World Champion Surfer Cheyne Horan has developed the SUP lesson, we have 10 levels and all come with the board hire. Each time you come you have a little more to enjoy. Boards are easy and we have life jackets for the little ones. Tallebudgera Creek is a beautiful place to SUP we all enjoy the magic of our area. Cost $20 for 1 hr and $30 for 2hrs. Introduction and history of World Champion Cheyne
Horan. A dedicated competitor for as long as some pro surfers have been alive 32 years. In the face of uniformity, Cheyne Horan held fast to his beliefs and, in the end, came out on top. Born in Sydney, the son of an Australian speed skating champion, Horan began surfing on a Coolite at Bondi Beach at age 10. He won the New South Wales Juniors title in 1974 and was the Australian schoolboys champion in 1976. That year, he captured the Coke Australian Open Skateboard Championship. The only surfer /skater to hold both titles and also in the same year
Professional surfing's first tour, the IPS, launched the same year with 16-year-old Horan jumping aboard. In his debut at Sydney's Surfabout, he finished seventh. The teenaged speedster soon became the youngest member of the Bronzed Aussies -- a team of professionally minded competitors intent on gaining mainstream exposure for the sport. Horan finished runner-up to Wayne Bartholomew for the 1978 world title, winning the Waimea 5000 in Brazil and appearing set for the top., pushing Horan's record of runner-up finishes to four. During that stretch, he was the fastest surfer alive, refusing to relinquish single-fins to jump on the twin-fin or the thruster bandwagon. A staunch advocate of Geoff McCoy's needle-nosed, wide-tailed Lazor Zaps, he was at times unbeatable in small to medium surf. He gained independence from the clone-like Bronzed Aussies in 1980 and pledged his life to vegetarianism and yoga. A radical surfer for his era, Horan won the inaugural Op Pro in 1982 with a crowd-pleasing backhand 360 in the final. His popularity culminated with a win in the 1983 Surfer Poll and a spot in a widely distributed Sunkist soda commercial. With McCoy and designer Ben Lexcen, Horan developed a winged keel fin based on an America's Cup sailboat design
He produced a movie, Scream in Blue, chronicling his life and views in 1987. In 1989, he won the final event of the season, the Billabong Pro, and re-emerged in the Top 16 -- this time on conventional equipment. The $50,000 win was his first in Hawaii,
Before ending his world tour career in 1993, Horan accumulated 12 victories and seven top-five, year-end finishes. Six years after leaving the pro tour, Horan found a shot at redemption with the Quiksilver World Masters Championship in France. Never wavering in his dedication to fitness and competition, he out-dueled his old adversaries in perfect beachbreak barrels and claimed the under-40 world title. Emerging from the water, he proposed to his girlfriend Paulina, and they were married in May of 2000. -- Jason Borte, October 2000
Over the years Cheyne is seen as a pioneer by his peers
and was inducted into the Surfing Hall of Fame in 1986. He has created many of the rules which are
currently used on the ASP Tour,
He was voted best surfer in the world
by his peers on numerous occasions and has
created one of the major moves in pro surfing the
"Floater". Helping design the safest learn to surf
surfboard on the market which is still used today
by most schools and clinics. Some designs
however are exclusive to our school for example,
boards that will work for all sizes and abilities. This year making a dynamic breakthrough with helping to develop the
radio receiver helmet that can be worn in the water. Surfers Paradise Board riders club which he started and today organises competitions, training, management and sponsorship, as a team five Australian titles have been won in a period of seven years. Developing a new learn to surf DVD that all surf shops agree is the best learn to surf instructional film on the market. Over 90% of surf schools now in Australia and the world currently use this as their system or methods of teaching beginners, this system was developed to assist beginners the basics of surfing and to understand the rules of surfing. Cheyne has coached numerous Australian and World Champions during his time
as a professional instructor and always maintained his composer whilst competing on the World Tour. Many more students now work in the surf industry with the major surf brands in Australia and overseas due to his influence. Coaching History- 1978 - 2005
Pam Burridge – Through her career, World Woman’s Champion
Nicky Wood - Youngest to win a Pro Contest (16 years of age)
Damian Hardman – 2 times world champion
Todd Ingham – Won Australian Titles
