to protect yourself
from getting hit by your board) and proper etiquette (to be safe in
crowded surf). There is no way to eliminate risk while surfing,
but we do all that is possible to provide a safe and fun environment for our surf camp. There have been no injuries to campers in
the history of DCC's surf camp, which started in 2003. Wel do
our best to keep it that way. Our counselors are well trained and the policies for conduct
at this camp are no different than the policies at a regular DCC camp. The cost for Surf Camp is $200 [$15 discount before May 1], and if you need to rent your gear that is an additional $100. Please feel free to contact DCC Administrator, Tony Kauffman, with any questions at infodriftcreek.org or by calling 541-992-2556.
