Pamela Portugal

ASI SUP Trainer Pamela Portugal
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SUP

Qualified to Train

Instructor Courses:
ASI Level 1 SUP Instructor (Enclosed Flat Water)
ASI Level 2 SUP Instructor (Exposed Waters)
ASI Level 3 SUP Instructor (Beginner Surf)

Skills Courses:
ASI SUP Water Safety Rescue Award (Flat Water)
SUP Wise Intensiv (Enclosed Flat Water)
SUP Wise-SUP Surfing Skills Intermediate level

About Pamela

Pamela grew up in beachside town of Punta Hermosa and competed at an early age in Bodyboarding, even travelling to Japan.  

She has always been involved in water and adventure sports and has been a surfing instructor in Hawaii, a snowboard instructor at Lake Tahoe and a river rafting guide in Alaska.

Pamela was introduced to stand up paddle in Hawaii in 2008 and loved it.  She returned to Peru and started the SUP School in 2010.  It is the first stand up paddle school in Peru.

Pamela is also a distributor for various brands of SUP boards in Peru.  She has completed in SUP national events and regularly travels the world paddling in different countries.

Pamela delivers ASI instructor training at Punta Hermosa (near Lima) in Peru and other countries around the world.

Stand Up Paddle Experience

  • Supping since 2010

  • Travelled and paddled in countries around the world

  • Competes in SUP surfing and paddling national events in Peru

Coaching and Training Experience

  • Trains ASI Stand Up Paddle instructors in Peru and South America

  • Personal coach for SUP paddling skills.

  • SUP Instructor: flat water, exposed waters, beginner SUP surfing skills

  • Owner of SUP Surf Peru, the first SUP School established in Peru.

  • Surfing Instructor in Hawaii

  • Snowboard Instructor

  • Adventure guide in Alaska and various South American countries.

Qualifications

  • ASI SUP Trainer

  • ASI Level 1 SUP Instructor (Enclosed Flat Water)

  • ASI Level 2 SUP Instructor (Exposed Waters)

  • ASI Level 3 SUP (Beginner Surf)

  • ASI Level 3 SUP (Downwind)

  • ASI SUP Wise Intensiv

  • ASI SUP Water Safety Rescue Award

  • Senior First Aid Certificate

Other

Fluent in spoken & written languages: Spanish (first language), English

Location

Punta Hermosa, Peru