Surf Coaching Retreats

Do you love surfing but feel like you’re not making real progress? Do you sense that your own mindset is holding you back from becoming a better surfer? Then it’s time to join our surf coaching retreats! Our intensive retreats focus not only on refining your surf technique but, importantly, on overcoming mental blocks and building mental strength. With experienced surf coaches and sports mental trainers, we’re here to support you.
We offer retreats for different levels in Portugal. Check it out!
Below, you’ll find an overview of all retreats organized by skill level!

We at Fearless Surfer specialize in creating a power combo of surf technique coaching, mindset training and surf skating. We at Fearless Surfer and Concrete Surfers specialize in creating a power combo of surf technique coaching, surf skating and mental training. What we think influences our emotions, and how we feel in our body, in turn, impacts our thoughts!

During our intensive weeks, you’ll receive personalized coaching on both your surfing technique and mental topics.

Watch our video from one of our retreats in Aljezur, Portugal for an insight into a typical training day 🙂

Interested in a team-building surf retreat for your company or team? Explore our team-building offer HERE.

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Retreat overview by level

INTERMEDIATE

Aljezur, Portugal: Sat, 5.4. – Sun, 13.4.2025, Surf coaching & video analysis & surf skating & mental training & breathwork & 4-week online preparation with online surf workouts and mental coaching (coaches: Vasco Rodrigues & Kim Chareonbood), Women & men (maximum 8 places)

Level: You surf a shortboard or a midlength. You want to learn turns or improve your turns. Mentally you want to overcome mental hurdles such as fear, insecurity or frustration and build up more courage and self-confidence in the line-up.

“EXPERIENCED” BEGINNER

Aljezur, Portugal: Surf coaching & video analysis & surf skating & mental training & breathwork & 4-week online preparation with online surf workouts and mental coaching (coaches: Vasco Rodrigues & Kim Chareonbood), women only (maximum 8 places per retreat)

May: Sat, 17.5. – Sun, 25.5.2025
September: Sat, 20.9. – Sun, 28.9.2025

Level: You are still surfing a beginner board (Foamie or Minimalibu or Funboard). You have been surfing green waves for a while and you can paddle to the line-up alone. You want to improve your take-off and practice riding the wave to the left or right. Mentally, you want to overcome fear and build up more self-confidence. For more fun and more waves.

FIRST-TIME BEGINNERS

Aljezur, Portugal: Dates to follow for 2026, surf course, mental training and surprise event (coaches: Lara Noser & professional surf school). Maximum 6 places per retreat.

Level: You have never surfed before, but you really want to learn. “Get out of your comfort zone” is this week’s motto. Learn to surf in the company of your mental coach Lara Noser.

TEAM-BUILDING RETREATS IN PORTUGAL

Portugal (individual dates, on request): Mental training and surfing for optimal team development. Surfing with a professional surf school and mental training with Lara Noser.

Experience an unforgettable team-building retreat in Portugal. The focus is on individual mental training and personal development tailored to your needs.

The ocean and surfing mirror the dynamics of life, offering a powerful tool for developing your potential, gaining deeper self-awareness, and learning how to navigate challenges.

Surf level: From “never stood up on a board” until “wave champion”.

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Aljezur Intermediate

Surf coaching & video analysis & surfskating with Vasco Rodrigues, mental training & breathwork with Kim Chareonbood (WOMEN & MEN)

Sat, 5.4. – Sun, 13.4.2025

Location: Aljezur, Portugal
Surfing goals: Learn & improve turns, more power in your maneuvers, work intensively on your surfing technique, improve positioning and wave selection, make better use of wave potential
Mental goals: 100% commitment, crystal clear focus, overcoming fear, confidence in crowded line-ups, courage to face bigger waves, flow
Problems: You’ve been surfing for a while, but feel stuck and don’t progress? You feel that you are not 100% committed when the waves get bigger or you when you shred a turn and you want to learn something new? Book your spot and surf with us 🙂

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Aljezur Intermediate

Surf coaching & video analysis & surfskating with Vasco Rodrigues, mental training & breathwork with Kim Chareonbood (WOMEN & MEN)

Sat, 5.4. – Sun, 13.4.2025

Location: Aljezur, Portugal
Surfing goals: Learn & improve turns, more power in your maneuvers, work intensively on your surfing technique, improve positioning and wave selection, make better use of wave potential
Mental goals: 100% commitment, crystal clear focus, overcoming fear, confidence in crowded line-ups, courage to face bigger waves, flow
Problems: You’ve been surfing for a while, but feel stuck and don’t progress? You feel that you are not 100% committed when the waves get bigger or you when you shred a turn and you want to learn something new? Then sign up and train with us 🙂

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Aljezur "experienced" beginners

Surf coaching & video analyse & surfskating with Vasco Rodrigues, mental training & breathwork with Kim Chareonbood (WOMEN ONLY)

