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Grassy Flats Resort and Beach Club
Watersports Instructor
Entry-Level JobVerifiedNo experience needed
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What they do
A Rigger hoists heavy objects using a system of ropes, pulleys, bolts, and winches, often at a lumberyard, shipyard, construction site, or manufacturing facility.
$46,234 / year median in Florida
+12% projected growth
Job Description
Watersports Coach ("Goon") — The Lagoon on Grassy Key & Grassy Flats Resort! | Florida Keys The Deal Ever wanted to spend your days teaching people to wakeboard, kiteboard, foil, and sail — in the middle of the Florida Keys — and get paid to level up your own skills while you do it? Welcome to life as a "Goon" at the LaGoon on Grassy Key! Goons in training start as an Aqua Guide on our inflatable Rhum Runner Aqua Park, dispatching riders and selling the good life to guests fresh off the highway. From there, the sky or sea is the limit: master operating our system 2.0 Cable systems and you'll level up to a Cable Operator / wakeboarding coach and with learn the basics and pass our training programs in kiteboarding, wingfoiling, sailing, and paddlesports, to become Wind and Boardsports / waterman Instructor — each level comes with higher hourly pay and serious commission potential. If you're an outgoing waterman or waterwoman who wants to learn from the best and get paid to do it, keep reading. What You'll Do No background? No problem.. have experience? We'll put you in the right program!
- Start as an Aqua Guide on the Rhum Runner Aqua Park — the largest inflatable waterpark in the Florida Keys — running dispatch, guiding guests, and selling our watersports programs
- Train up through our in-house coaching pipeline to teach wakeboarding, kiteboarding, wingfoiling, efoiling, outrigger canoe, sailing, and more at our full-service Waterman's School
- Progress to Cable Operator and Wind and Boardsports Instructor, unlocking higher hourly wages plus commission-based pay
- Work as a "Swiss Army knife" across the property — tasks vary day to day, and hospitality-side shifts are available if you want extra hours
- Help guests fall in love with the water and the tropics, one lesson at a time Who We're Looking For Outgoing, adventure-minded people who want to actually learn watersports at a high level — not just work near the water.
Florida Keys:
a 38-room oceanfront hotel, 3 restaurants, a cable wake park, a massive inflatable aqua park, and a premier Waterman's School offering kiteboarding, wingfoiling, efoiling, outrigger canoe, fishing charters, and sailing. When Year-round position, Seasonal Available as well!. Start dates flexible — reach out and let's talk timing. Once you're here- On island staff housing available for experienced candidates
- Company food & beverage programs at all outlets
- Watersports equipment usage programs
- Employee deals — including blowout pricing — on new, used, and demo gear Why Grassy Key Because nowhere else lets you learn this many watersports at this high a level, on one property, while getting paid to do it.