Founder · Head instructor
Ed Guzman
The surfer behind Club Ed: paddling out since 1969, teaching since 1983, and still in the water at Ocean Beach, the Santa Cruz points and the big-wave slabs in between.
01 — The surfer
From Ocean Beach to Teahupoo.
Ed Guzman started surfing in 1969 at age twelve at San Francisco's Ocean Beach. He surfed almost every day through Salinas High School in Monterey Bay and has lived in Santa Cruz since 1986.
He still surfs nearly every day, from small summer peelers to the biggest waves on earth. He is a big-wave paddling and tow-in specialist, and competes in shortboard, longboard, tube riding, SUP and tow-in events.
02 — The teacher
Seven years running outdoor recreation at Fort Ord.
Ed has taught water sports professionally since 1983, including seven years as Outdoor Recreation Programs Director at Fort Ord, where he coached the winning Army surf team in Hawaii.
Teaching since 1983
More than four decades of coaching surfers of every age and ability, from five-year-olds on tandem boards to adults surfing again after 20 years away.
Safety first, always
Ed built Club Ed around lifeguard, CPR and First Aid certification and a one-coach-per-four-students ratio. Those are still the rules today.
Equipment designed by Ed
Club Ed's beginner boards were shaped to Ed's specifications so new surfers can paddle, pop up and turn without fighting the equipment.
03 — The trips
Surfed almost every corner of the Pacific.
Club Ed has run international surf camps for decades. Ed's own travel list reads like a surf atlas.
- Mainland Mexico and Baja
- Costa Rica and Nicaragua
- Peru and Chile
- The Philippines
- Bali, Java and Sumatra
- Fiji and Samoa
- Tahiti
- Australia and the Maldives
- Hawaii
Club Ed's international trips have included camps in mainland Mexico and Baja, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Fiji, Samoa and Indonesia.
04 — Learn from Ed
There is nothing Ed would rather do than help someone feel the joy of surfing.
"Shred with Ed" is a private surf or stand-up paddle session with Ed, booked by phone so he can match the session to the swell.
Surf with Club Ed.
Group, semi-private and private lessons run daily, year-round.