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After five years of operations in the Mentawai islands of Indonesia, the SERF Academy (Surfers Education and Relief force) is announcing their new academic season to start in Bali. The SERF Academy is a fully accredited university program that now selects ten lucky students that will travel to Bali to earn college credits while surfing the best waves in the world. The course currently on offer is SURF JOURNALISM 1. Learn everything you need to know about being a surf writer and photographer from leading surf journalists Matt and Sam George, photography from artists like Jason Childs and Mick Curley and Documentary Film making from luminaries like Stacy Peralta. Other than the educational opportunity and the sensational waves of a lifetime, the SERF Academy experience includes total immersion into the Balinese culture through extracurricular activities, ceremonies and clinics from the very best mentors that Bali has to offer. With the SERF Academy campus perched cliffside at Uluwatu, the best waves in the world are at your doorstep. You can also expect freediving classes, volcano climbs, sacred temples, open air classes, master photography clinics, surftime magazine internships, guaranteed publication in global media and surf magazines, surf photos of yourself from the best, contemporary surfboard manufacturing clinics, shaping lessons, blogging on Surfline.com, Jet Ski rescue training, Surfer’s First Aid training, Neighbor Island surfing, daily Yoga, healthy, exotic food, famed Balinese surf specific massage, sunset dinners on the beach and more. All in all, an extraordinary way to go to school as a surfer. “If you are a student interested in earning college credits while you surf the waves of your dreams, then rest assured that your SERF Academy course will be an unforgettable experience of a lifetime,” says lead instructor Matt George, “I dreamed of this kind of course when I was in college. And that was the inspiration for this program. Basically, we make the dream come true.”

For more, please visit serfacademy.com

The SERF Academy course will be an unforgettable experience of a lifetime,” says Lead Instructor Matt George,” I dreamed of this kind of course when I was in College. And that was the inspiration for this program. Basically, we make the dream come true.”

The Uluwatu campus. Actually. You won’t miss your dorm.

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