Couldn’t have asked for a better surf experience from Chico! We learnt so much on our surf skates and out in the waves! I cannot wait to go back to Ericeira and learn from this company again! Thanks again Chico from Will & Chris 🙏🏄‍♂️

I had a surfing class with Chico this summer in Ericeira and it was the best experience. I was surfuing before a little bit but I struggled a lot. Chico was able to spot immediately my mistakes and helped me to improve it. I also had an introduction about the surfing in general, That was also very helpful to understand how everything works. Unfortunately, I had only one class becasue I was about to leave Ericeira. But it was the best day for me becasue I got several waves that day on Ribeira Beach! Amazing feeling and lot of fun. I recommend to everyone

Very good private surf lessons by passionate coaches. By combining theory about the ocean and waves with skate training and long surfing sessions your surf skill will increase quickly. An awesome experience, with detailed evaluations and cool videos and photos of you riding the waves!

Amazing trainers! Their intention to have small surfing group, helps significantly with the individual feedback, while surfing already. This helped me in understanding the techniques and my mistakes to improve my surfing skills. I would fully recommend to subscribe/register for the backYARD Ericiera, also fun moments guaranteed!!

BackYard was the thing I had been looking for for a while since it seems impossible to find good surflessons if you are not a beginner anymore. The sessions with Afonso were super helpful, motivating and fun! His constant feedback helped me a lot to understand my own surfing and ways to improve it. And I loved the opportunity to try out the surfskate! I would recommend them to anyone who wants to progress with their surfing. I can't wait to be back and work on hopefully new stuff by then! Communication with Afonso was super easy and quick and it felt he always tried his best to find the best spots in challenging conditions.

I was lucky enough to spend a bit of time with Afonso, surfing and skating. He definitely challenged me in many ways. I learned a lot about surfing, skating and Ericeira from him. When in the water with him I felt safe, when out the water I enjoyed the teaching system he employed. His passion for surfing is obvious and it was fun to get into the intricacies of surfing style, technique and who's the true world-champion of surfing. I left Ericeira fully aware of how bad my surfing looks. But also fully aware of what I have to work on to make it look better - and most importantly: HOW to work on it. And that's the first step to getting better. Thanks Afonso for a memorable experience, many, many chats and lots of laughter! I guess Ericeira is pretty cool after all 😉

No matter what level of surfing you are at, you will gain so much from having a couple of sessions with the guys at Backyard. Our week with them was the best of our Portugal trip! Can highly recommend them 🙂 Flexible schedules, individual approach and all the feedback you want and need! Until next time! Cheers

A great way to improve surfing. The combination of coaching in the water, on land (skateboard) together with video analyses gives a true understanding of knowing your flaws and where to improve. I took a 3 day course and learned what I needed to know customised to my needs, with a really friendly, professional and fun instructor.

Chico is one of the best coaches when it comes to surfing/surf-skating! I went from a complete beginner to surf-skating independently in a matter of days. On the day we surfed, he was able to take me out of my comfort zone and I've never seen such improvement in one session than I have to date and I'm more confident in my ability as a result; you'll be in safe hands with him.