You can help support SurfAid by participating in Billabong’s Life’s Better in Boardshorts initiative that is designed to capture the moments that enrich our individual summer experiences.
The interactive project calls on people to use the Instagram app to take a photo of whatever it is that makes their life better and then upload the image to a communal gallery at billabong.com/lifesbetter
The payoff for sharing the photo is twofold. Each entry is eligible for prize packs that include everything from clothes to a surf trip but — more importantly — Billabong will make a $1 donation for each photo received to make life better for some less fortunate members of our global community. ...read more
On February 10, 2012 the top fundraiser of SurfAid’s first ever ‘Get On Board’ fundraising contest was announced. Matt Belden of Surfbreak Rentals and a friend will be joining an all-star lineup for a once-in-a-lifetime Mentawai surf trip.
SurfAid is calling for companies and industries to enter teams into the BlackBerry SurfAid Corporate Cup WA. The fundraising event for SurfAid will be held on Saturday 24 March at the Telstra Drug Aware Pro, Margaret River.
This a fun, team-networking event with the opportunity to raise much-needed funds for SurfAid.
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· You will need to recruit four surfers to make up your team. A pro surfer will be available to join each team. (Tom Carroll, Mark Occhilupo and Chris Gallagher are confirmed starters.)
· A maximum six teams will be competing on the day.
· Each team has to try to reach the goal of raising $10,000 for SurfAid.
· The top fundraising teams in order will be able to choose a pro surfer to join their team. ...read more
More than 250 art and surf supporters attended the Board Art Benefit on Saturday, January 21st, at the Aaron Chang Ocean Art Gallery in Solana Beach, California. The gallery showing provided the unique opportunity to view 15 boards crafted by some of America’s leading surfboard shapers and surf artists. The collection, unveiled for the first time to the public, consisted of an eclectic array of designs and imagery.
Every board displayed during the event bore its artist’s unique style, medium and story. Some boards carried their own history, some called upon surf history and culture, while others encouraged the viewer to ponder their meaning and message. All boards are one-of-a-kind masterpieces, lovingly created by artists willing to donate their time and talents to SurfAid. ...read more
A Board Art Benefit event will be held January 21, 2012 at The Aaron Chang Ocean Art Gallery in Solana Beach. Twelve unique boards, shaped and painted by California artists, will be on display from 6-9pm. There will also be live, collaborative art from 12-5pm.
Funds raised will directly support SurfAid’s humanitarian efforts on the Mentawai and Nias islands in Indonesia.
The Board Art Benefit is sponsored by Firewire Surfboards, Sacred Craft, BeardArt, Kona Brewing Company, and Whole Foods Market. Artists and shapers involved include: Phil Roberts, Rick Rietveld, Damian Fulton, Wade Koniakowsky, Erik Abel, Spencer Reynolds, Matt Beard, Ron Croci, Robb Havassy, Drew Brophy, Heather Ritts, Norm Daniels, Peter Pierce, Gerry Lopez, Jed Noll, Tyler Hatzikian, Mike Hynson, Robert Weiner, Jeff "Doc" Lausch, Yohei Shiraishi, John Birchim, Rusty Preisendorfer, and Ron House.
The Aaron Chang Ocean Art Gallery is located at 415 South Cedros Avenue, Suite 110, Solana Beach, CA 92075.
The Mentawai and Nias islands, off Indonesia’s Sumatran coast, are home to some of the most perfect surf breaks in the world. A dream destination for surfers. But look past the azure blue waters, and near perfect waves, and you’ll see a people challenged by regularly occurring natural disasters and disease.
Since 2000, SurfAid has been working to improve the health, wellbeing and self-reliance of the Mentawai and Nias people through education programs involving nutrition, hygiene and disease prevention. SurfAid has also taught Emergency Preparedness programs and provided disaster response to help prepare for and recover from devastating earthquakes and tsunamis.
These islands also represent a perfect case study to more deeply explore the challenges and opportunities related to broader issues of sustainability and the surfing industry’s connection to it … social, environmental, and economic.
All of this adds up to a driving need for more awareness within the surf industry in the United States … surfers, surf travelers, board shapers, glassers, apparel and accessories manufacturers … all of us.
Ibu Palmira, 37, is the head of the Posyandu kaders (health clinic volunteers) in Beriulou village, South Sipora. Ibu Palmira has two children and she works in the fields.
Posyandu is the monthly village health clinic for pregnant mothers and children under five and Ibu Palmira is very active every month in serving her community with appropriate health messages.
SurfAid’s Mother and Child Health (MCH) program was implemented in Beriulou from August until November 2011 as part of SurfAid’s Mentawai tsunami recovery activities, with lead funding by AusAID and the New Zealand Aid Programme.
Ibu Palmira received nutrition training from SurfAid staff in August. All Beriulou kaders then agreed to implement follow-up activities including meetings, outreach and home visits to the community members. ...read more
We’re stoked to announce the first ever showing of the completed boards created for the Board Art Benefit will be held at the Aaron Chang Ocean Art Gallery in Solana Beach on the evening of January 21st. It will be a one night only event from 6:00 until 10:00 pm. All of the finished boards will be on display in this beautiful gallery run by Aaron Chang and Board Art Benefit artist Wade Koniakowsky. There are rumors of collaborative live art from the artist’s in attendance, the possibilities abound… stay tuned for more info about this exciting show. ...read more
A group of renowned artists has painted a series of surfboards donated by Firewire to be auctioned for SurfAid at the Yallingup Surfilm Festival in Western Australia in January 2012.
Surfboards have been painted by artists including Peter Webb, Ozzie Wright, Duncan Liddle, Daniel Joyce, Marie Johanna, Jos Myers, Reif Myers, John Sara, Tylan Lambert and Stuart McMillan.
The unique art surfboards have been placed in shops and cafes in Yallingup, Dunsborough and Perth. There will be a live auction of the boards at the festival at 6.30pm on Sunday 22 January at Clancy’s Fish Pub, Dunsborough.
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We’d love for you to join us and our very special guests on Friday 9 March to celebrate and support the
work of SurfAid. It promises to be an incredible night and you will walk away knowing you have helped prevent more needless childhood death and suffering in the islands.
Besides our stellar lineup of world champion and legend surfers, big wave rider Mark Mathews (co-star of Fighting Fear) will talk about what motivates him. Plus there will be auctions of rare surfing and music memorabilia.
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SurfAid is a non-profit humanitarian organisation whose aim
is to improve the health, wellbeing and self-reliance of people
living in isolated regions connected to us through surfing.
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