Michael O’Rafferty

Hey All, im Mick "Raff" O'Rafferty i'll be assisting all of you to grow your surfing in new ways when you join our community, so a little bit about me...

Surfing has been my life since I was 3 years old, well, not just surfing but the Ocean and all the amazing elements Mother Ocean brings to my life. I spent my early years honing my surfing skills under a master instructor and pioneer surf coach and it's really where I started understanding so much about what would help and assist myself and my peers to progress with our surfing. I became a Sponsored professional athlete through my teenage years with backing from Rip Curl and had the opportunity to Travel the world competing throughout the different tours, i also have an older brother who was to go on to be on the World Championship Tour for many years. From travelling as an athlete i shifted into Team and Development management for Rip Curl, it allowed me to work with up and coming athletes, names like Owen Wright, Tyler Wright, Matt Wilkinson, Stuey Kennedy, Wade Carmichael, Steph Gilmore, Alana Blanchard, Bethany Hamilton, and manage the professional team for Rip Curl Australia. I loved this Job and since 2018 I have been running the surf coaching side of Global Surf Tutorials.and now i get to work with all levels of surfers from beginners to Advanced.  I have also been working with Surfing Australia at their High Performance facility here in Australia since 2018 and I continue my work with all areas of coaching at the facility daily.

I get Stoked on seeing you stoked! I love watching people improve and push themselves, investing in self-improvement is amazing, i enjoy being able to give back all the skills that i was able to attain by a lifetime living and breathing surfing, surfing for me is fun days on my Longboard, Mid Length or my 2+1 , but also solid days chasing down swells on my High Performance shortboards and step ups, trying to challenge myself with new approaches and goals, I have always enjoyed surfing bigger swells and love the rawness that the open ocean swells bring with them.

I can't wait to work with all of you when you join the Global Surf Tutorials Community. Let's grow together and get you surfing and moving in new ways that will for sure see your progression move quicker!! Yew 

Raff.