Joel Gray

Joel runs Surf Solutions which is a high level coaching set up. Based mainly out of France they put on coaching weeks for the top UK surfers and upcoming Juniors. As well as France, projects happen in Portugal, the UK, Hawaii and Australia. Joel also does private coaching and tuition for novices and in fact total beginners during the summer in Hossegor, France.

He is also part of the Alliance snowboarding (alliancesnowboarding.com) set up, which is the only English speaking dedicated snowboard school in the Espace Killy (Tignes / Val D'Isere) during the main winter months.

"I spend much of the year in the sun and elements and so sun protection is a key factor for me, especially with my geordie skin tones. Island tribe is the best most effective sun protection that I have used and I recommend it to everyone that I coach. It is better than the competiton because fundamentally it is different, what with it being gel based. whereas other products claim they are water proof I rarely find this the case after a couple of hours of surfing. With Island tribe it stays on your face during even the longest surfs, is clear and invisible and extremely effective at 40spf."

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