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Sandy Hill was founded in 1966, but even before 1966 there was a beach pavilion of the Kemp family. This family traded in coals in winter and in summer they operated the beach pavilion, then named to the family. In 1966 Simon Jan v/d Staay took over the pavilion and looked for another name. For a good new name he did a poll among his friends, but this did not give a name which satisfied him. One day Simon saw a land house in Noordwijk named Sandy Hill's and the new name was born. Indeed the beach pavilion is built on a (artificial) hill of sand. Then a friend of him designed the logo: the name Sandy Hill as a sandhill.

At a certain moment Simon Jan v/d Staay had his holidays in California and there he discovered the wave surfing and then she took a surf board back home. He was the first wave surfer of Zandvoort! From there, Sandy Hill has become the best and most sociable surf centre of Zandvoort

In 1993, Peter Kettmann became the new owner. He has simply continued the surf trend: much (wind)surfing and catamaran sailing and there is also plenty of "kite surfing". Fortunately, in addition to all sporting elements of Sandy Hill there is also time to go out and lying on the beds, to talk on the terrace, taking a snack and a drink or to enjoy one of the many (company) parties, BBQ's, weddings or reunions.

And then from the new season in 2008 Ton Ruiter and Esther van Oijen are the new, proud owners of this pavilion. With their extensive experience in the Haarlem catering industry and their experience at the beach they have great plans to make more sense for you again in the season 2011.

Sandy Hill‘s old logo


Sandy Hill‘s new logo 2009-2011


view to Sandy Hill from the beach