Protected: Fitness and Stretching for Bodyboarding

December 29, 2025

Why Fitness and Stretching Matter for Every Bodyboarder. Mave Davies, our resident fitness freak. We asked Matt 'Mave' Davies, our Bodyboard Holidays Portugal, El Salvador and Secret Morocco Trip Leader, to take a deep dive in to fitness and stretching for bodyboarding. After 30 years on the sponge and to our knowledge, holding one of the…

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Mave Davies

Trip Leader
Matt, Mave to his friends, has been bodyboarding since he was 15 years old – now with over 30 years of bodyboarding under his belt it’s shaped his life in amazing ways and taken him all over the world. Mave has been living in Portugal for 15 years now, drawn to the impeccable waves, the climate and the culture. He speaks fluent Portuguese and knows all the secret spots to share with the bodyboard holiday trippers! Mave has been working with Bodyboard Holidays for 10-15 years and is a highlight of the trip for guests and staff alike, he loves to meet great people and make new friends to share his passion for bodyboarding with.

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Destinations

7 NIGHTS

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£1679

Bali

7 NIGHTS

 / 

£1999

Secret Morocco with Jeff Hubbard

7 NIGHTS

 / 

£1549

Portugal

7 NIGHTS

 / 

£1900

Women’s Bodyboard Retreat Secret Morocco

23 NIGHTS

 / 

£6437

Nicaragua, El Salvador and Costa Rica

15 NIGHTS

 / 

£4038

Nicaragua and El Salvador

7 NIGHTS

 / 

£1749

El Salvador

7 NIGHTS

 / 

£3599

Tavarua

8 NIGHTS

 / 

£1999

Nusa Lembongan

8 NIGHTS

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£1650

Southern Sumatra

7 NIGHTS

 / 

£2299

Costa Rica

7 NIGHTS

 / 

£2199

Nicaragua

7 NIGHTS

 / 

£1999

Secret Morocco

7 NIGHTS

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£1499

Women’s Bodyboard Retreat

15 NIGHTS

 / 

£4249

Costa Rica and El Salvador

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