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Are you ready to elevate your surf experience? Check out our E-foil rentals and lessons.
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Duke's Surf School is dedicated to sharing the joy of surfing with everyone. We believe in creating a safe and encouraging environment where individuals can learn and thrive. Our certified instructors are passionate about foiling and are committed to helping you reach your goals, whether you are riding for your first time or perfecting your technique.
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We are a disability friendly organization and we are happy to provide services for all ages and abilities!
Meet the Team!!
Duke's Efoil Team is ready to help you Lift!
Come fly with us!
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Why Us?
Community Focused
Duke's surf school is highly involved in and dedicated to the Rincon community, offering people of all ages and abilities the opportunity to study all things aquatic. We love to share the wonder and beauty of the ocean with everyone!
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Here at Duke's we are diligent in our efforts to provide children from low income families a positive outlet. We are also honored to support adaptive surfing, efoiling, and more - proving that disabilities do not mean inabilities. The ocean is an incredible place for connection, especially for the autistic, and we are thrilled to help families experience such connection.
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Our staff genuinely cares about the community of Rincon, the Island of Puerto Rico, and everyone that lives in and visits this beautiful place we call home. We want you to experience our paradise and enjoy it as much as we do!
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Safety First
Our instructors prioritize safety, ensuring you feel comfortable and confident while participating in any of our activities. Our staff consists of ISA (International Surfing Association) and USLA (US Lifeguard Association) certified instructors, SSI (Scuba Schools International) Dive Professionals, and certified behavioral therapists. We assess conditions prior to your arrival to ensure conditions are appropriate for your activity and ability, and we will work to provide alternative locations or options should the conditions not be appropriate for your planned activity. We provide high quality and well maintained equipment for all of our activities.
Flexibility
Whether you are looking for a single surf or efoil lesson, or you are looking to put together a package of several days and experiences, we will custom tailor a package perfect for your needs and wishes. We work on your schedule and go above and beyond to ensure that you have a great time on any adventure you have with Duke's!
Up for more adventure? Explore nature above and below water with us! We also offer snorkeling and scuba diving experiences, paddle board and kayak tours, hidden waterfall adventures, bioluminescent bay tours, waterskiing or skurfing, and more!
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If you are a visitor to Puerto Rico, we can help coordinate everything from your housing and meals to all of the water adventures your heart desires. Contact us to let us know how we can help make your trip amazing. Let us help you experience the best of Puerto Rico!
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Our Story
Edward Dennis "Duke" Michael Alifier (1938-2008) was born in Chicago, Illinois. At the age of 12, Michael received his nickname after his father met Hawaiian swimmer Duke Kahanamoko. Duke moved with his family to Burbank, California, where he began participating in competitive swimming. Duke's passion for surfing began with surf mats. By age 15, he made his first surfboard out of old balsa wood he found at a marina, using an article on how to make surfboards he got from Scuba Diver Magazine in 1953. Duke surfed with this board at Malibu and stripped it down and reshaped it 4 times before he sold it to a friend.
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Duke moved to Puerto Rico in 1965 after living in Hawaii. His first surf shop was in Llorens Torres in San Juan, where Duke was known as "el Gringo de cantera". He later moved to Rincon, where he surfed and named many beaches between Rincon and Aguadilla. Some of those popular places he named include Wilderness, Tres Palmas, Gas Chambers, and Hole in the Wall, among others. The board Duke shaped in Malibu was the beginning of Uku Surfboards (named after his dog), Duke's surfboard shop in Puerto Rico. Duke is known to be the first board shaper in Puerto Rico.
Duke's experiences took him on a journey toward finding a pure life, in harmony and in tune with nature and the ocean. We are blessed to carry on his legacy.
