Rusty learned to surf at the age of six and shared his passion for the sport by teaching many of his friends. He has surfed various breaks in Australia, Bali, Costa Rica, Thailand, California and, of course, Hawaii! It is in Hawaii that Rusty began teaching surfing professionally in 1975. He later returned to his native California to broaden his instructional techniques. In the early 90's Rusty added skiing instruction certification to his many qualifications. As a result of this training, he began applying "progressions" and "movement analysis" techniques to the teaching of surfing. This has enabled him to better assist students at all levels of surfing. Rusty considers himself fortunate to have taught so many people -  for so many years - to surf the beautiful waves of Hawaii and southern California. Surfing has always been his very strongest passion.