Mark Occiluppo – Won many Pro Contests and World Champion
Wayne Rabbitt Bartholomew – Japan Cup Pro Contest 1980 – Tutored to do a 360 turn
Rob Page - First Pro Contest Pipeline Masters Hawaii
Shane Powell – From bottom of the ratings to number 2 and first Pro contest
Pauline Mencer - Winner of her first Big Wave Contest – World Champion
Luke Hitchings – Has gone Pro and will have an opportunity at a title this year
Tom Whitaker – Pro Rookie
Huntington Beach High School 1978
Australia National Professional Team - 1ST Australia II Team 1978,79,80,81,82,85,86 Captain Coach
Brazil National Team 1986
Hawaii National Team 1988
Coached Bondi Board Riders – 1978 -1997
ITN / Bondi Board riders -.1ST Australia Teams Challenge, Surf League, Captain/Coach 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988
President of Bondi Board riders from 1984-1997
Australian Team Coached in Hawaii 1993
Australian Champion Luke Hitchings 1994
Australian Champion Tom Whittaker 1996
Beginners to Intermediate at Bondi Beach 1978-1997
Beginners to Intermediate at Surfers Paradise 1999-2005
Currumbin State High School 1999. Currumbin Board riders 2000
Indonesian National Team 1999
Australia Big Wave Team Mexico 1998 - 2ND Place
State Champion Under 16 Andrew Levitt 2002
State Champion Under 19 Andrew Levitt 2002
Australian Champion Under 16 Andrew Levitt 2002
State Champion Under 16 Girls Renee Hyman
State Champion Women’s Senior and Over 35’s Mandy Roberts 2003
Australia Champion Senior and Over 35's Mandy Roberts 2003
State Champion Under 14 Boys Lance Perry 2004
Australian Champion Under 16 girls Renee Hyman 2004
Australian Champion Mandy Roberts 2004
Australian Opens Champion Jay Levitt 2005
Australian Masters Champion Phil Tanner 2005
Australian Champions Surf Board Riding Team 1999 – Surfers Paradise
Australian Champions Surf Board Riding Team 2000 – Surfers Paradise
Australian Champions Surf Board Riding Team 2002 – Surfers Paradise
Australian Champions Surf Board Riding Team 2003 – Surfers Paradise
Australian Champions Surf Board Riding Team 2005 – Surfers Paradise
World Champion Cheyne Horan Contest Record
YEAR RESULT CHAMPIONSHIP PLACE DIVISION
1973 1ST SYDNEY TITLES MAROUBRA, NSW U15
1973 3RD STATE TITLES NARRABEEN, NSW U15
1974 1ST SYDNEY TITLES MAROUBRA, NSW U15
1974 1ST STATE TITLES NARRABEEN, NSW U15
1974 1ST CHRISTIAN STATE THE FARM, NSW U19
1975 1ST SYDNEY SCHOOLBOYS MAROUBRA, NSW U19
1975 1ST NSW SCHOOLBOYS NARRABEEN, NSW U19
1975 2ND AUSTRALIAN DURANBAH, QLD U19
1975 1ST SYDNEY TITLES MAROUBRA, NSW U19
1975 2ND STATE WOOLONGONG, NSW U19
1975 4TH AUSTRALIA PT LEO, VIC U19
1976 1ST SYDNEY SCHOOLBOYS MAROUBRA, NSW U19
1976 1ST NSW SCHOOLBOYS WARRIEWOOD, NSW U19
1976 1ST AUSTRALIA SCHOOLBOYS DURANBAH U19
1976 1ST SYDNEY TITLES BONDI, MAR, BRONTE U19
1976 1ST NSW TITLES NARRABEEN NSW U19
1977
1977 7TH COCA COLA SURFABOUT NARRABEEN IPS
1977 3RD PRO CLASS TRIALS SUNSET, HAWAII IPS
1978 2ND HANG TEN CABANA, S.AFRICA IPS
1978 1ST WAIMEA 5000 RIO DE JANIERO, BRASIL IPS
1978 2ND WORLD TEAM SUNSET, HAWAII AUST TEAM
1978 2ND I.P.S. WORLD RATINGS
1978 1ST KATIN TEAM CHALLENGE HUNTINGTON, USA AUST TEAM
1979 2ND STUBBIES SURF CLASSIC BURLEIGH IPS
1979 1ST COCA COLA SURFABOUT BELLS, VIC IPS
1979 2ND GUNSTON 500 DURBAN, S.AFRICA IPS
1979 3RD WORLD CUP HALEIWA, HAWAII IPS
1979 3RD DUKE CLASSIC SUNSET, HAWAII
1979 3RD WORLD CUP HALEIWA, HAWAII IPS
1979 2ND WORLD TEAM SUNSET, HAWAII AUST TEAM
1979 2ND I.P.S. WORLD RATINGS
1980 1ST JAPAN CUP OSAKA, JAPAN IPS
1980 2ND HANG TEN DURBAN, S.AFRICA IPS
1980 3RD WAIMEA 5000 RIO, BRASIL IPS
1980 2ND WORLD TEAM SUNSET HAWAII AUST TEAM
1980 5TH IPS WORLD RATINGS
1981 2ND EASTER CLASSIC BELLS, VIC IPS
1981 3RD OM BALI PRO ULUWATU, BALI
1981 1ST GUNSTON 500 DURBAN, S.AFRICA IPS IPS
1981 1ST WORLD TEAMS DURBAN, S. AFRICA AUST TEAM
1981 1ST WAIMEA 5000 PRIAINA, BRASIL
1981 1ST EURO PRO FISTRAL, ENGLAND
1981 1ST WORLD TEAMS SUNSET, HAWAII AUST TEAM
1981 1ST QUIKSIVER TEAMS NEWPORT, USA
1981 2ND I.P.S. WORLD RATINGS
1982 1ST STRAIGHT TALK TYRE OPEN CRONULLA, NSW IPS
1982 1ST STUBBIES BURLEIGH, QLD IPS
1982 1ST OP PRO HUNTINGTON, USA IPS
1982 3RD WORLD SURFING PRO HEBARA, JAPAN IPS
1982 2ND I.P.S. WORLD RATINGS
1983 3RD ATLANTIC CITY PRO NEW JERSEY, USA ASP
1983 2ND EURO PRO FISTRAL, ENGLAND ASP
1983 2ND OP PRO HUNTINGTON, USA ASP
1983 3RD A.S.P.WORLD RATINGS
1984 1ST RIPCURL PRO BELLS BEACH
1985 1ST S.A.N.D. SURFERS AGAINST NUCLEAR DESTRUCTION. NOOSA
1985 2ND OP PRO HUNTINGTON, USA ASP
1985 1ST RECORD BAR WRIGHTSVILLE, USA ASP
1985 2ND MARUI PRO HEBARA, JAPAN ASP
1985 1ST PHILISHAVE TRIGGS PT, W.A. ASP
1985 3RD ASP WORLD RATINGS
Awards
In Bio
World Champion 1999
Australian Champion 1976
Australian Skateboard Champion1976
Billabong XXL big wave event 2nd 2002 and 2003
