Mantas Zvinas — Founder of SurfYogaBeer
Founder, Investor & Creator of SurfYogaBeer
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Hey, I'm Mantas. I build active & social group travel people actually remember.

I run SurfYogaBeer (SYB). We invented what we call Active and Social Group Travel. Not a retreat. Not a tour. Move your body, do cool things, meet your people. That's the whole point.

8,500+
classes taught
4,000+
SYB guests hosted
40+
trips per year
9 → 99
studios scaled
The short timeline

A decade of building things that move people.

2011
Graduated from UCLA.
10 yrs
A Los Angeles open-water lifeguard for a decade. In the summers, taught inner-city kids to surf, snorkel and kayak through the CLASS PARKS program.
2013
Started teaching at SoulCycle. Over 9+ years in NYC and London I taught 8,500+ classes and helped the company grow from 9 studios to 99.
2014
Started SurfYogaBeer to build the trips I couldn't find.
2019
Head Instructor for the SoulCycle London market launch.
2020–21
Through COVID, ran an online fitness community with 450+ active members.
2022–24
Created the BICI cycling program at Commando in Mexico City and Guadalajara — designing and building 10+ studios and training 60+ instructors.
Today
Focused on building SYB and expanding what Active and Social Group Travel can be. In 10 years SYB has hosted 4,000+ guests and now runs 40+ trips a year.
Life motto
DTJD — Don't Think, Just Do.

Eight ideas I actually live by. The full philosophy is in my 8 SYB Commandments.

Read the 8 Commandments