OCEAN CITY -- For locals and vacationers alike, learning the board sports of the ocean maximizes the fun and excitement anyone can ride out of the resort's little piece of the Atlantic.

Ocean City Recreation and Parks and Endless Summer Surf Shop have teamed up to make sure this summer's wave of beachgoers can maximize their mastery of those board sports and ride the surf like never before.

The recreation department is sponsoring and promoting lessons by instructors from Endless Summer for four three-day boogie board camps.

The camps, scheduled for June 27-29, July 11-13, July 25-27 and Aug. 8-10, cost $94 for residents and $104 for nonresidents, and, according to Endless Summer owner Bobby "Salty" Selt, are for riders of all levels.

"A lot of kids will be new to the beach, and by the time they're done, they will have their own board and flippers and be riding waves," said Selt. "But a lot of kids will already know how to rip it, and they want to learn new tricks."

Selt said instructors divide the camps, which usually draw about 30, mostly children, into groups by skill level to focus on what they hope to learn out of their boogie board camp.

2005 marks the second year Endless Summer has teamed up with the town to instruct blossoming boogie boarders, and the cooperation has led to the opportunity to give away rash guards and other goods as part of the lessons held at the 38th Street beach.

For adults and children ready to take on the king of all ocean board sports, Endless Summer's certified instructors go it alone to teach daily surfing lessons every day of the summer from 8-10 a.m. and 5-7 p.m.

The $50 lessons take beginners and transform them into wave riders standing up on their boards in only two hours with a 95 percent success rate, according to Selt.

"The first half hour is a ground school. We teach ocean awareness, how to spot rip currents, identify the tide and teach on the beach how to surf on the sand," said Selt. "Then for an hour and a half we're in the water."

With 21 years of offering surf lessons, Selt claims his 38th Street shop has put more surfers in the water than anywhere in the country.

"We've put thousands in the water," he said.