Sat, 17.5. – Sun, 25.5.2025
Sat, 20.9. – Sun, 28.9.2025

Location: Aljezur, Portugal
Surfing goals: Improve your take-off, practice your bottom and top turn, try your first maneuvers, learn how to duckdive, catch more waves
Mental goals: Overcome fear and panic, build up self-confidence and courage, learn how to control your thoughts
Problems: Afraid of bigger steep waves? Do you often pull out of the wave at the last second? Do you lack confidence and feel uncomfortable in a crowded line-up? You just don’t catch enough waves? Then join our FEARLESS retreat 🙂

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Aljezur "experienced" beginners

Surf coaching & video analyse & surfskating with Vasco Rodrigues, mental training & breathwork with Kim Chareonbood (WOMEN ONLY)

Sat, 17.5. – Sun, 25.5.2025
Sat, 20.9. – Sun, 28.9.2025

Location: Aljezur, Portugal
Surfing goals: Improve your take-off, practice your bottom and top turn, try your first maneuvers, learn how to duckdive, catch more waves
Mental goals: Overcome fear and panic, build up self-confidence and courage, learn how to control your thoughts
Problems: Afraid of bigger steep waves? Do you often pull out of the wave at the last second? Do you lack confidence and feel uncomfortable in a crowded line-up? You just don’t catch enough waves? Then join our FEARLESS retreat 🙂

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First-time Beginners

Surf course with a professional surf school & mental training with Lara Noser (German)

Retreat: dates to follow for 2026

Location: Aljezur, Portugal
Mentalziele: Step outside your comfort zone, build self-confidence, grow personally, discover your values and visions, overcome mental blocks, and learn to direct your thoughts—both on the surfboard and in daily life.
Surfziele: Experience surfing for the first time, handle the surfboard with confidence, stand up and ride your first waves, and refine your technique in white water.
Herausforderungen: Have you always wanted to try a new adventure and break free from routine but haven’t dared to? Are you looking for the courage to rediscover yourself? Are you new to surfing and eager to learn? Or do you want to build confidence while surfing in white water?

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First-time Beginners

Surf course with a professional surf school & mental training with Lara Noser (German)

Retreat: Dates to follow for 2026

Location: Aljezur, Portugal
Mental goals: Leaving your comfort zone, building self-confidence, personal development, getting to know your values and visions, overcoming blockages, directing your thoughts on the surfboard as well as in everyday life.
Surfing goals: First experiences with surfing, safe handling of the surfboard, getting up & riding your first waves, refining your surfing technique in white water.
Challenges: Have you always wanted to try a new adventure and escape the routine, but have never dared to do so? Do you want to find the courage to rediscover yourself? Have you never surfed before and want to learn? Do you want to become more confident in white water surfing?

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Team building in Portugal

On request in Lisbon or the Algarve.
Individual dates on request.

Mental training and surfing for optimal team development. Surfing with a professional surf school and mental training with Lara Noser.

Experience an unforgettable team-building retreat in Portugal. The focus is on individual mental training and personal development tailored to your needs.

The ocean and surfing mirror the dynamics of life, offering a powerful tool for developing your potential, gaining deeper self-awareness, and learning how to navigate challenges.

Enjoy an inspiring time and grow together as a team. This adventure away from everyday working life will strengthen your bond while we gather new impulses and ideas for your successful professional life.

more info & booking

Team building in Portugal

On request in Lisbon or the Algarve.
Individual dates on request.

Mental training and surfing for optimal team development. Surfing with a professional surf school and mental training with Lara Noser.

Experience an unforgettable team-building retreat in Portugal. The focus is on individual mental training and personal development tailored to your needs.

The ocean and surfing mirror the dynamics of life, offering a powerful tool for developing your potential, gaining deeper self-awareness, and learning how to navigate challenges.

Enjoy an inspiring time and grow together as a team. This adventure away from everyday working life will strengthen your bond while we gather new impulses and ideas for your successful professional life.

more info & booking

The surf levels

Intermediate-advanced:

You surf a shortboard or mid-length, you can duckdive. Take-off as well as bottom- and topturn are solid. You want to improve or learn maneuvers like cutback, snaps, etc. You want to work intensively on your surfing technique, improve your wave selection and positioning in the line-up, and better use the wave’s potential.

Low Intermediate:

You surf a shortboard with a lot of volume, a mid-length or funboard. You can duckdive or do the turtle roll. You mainly want to improve your take-off, bottom and top turn, because you still wipe-out a lot, especially when the waves get bigger and steeper. You want to improve your wave selection and positioning.

„Experienced“ Beginner:

You still surf a big board or a board with a lot of volume. You can independently paddle out to the line-up and catch small green waves. Your goal is to improve your take-off and practice riding a wave left and right, or transition from a foam board to a hardtop. In general, you want to know more about independently checking out a surf spot and better assessing the surf conditions.

Step-up Beginner:

You are still surfing in the white water (in the already broken wave) and you are still going straight towards the beach. You want to become more confident in standing up and start to approach the unbroken waves (the green waves). You’re ready to practice standing up on green waves (that is, on the still unbroken part of the wave) and riding down a wave to the left or right.

