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It's never too late to learn to surf

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Surf2LiveLB
830 Shore Road, Long Beach
(516) 236-1070, www.surf2livelb.com

As a professional surfer for more than 45 years, Elliot Zuckerman claims it’s never too late to learn the sport. Having instructed all levels of surfers from children to adults, he knows exactly how to teach each person. Bad knees? Think you’re too old? Zuckerman will have you surfing during the first lesson. This is the expert who developed special surfing techniques for physically challenged individuals, worldwide.

Surf2Live is a surf school offering private, semi-private and weekend lessons to children and adults, from novices to those with advanced skills. Surf2LiveLB is a surf camp, which Zuckerman owns with Austin Rosenthal, who was once his student. The camp has two locations. One is at Sunny Atlantic Beach Club in Atlantic Beach, and the other on the east end of Long Beach, at the quiet Pacific Beach, which has no boardwalk or crowds.

The surf camp, which is comprised of groups of children and adults mixed together, has a student-to-instructor ratio of 3-1. Sessions are four or six hours, depending on which location you choose, and anyone can sign up by the day, week or season. Camp activities include surf and ocean safety, and land and ocean instruction. You will never learn in water over your head, and there are no silly games at this camp.

Surf Camp Director, Elliot Zuckerman, who is a National Surf School Instructors Association (NSSIA) certified master surf instructor and Surf Coach, has been teaching for 35 years. All instructors are certified in CPR. Zuckerman has participated in world pro surfing tours and is a member of the East Coast Surfing Association. Surf2Live was the first surfing school to be recognized by the NSSIA, which governs the sport in the United States.

Zuckerman lives the ultimate dream — turning a passion not only into a business — but a lifestyle. Originally an engineer, he retired as director of Operations of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Now he divides his time between New York and Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, where he owns an estate. He hosts all-inclusive surfing vacations at his private residence that sleeps six. Guests enjoy a well-stocked kitchen, fine dinners, a homey atmosphere and surf instruction from Zuckerman.

He is also the founder of Surfer’s Way, a not-for-profit organization that gives lessons to special needs children, free of charge. They work with all kinds of physical challenges, and teach about 2,500 youngsters each year.