Surfing the Nations Information

Surfing the Nations is a non-profit, humanitarian organization delivering the message of love and hope through the sport of surfing and acts of selfless service. We believe surfers have a unique calling on their lives. To go into the loneliest and most desolate sectors of their community, the tiny pockets of the world that have been overlooked or forgotten, to be the change that this generation so desperately needs. We live by the motto of “surfers giving back,” and our desire is to see lives changed, of those who we serve, as well as of the individuals within our organization serving them. Our hope is that as they learn to serve others, they will grow into positions of leadership and maturity themselves. Locally, we have one of the largest food distribution sites on the island of Oahu, Feeding The Hungry, catering to Hawaii’s needy, disabled, homeless, and working poor populations. We also reach out to at-risk youth in our high school and college outreaches, and make annual trips to the neighbor islands: the Big Island of Hawaii, Lanai, Kauai, Maui and Molokai. Internationally, Surfing the Nations makes yearly trips to Indonesia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Israel, Egypt and China, bringing with us clothing, supplies and surf culture to the international communities. We believe surfing can be used as a powerful tool to bring about positive change. As surfers we will surely go…