Released on = May 16, 2007, 4:33 am

Press Release Author = Ticket to Ride

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Press Release Summary = Ticket to Ride wrapped up an extremely successful inaugural
three month gap year surfing adventure to South Africa when all the 'riders' in the
group completed internationally recognised surf coaching and lifesaving
qualifications.

Press Release Body = Ticket to Ride wraps up successful South African surfing adventure

Ticket to Ride wrapped up an extremely successful inaugural three month gap year
surfing adventure to South Africa when all the 'riders' in the group completed
internationally recognised surf coaching and lifesaving qualifications.

The group traversed 1 600 Kms of the SA coastline from the Mother City of Cape Town
through the spectacular Garden Route to the surf Mecca of Jeffreys Bay and onwards
to the consistent surf of East London, the rural splendour of Coffee Bay and the
sub-tropical point breaks of Southern KwaZulu-Natal before completing their epic
surfari in the Surf City of Durban.

Having been introduced to the basics of surf coaching by Dene Botha of the Kahuna
Surfing Academy in Cape Town back in January, the riders honed their surfing skills
and fitness at each stop under the expert eye of South Africa's best surf coaches,
including former world surfing champions David Malherbe and Ant Brodowicz.

Performing community work for charitable institutions with disadvantaged youngsters
in townships, enjoying adrenaline generating activities such as bungee jumping,
skydiving and swinging through gorges, visiting game parks and being entertained by
traditional African cultural groups all added to the unforgettable journey.

The group sailed through their Surfing South Africa (SSA) Level 1 surf instructor's
courses and lifeguard assessments and after a week of coaching Durban street kids
and those with hearing disabilities, all succeeded in earning their surf coaching
certificates.

Then it was time to kick back and enjoy the pleasures of Surf City which included a
visit to the Flowrider, dawn patrols at Ansteys and New Pier, a braaivleis (BBQ) to
end all braais and replacing the trusty surfboards they had spent three months on
with brand new models from Clayton Surfboards before heading home.

The concept of learning to surf, traveling, doing community work and then taking
home a qualification proved a major success and Ticket to Ride is already being
flooded with enquiries for future surf adventures. The two three-month gap year
surfing adventures planned for January to March 2008 are already half sold out with
eight months to go before take off.

Will Hayler and Linley Lewis, the surfing entrepreneurs behind Ticket to Ride,
realised early in the inaugural trip that there would be demand for a one month
African Road Trip in July. This will start in Cape Town and travel through the
Garden Route to Jeffreys Bay where the riders can see the world's best surfers in
action at Supertubes during the Billabong Pro World Tour event.

The success of this initiative has seen a second one month trip already being
planned for later in July. And the 2008 itinerary has been expended to offer
back-to-back three-month trips to SA between January and March.

These will be followed by 4x4 adventures into presently untapped Mozambique
throughout April and May, Wonderbreaks packages into Portugal offering performance
camps and tailor made group travel, along with the one month African Road Trips
through July and August.

For further information on Ticket to Ride, including bookings for 2007 and 2008, and
details of their Wonderbreaks packages to Portugal and Mozambique, see
www.ttride.co.uk or call them in their London HQ on +44 (0)208 7888 668.

Ticket to Ride is proudly supported by:
O\'Neil and Da Kine

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