About Sam Ross

I am now lucky enough to work with a team of people, bringing you the very best of coaching for all levels, in multiple disciplines. Together with my team I want to provide the absolute best in watersports coaching and training, we can offer anything from group sessions to bespoke coaching, but most importantly we are obsessively passionate about what we do and want you to love watersports as much as we do! To understand why I first set this up, read my story below.

WHY and HOW did it all happen?

I was lucky enough to have first been introduced to Windsurfing by my Dad in my late teens. After an initial outing together which resulted in me dropping my mast on my Dad’s head and splitting it open we sort professional help. I met Rachel Med at outdoor adventure and whilst I ability to get on with the sport was arduous her style enthusiasm are something that have a had a profound impact on me ever since.

It was this influence that led me to wanting to coach the sport I had only just learnt to love. A love of coaching and was further instilled in me jammed into the back of a rowing boat in my late teens rowing for my school and later Great Britain Junior Squads, where being the Cox your only influence on making the boat go quicker was to help improve technique and encourage the team to success.

My enthusiasm for the sport of windsurfing continued to grow, initially training in Greece and then working in the UK as an instructor and in the retail sector in Poole. I then began what would be the first of many overseas seasons with Neilson Active Holidays. First in Bitez, then on to manage Ortakent in Turkey before opening their new Lesvos centre and developing their instructor training program in Dahab, Egypt where I also managed the centre.

Through RYA training I progressed to become one of only a few Advanced Plus instructor Trainers in the UK, as well as being a Race Coach Tutor and one of the Original Windfoil Trainers and Instructors having helped develop the scheme. I’m also very lucky to have worked as part of the RYA training team. Having helped develop British Youth Sailing Team Coaches, I was also the National Junior Squad coach and am now the Pathway lead Coach for the British Sailing Team IQFoil Project. I’ve also been working with the British Wave Sailing Association to develop their future Pros initiative and am the current Test Editor for Windsurf Magazine.

I continue to enjoy training at all levels whether that be beginners, first foiling flights, wave sailing, International racing or instructor training.