With us, riding is for everyone
SUPER RIDERS ACADEMY
A CONTEMPORARY RIDING SCHOOL IN VARYMPOMPI
The SRA (Super Riders Academy) is the most modern, up-to-date, and all-around thorough Riding School existing in Greece at the moment.
It offers riding lessons catered to not only the most novice of enthusiasts, but up to newly emerging athletes who can participate in their first equestrian games with the Academy’s horses.
It’s located right next to the military air base of Tatoi in Varympompi and is hosted at the excellent facilities of the “Northern Suburbs Riding Club” (IOVOP).
Equipped with certified and experienced instructors, together with 8-10 safe and well-trained horses that can help all levels of apprentices, it operates in some of the most technically sound facilities in Greece; namely an indoor arena, proper lighting & a warm and inviting bar-restaurant as provided by IOVOP.
PHILOSOPHY & VISION
Riding is a wonderful sport with innumerable benefits.
There is nothing better than sharing both ours and our horse’s joys and sorrows together.
Camaraderie, fitness, mental health, return to nature, relaxation, new goals and so much more, are some of the valuable and unique benefits of this sport.
We truly believe that the benefits of horse riding are not limited to just riding but are much greater and can truly create a better version of ourselves through engagement with our horse, taking care of it and treating it as a partner rather than as a tool.
The Academy accomplishes this by providing courses in theory, equine care & management, basic veterinary knowledge and more, so that its members can become the best connoisseurs of equitation.
We also place great importance on recreational riding and thus our Academy also offers rides around Mt. Parnitha, single & three-day trips to various locations around Greece, as well as to some bigger riding centres we partner with around Europe.
Dimitris Drakakis
Founding the Academy and helping as many athletes as possible has always been one of Dimitris Drakakis’ biggest dreams.
He believes that although championships and international-level riding are a part of his everyday life, it’s all based on a larger and wider foundation, one which he tries to pass onto the younger generation of athletes in this unique sport, with all his might.
Dimitris Drakakis is referred to as “the coach of coaches” given that he’s the Director of the General Secretariat of Sports (GSS) responsible for the education and professional certification of young Greek coaches, tutor of the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) responsible for teaching and awarding internationally recognized diplomas in the federation’s name, and – at the same time – a coach who has won most show jumping championships over the past few years with his team.