Carolina Salt Surf Lessons

Year two with Kyle and his team. I can’t say enough about his skills and temperament as an instructor. He’s also a fabulous businessman who takes good care of his customers who really become friends. Every business should be run like his.

Easy to see that this is your best choice for surf lessons! Hard to find more words that haven’t already been said!
My sons (13 & 9), husband and I took a lesson with Kyle and Maxie at Folly Beach and had a great time. We had a lot of fun and learned way more than we had imagined! Kyle is a great teacher and Maxie was a super helper with both kids!
They run a very professional business and we highly recommend them and hope to use them again!

We chose Carolina Salt based on the Unilocal reviews and they did not disappoint. Kyle was very professional and patient with our group — me, who hasn’t surfed in many years, my gf and kids aged 10, 12 and 19 who have never surfed.
Kyle stresses safety at all times. That was very important to us. He also truly wants everyone to have fun and to catch waves! After some instruction on the beach he had us in the water and riding waves in no time. Kyle coached us while letting us try (and sometimes fail) when he thought we were ready. What I enjoyed most was how he kept telling us what we were doing right or wrong, and when we were able to paddle and catch waves on our own I think he was just as happy as we were!
Maxie, who works with Kyle, was also great — snapping photos and helping the kids get back out into the waves. They truly are a great team.
We had so much fun we scheduled another lesson later in the week to improve our technique.
If you want to learn to surf you should go with Carolina Salt. Kyle is not only a professional surfer, he really knows how to teach young and not so young people. We’ll definitely come back next summer and get a refresher!

Bussey or bust! If you’re visiting Charleston and are looking for the right place to learn surfing — Kyle Bussey at Carolina Salt is your BEST bet :) I’ve traveled to Bali and Hawaii in an attempt to learn surfing and I have to say — Kyles 90 minute private lesson is one of the BEST I’ve ever had. He’s warm, extremely knowledgeable and motivating to work with. I had experienced another surf school (not naming names here!) the day before and realized there’s a lot of fakers out there. With Kyle — he takes you through the motions from land lessons to finding your feet on the board, paddling out and catching your own wave… All this and more in a short time and at a lovely stretch of beach. You may not realize it but you’re getting so much first hand knowledge in such little time ! It’s been great to meet him and his partner, Maxie here– they’re genuine, good wholesome people who will hand hold someone like me (I’m confident but need a little push!) through everything you need to know about surfing for beginners. Two thumbs up. I hope to be back in Charleston just for this — soon.

Kyle is an amazing instructor. He is a genuine person and you can really see his passion for what he does when you’re out in the water with him. It’s a professional experience from start to finish with these guys and I would highly recommend them to anyone visiting the Charleston area for both surf and paddle boarding lessons.

I had my first lesson with Kyle last weekend and it was a great experience! It was my first time surfing, so I took a 2-​hour solo lesson to try to get a lot covered. We went through beach drills, catching whitewater waves with assistance, paddling and catching my own whitewater waves, and then moving out to go over some basic wave selection and then catching a few breaking waves on my own. It was an awesome time– I felt like I learned a lot and Kyle did a great job pacing the progression so that I was learning a lot but not being overwhelmed.
On top of that, Maxie took some great GoPro photos from the beach which were available for free online almost immediately after the lesson.
Kyle and Maxie are super nice and great at what they do– highly recommended!

I contacted Kyle to get a surf lesson for my husband for his birthday. He gave awesome instruction before they even got into the water. My husband jumped up on his first wave and rode it out without falling. Maxie caught some awesome action shots from the beach with her Canon and zoom lens. The photos were free and Kyle’s been really helpful in trying to help my husband find a board to keep practicing with. Needless to say, he’s hooked.

My fiancée and I were looking for our first lesson ever and thanks to Unilocal high ratings of Kyle and Maxie, we were able to find the best instruction in the area!
Great teacher, great photos and fun to hangout with! By the time we were done, it was like hanging out on the beach with two friends!
Kyle was nice and patient with us and his instruction allowed us to accelerate quickly! We can’t wait to try our new skills in the fridges waters of lake Michigan!

Kyle and Maxie are great! The weather wasn’t completely cooperative but the lesson was really good anyway. Kyle is so patient and is an awesome instructor.

I was in Charleston during late August and decided to take a surf lesson on Folly. A local surf shop gave me some business cards for local instructors and told me Kyle was the best surfer on Folly. I had only taken surf lessons before in California and didn’t really know what to expect, but it turned out to be great.
Kyle was flexible about scheduling a time for a lesson during the weekend (even on short notice) and was able to recommend a good time based on the surf and weather reports. Kyle told me the spot to meet him and when we got there, he and Maxie were already set up and ready to get started. The lesson lasted for an hour and was tons of fun. He is a great instructor, really encouraging, and he and Maxie both have a great sense of humor.
This surf lesson was just as good as my lesson in Santa Cruz, but only cost half as much. When I’m back in Charleston later this fall, I will definitely schedule another lesson with Kyle. I can’t recommend Kyle and Maxie enough.