RipFest Diving Club

"On the flight home after staying for a week and can verify the experience here is awesome. Making new friends, the diving, the dryland center, it’s amazing, other than sleeping at night in the summer, as there is no AC and difficult to sleep, so I recommend buying/bringing a good fan for when it’s time to sleep. Staff/coaches are awesome too, everyones friendly and knows what they’re doing. I’ll be coming back next year, what an experience."

"It is a great place for church retreats. Our church had a men's retreat there in September and the food was good. The old sanctuary is set up living room style which made it really easy to break up into small groups."

"Ask to see pictures of their facility. These photos do NOT depict old church with 3 bathroom stalls and 2 showers that 50 girls will share. There is NO pool on site. They travel to pools on old busses. The area they eat in, is the small church basement. Areas in the hallways actually looked like fire code hazards. Where’s and plumbing hanging out all over and make shift heating ducts to get basement warm where they sleep. Our camper came home with 1 new dive for 1000.-. The best part was making new friends. Please ask for facility photos.... not ones like this where they are being bussed to."

"My daughter has been going to Ripfest for almost two years and absolutely loves it there. Her skills have improved significantly and can’t say enough nice things about the coaching staff. John, Jimmy, and G are by far the best coaches she has ever had. I give Ripfest my highest recommendation!"

"I have known many kids and met Olympic athletes who were former divers with Wingfield like David Boudia, Steele Johnson, Mary-Beth Dunichay ...some of whom have since taught and coached at Ripfest. My athlete is headed the same direction as these current/former athletes and I couldn’t be more proud of the safety and world-class training Ripfest clubs and camps offer. To say any less is to remain ignorant of the facts and details of how the Ripfest programs operate. They are leaders in the area of Safesport protocols not just for diving but for any sport. I’ll definitely be sending my kids again and look forward to seeing them give back by coaching in one of their programs one day. If you haven’t experienced one of their clubs or camps, I highly recommend visiting or contacting them; coaches are always attentive and open to questions. Am I biased because my kids have been involved in the programs? Sure, who wouldn’t be? One of my athletes has been to other diving camps and they were good, but nowhere near what Ripfest offered up in terms of training and kid safety and fun. Looking forward to many more years with them. Thanks to coach Wingfield and Kate who are so dedicated to these kids and their success both in and out of the pool."