Summer Surf Lessons

Worst experience ever!
Insufficient equipment, unorganized, false advertisement and unapproachable customer service.
Bought $ 399 voucher from livingsocial good for up to 10 people.
We, group of 8, were there on the date I reserved. No sign of meeting point or what so ever, it was hard to find.
I checked in with Summer Surf lesson’s instructor, then found out that my group was not on the list. They said I did not state how many persons in my group when doing reservation. (Their web site did not ask me to state how many persons in the group, the only column I could input is the voucher number when reserving.)
At that time, they offered us two options. One was to accommodate what they had 19 people sharing 6 surfboards, OK… apparently that is not what I pay for. The other option was to change to other date.
We drove 2 hours down to there, and they asked us to come down again on another date which we found very inconvenient and no time because we all live pretty far from there.
I asked for refund but they refused saying they would lose money if money is returned to me.
Anyway, I lost $ 400 and never would get it back.
I would not even bother to buy this rip off from Livingsocial if it states only 6 surfboards available with full class of 10.
There is way better deal out there cheaper and better equipment with wet suit available. Look it up!
Save yourself time and energy.
I probably lost 10 years of my life trying to deal with them and Livingsocial. You took the money without providing any service to us. Very bad, period.

I bought a living social deal ($ 59, a $ 150 value) which includes 2 hours of surf camp, a surfboard rental, a light lunch, and photos. The living social states that lessons are limited to ten people and teaches «etiquette, ocean safety, proper form and balance, wave breaks, and technique for standing up on the board.»
— Location: Torrance Beach, past the two volleyball courts — look for surfboards lined up on the sand. I spent a good 15 minutes walking aimlessly around until I went back and got my cell phone to call. The number directs you past lifeguard house PA and before the next lifeguard house. The waves here are relentless for a newbie. I would head to Newport or Seal Beach for calmer waves.
— Scheduling: Classes are only on Saturday and Sundays in June, July and August at 10−12pm, 1230 to 2:30pm, or 3−5pm. Sign up for classes on the website early! I had a hell of time trying to switch my registration day and ended up switching to a unfortunate date that wasn’t full yet. Fortunately, the persons switching my days made it painless after the initial struggle.
— Provision: Wetsuits aren’t provided but the ocean temperature is decent enough to go in with a bikini. Light lunch translates to snack bars and you can forget about photos when their camera batteries are dead.
— Instruction: I was actually kind of shocked that we didn’t have leashes or that we weren’t instructed on never facing the board horizontally against the waves (well, I guess that is common sense) and we had more than a couple of runaway boards. My runaway board almost hit some kids!
Here is the schedule:
5 minutes– group introductions
10 minutes– beach drills
5 minutes– learning the ocean
5 minutes– acclimating to the water
90 minutes of SURFING!
The 90 minutes of surfing turned into something like 30 minutes of surfing and an hour of waiting or surfing on your own. At one point all three instructors and all six students were standing on the beach watching other surfers. You really have to take the initiative and ask the instructors if you want to get the most out of this experience, which I admittedly did not because I had enough of these waves.
I don’t make it a habit to write three star reviews but I just was not having fun.