Skills & Learning: guides, shops and venues

Guide services, gear shops and venues in every region, A to Z. Listed from their public websites; they don't pay to be here and are never mixed into the communities.

All regions · just Western Carolinas · all of the Southeast

• Cornell Outdoor Educationguide service · Beginners welcome · Ithaca, NY · not in an area yet

  Cornell's outdoor program teaching climbing, paddling, backpacking and other skills through courses and trips.

• E Street Surf Schoolguide service · Beginners welcome · Hampton, NH · not in an area yet

  Surf school giving lessons and kids surf camps at Rye and Hampton beaches.

• Farmdog Surfguide service · Beginners welcome · Nags Head, NC

  Nags Head surf school offering beginner surf lessons, camps and board rentals.