TRANSFORMING SURFING PASSION INTO SUSTAINABLE IMPACT

We are a non-profit organisation co-created and registered in Indonesia and subsequently registered in Australia. 

We use the popularity and increasing global reach of surfing and surf tourism as a vehicle to engage remote coastal communities to improve protection of marine ecosystems and stimulate sustainable development. We do this through co-designed education programmes and cost-effective technologies providing data to improve decision making from local to global.

OUR VISION

Eradication of poverty and protection of marine ecosystems across remote surfing communities worldwide.

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WHY WE EXIST

  • Very low standards of education.

  • Lack of opportunities and support for girls in education and water sports. 

  • Rapid population increase and economic development putting pressure on marine ecosystems and biodiversity. 

  • Exclusion and lack of engagement of local communities living next to marine ecosystems.

  • Lack of awareness globally of the huge opportunity surfing presents to assist local communities and provide vital information to better understand and protect our oceans. 

  • Less than 15% of Indonesia’s MPA’s are effectively managed, largely due to lack of local community engagement.

Surfing is the fastest growing water sport in the world

25-30 million surfers globally versus 6 million divers

OUR PURPOSE

Protection of marine ecosystems benefitting local communities living next to them.         

HOW DO WE ACHIEVE THIS?

 

Using the passion people have for surfing as a platform from which to collaborate and bring innovation.

 

Programmes and initiatives are co-created in response to the wants and needs of communities.

 

Implementation by local teams and partners with local know-how.

 

Latest knowledge, techniques and the right resources. 

OUR IMPACT

  • 3 SURF CLUB HUBS

  • Students walking through the jungle with surfboards

    2 SURF CENTRES

  • 3 students planting seeds with recycled water bottles

    3547 STUDENTS ENGAGED

  • A group of students with local and Australian team

    3 LOCAL INDONESIAN TEAMS

  • Students placing their seedling containers no the side of a building

    3 INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS

  • 5 girls ready to head out on the boat with their surfboards

    1 SURFING ASSOCIATION

  • 4 female students getting a photo taken together

    12 SURF CLUBS

  • A boy laying down on a wave with his surfboard

    FIRST EVER SURFING COMPETITION IN MOROTAI

  • A girl with her surfboard

    FIRST EVER GIRL SURFERS IN MENTAWAI AND MOROTAI

  • A student picking up rubbish

    8 SURF BREAKS PROTECTED

  • Students learning together in a comfortable environment

    FORMER STUDENTS ENGAGED IN TERTIARY EDUCATION ON SCHOLARSHIPS

  • Students walking together

    FORMER STUDENTS WORKING WITHIN THE SURF TOURISM INDUSTRY

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