Since it was founded by Dr. Dave Jensen in 2000 Surfaid has been working to save lives in impoverished yet surf rich areas. Picture backwater villages plagued by malaria and high infant mortality rates in West and North Sumatra, Nias, Sumbawa, and the Mentawai Islands. According to their website Surfaid offers “practical support such as […]
Although it was a strange year in someways (political mishaps, natural disasters, wavepool madness, and social upheaval galore) a lot of positive advancements also surfaced from within the surf industry in 2017. As we push forward into 2018 it’s worth reflecting on a few solid efforts from last year to draw inspiration from. Here’s a […]
With the goal of supporting Surfaid, Taj Burrow is auctioning his personal surfboard, complete with signature and creepy graphics. Halloween is just around the corner so you might want to hang this one up in front of your house and surround it with cobwebs and whatnot, then take it down and surf it. Either way, […]
Surfaid is running a benefit surf contest in Malibu on September 9, 2017. The contest requires teams of four to raise at least $5,000 for the organization in order to compete. A professional surfer will be added to each team, with first picks going to groups that bring in the most money. Because it doesn’t run […]
Surfaid is running a benefit surf contest at Pleasure Point in Santa Cruz this weekend. The contest is open to any team of four that can raise at least $5,000 for the organization. A professional surfer will be selected and added to each team, with priority picks going to the groups that raise the most money. […]
A while back I took a shot at winning a lottery. Through Omaze I entered a contest to win a trip to Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch to surf his unique and perfect manmade wave. It was a rare opportunity in the surf world and as stoked as I would have been to win, I was equally stoked to lose. […]