First Time Beginner:

You have never surfed before, but you really want to learn 🙂

For all levels:

Mentally, it’s all about feeling safe in the water, overcoming fear, building confidence and generally learning how to use your mental power properly. But there is also room for other mental topics. In any case, we coach you on your individual surf- and mental goals.

For the retreats in Aljezur: You don’t need any prior experience for surf skating.

Thank you for this week and for putting that smile on my face! I cannot put into words how grateful I am for the things we talked through and the strategies and methods I‘ve learned 💛 Surfing is so much of a mental game (I think most sports are) and if your struggling with anything in that regard, it being fear, motivation, trauma, big waves, mindset for performance improvement, pressure or frustration, @fearless_surfer should be your go to! Kim has such a broad understanding of the mental game in sports and whatever I came up with I never felt judged, she took so much time for uncovering underlying issues with me and it really felt like she’s enjoying her work. There is so much more I could say but I just want to put it out there that I’m grateful for the work you do and I hope you will have a lot of success, a lot of waves and to see you again in the line-up some day 🌊

Lena, Germany, Surf Training Retreat Lombok July 2022 (Level: Intermediate)

I started surfing in 2018 and although I’ve always been a water rat and an extremely good swimmer, I realized that I have a great fear of currents and drowning when surfing. In addition, I always put myself under a lot of pressure to perform, which regularly led to mental blocks in the line-up. And then, of course, it was also about improving certain technical things, such as paddling into waves, correct take-off timing and becoming more confident in the line-up. I felt very comfortable at the retreat. The group was perfect with 8 participants, so it was easy to open up and share fears and challenges with the other women.
Kim as a person has a very emphatic and gentle yet challenging manner, which helped me to trust myself more and to approach surfing more intuitively. The coaching from Kim and Vasco and the week at the retreat enabled me to correctly analyze every spot I’ve been to since then and to assess on my own whether I can go into the water. I finally dared to go surfing on my own and paddle out to waves despite the high male quota and feel at home in the line-up. The reward came after almost 3 years of surfing: A beautiful green wave, for me and my longboard all by myself in Witsands (South Africa).
Lisa, Surftraining Retreat Aljezur September 2021 (Level: experienced beginner)

Psychologist and yoga teacher, founder of Circle Transitions

I was totally blown away from this retreat. The whole setting was so great, professional but really familiar as well. The daily Video analysis helped me to see what I have to change in the water. And on top of it learning the movements on the surfskate first and than try to make the transfer in the water really helped me to improve in just one week. The mental training put me in the right mindset and I learned more about me in general. Also I now know how I want to feel in the line up and how I can accomplish this with my mental warm up. This week gave me a lot of tools with which I can keep on working now and improve even more in the future.
I wished the week would never end. 😁

Nicole, Surftraining Retreat Aljezur Juni 2021 (Level: intermediate)

I’ve been surfing for quite some time now. Unfortunately, I’ve only been surfing occasionally for the last few years and my level has stagnated as a result… My enjoyment of surfing has therefore diminished dramatically and frustration has been my constant companion in the lineup. I also get distracted very quickly (in general) and have trouble focusing. On top of that, my duckdive wasn’t always clean and the flow wasn’t correct and after every “ridden” wave I had the feeling that my movements were too smooth and not correct – especially when it came to my upper body (arms).
With Kim’s help, I was able to change my mindset to a positive one in no time at all during the retreat. Since the intensive duck diving training in the pool, I’m now happy when a big, powerful wave rolls towards me. The video analysis while surfing has given me clarity about my mistakes. And I bought a surf skate to practise the movements in the “dry”.
Conclusion: This retreat is an insider tip in mental, sporting and social terms. Great! Merci <3
Roswitha, Surftraining Retreat Aljezur Juni 2021 (Level: intermediate)

I was nervous when I arrived in Aljezur, assuming that in the following next days, I’d be forced to face anxieties and fears. But hello, this super warm welcome, the friendly atmosphere within the group made me calm down so fast, that I didn’t even remember what I was scared of. In contrary I was warmly invited to face what hold me back, never pushed or forced to go beyond my borders. Kim, Vasco and Marta’s kindness and caring attitude made this retreat unique. I’m so grateful that I had the chance to meet this beautiful souls and yes, on top of everything I even did progress in Surfing and Skating. Thank you so much for this amazing time. With love, Betül

Betül, Surftrainings Retreat Aljezur Juni 2021 (Level: experienced beginner)

Your results:

 

You have the confidence to surf faster and steeper waves.

You remain calm even in challenging situations.

You have overcome your fears and gained more courage and self-confidence in the line-up.

You can position yourself for the good waves and paddle for them without hesitation because they are your waves.

You can concentrate on what’s important and keep your focus, no matter what!

You have a positive mindset, and you can identify which surf conditions offer you the best opportunities and possibilities.

And last but not least – these techniques can also be used in your everyday life! That’s awesome, right? It’s not only about surfing, you are also learning for life!

Join our surf coaching retreats – for more waves, more fun and a strong mind!