Our best team yet: We at The Kitesurf Centre pride ourselves in having a selection of the most experienced and highly regarded instructors in the UK. For this year we have our best team yet… we even added another dog!
Hand Selected: Our hand picked instructors are all BKSA or IKO qualified with a vast amount of experience. Most of which have previously managed centres in the UK and abroad or do so in our winter months.
Continual training & improvement: Having great instructors really makes a difference to your kite lessons, as teaching kite & watersports can be difficult. This is why we are very selective when choosing our employees and continually change and improve our instruction methods with staff coaching.
We’re Hiring
If you are passionate about the sports we teach, love the outdoors and are excited about working with us we want to hear from you. The following positions are open for the 2023 season;
- Full Season Kitesurfing / Multi-Sport Instructors (April – Oct)
- Peak Season Kitesurfing instructor (May-Sept)
- Senior Kitesurfing instructor
- Bookings Assistant
Instructor Apprenticeships are available for people aged 18+. Contact us for more info.
Jen Bell-Taylor – BKSA Senior Instructor, BSUPA Instructor & School Manager
Jen has been teaching since 2010 and involved in kite sports for many years more. She has taught around the UK and managed kite schools at various destinations worldwide, bringing with her a great passion for kiting and a fantastic dedication to all things watersports. In addition to over a decade worth of experience running kite schools, Jen has also made a wide variety of past contributions to the kitesurfing industry including co-founding thekitespot.com and writing the Twintip Kiteboards review feature for 3 generations of The Kite Mag Ultimate Test.
You’ll generally find Jen in the office fuelled by coffee until there are 30+ knots of wind and waves coming in – That is when you’ll find her in her element, with her surfboard and a big smile.
Steve Thane – BKSA & BSUPA Instructor
Steve participated in our 8 Week Fastrack Instructor Course in the summer of 2016 and we haven’t been able to get rid of him since! He spent his first winter instructing in South Africa and this second winter in Aruba, but he still keeps coming back to Camber – we think it’s because of the incredible conditions here but really it’s probably because we occasionally feed him burgers…
He’s been involved in kitesports for around 10 years now and this shows in his extensive knowledge of all the equipment. Known for being loud and crazy, you’ll hear Steve on the beach before you actually see him! When you do see him you’ll very quickly realise this is a man who loves kiting and spends a lot of time in the sun doing it!
Clive Marriner – BKSA Senior Kitesports Instructor
Clive has been kitesurfing many years and began to instruct on the water in 2009. Prior to this he taught powerkiting in the parks of London (and worked as an insurance broker, but we try not to judge him for this!)
Clive is super friendly, enthusiastic and a real asset to The Kitesurf Centre. You’ll often see him on the beach with his similarly enthusiastic kids, and if you’re lucky enough you might even have one of the older ones helping out on your lesson! Always finding something to laugh about, you’re guaranteed to come back from a lesson with Clive with a smile on your face.
Mare Kull – BKSA Instructor
Mare has kited for many years now and enjoyed teaching at locations across the UK. She started her instructor journey by doing our 8 week instructor course and set off around the UK to gain experience so we were delighted when she decided she wanted to come back and join our team!
Mare has excellent rapport with our customers and has helped develop many students, even into becoming instructors themselves, which we think speaks volumes for how wonderful she is.
Jayson Beck – BKSA Instructor
Jayson (Jay to those that know him) is quite possibly the happiest and friendliest person you’ll ever meet. No matter the weather or time of day he is always there to meet you with an upbeat hello and will be completely stoked for a session. He is super enthusiastic and absolutely loves to share his knowledge and skills with others. You’re in for a great time when you have Jay to teach you.
Janna Olsson – BKSA Instructor & PADI Divemaster
In 2011 Janna converted from diving to kitesurfing – a great switch! Having travelled all over the world diving, kiting and snowboarding, Janna moved to Camber at the end of 2017 and has been instructing for us part time since then. She is multilingual speaking , really friendly and a great part of the team. Always happy, especially when there’s sun and wind, Janna’s enthusiasm is infectious and you’ll always enjoy a lesson with her.
When she isn’t teaching you’ll find her playing in the sand dunes with her adventure loving daughter Freya – we challenge you to find another toddler who knows more sea creatures than she does!
Stan Northover – BKSA & IKO Instructor
Stan is known by us as king of the reviews. If you’ve read our customer feedback you are guaranteed to see Stan’s name come up (for all the right reasons!) He has the patience of a saint and really does know how to fill you with confidence during a lesson.