Win a Mentawai Surf Trip!

January 12, 2012

SurfAid is proud to announce their  first ever GET ON BOARD campaign to win a Mentawai Surf Trip.

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.

SurfAid partnered with Quiksilver Foundation and San Diego State University to offer two…yes two….spots on a chartered boat to surf the world class Mentawai waves and more.  Just be the top fundraiser and those two spots are yours.
To get started, check out our campaign information page and from there, create your fundraising page.

 

 



Also in Bing Surfboards Blog

THE DESTINATION IS THE DESTINATION
THE DESTINATION IS THE DESTINATION

May 07, 2024

Travel is all about getting somewhere else. The journey, comically titled “the destination,” by some real masochists, feels more to me like a practical joke then a zen-buddha lesson in being present; a blur of drinking $9 Chardonnay while trying to stream Lego Batman across the isle and entertain a baby with a series of 10 second activities (tray table, crackers, seatbelt, headphones!).

View full article →

THE BOARDROOM 2023 COMPETITOR INTERVIEWS
THE BOARDROOM 2023 COMPETITOR INTERVIEWS

October 02, 2023

Name, hometown, and surfboard brand.

Josh Peterson, hometown Virginia Beach (born) Haleiwa (currently living), and my brand is Peterson Surfcraft. 

When and where did you start surfing? Describe your first surfboard.

I started surfing when I was about 15 in Virginia Beach, and my first board was an old funboard from WRV that was about 7’6” and had glass on thrusters and an insane airbrush.

View full article →

EL CAMPEON
EL CAMPEON

August 22, 2023

At the beginning, it was just an idea, but at the same time, a challenge I had set for myself some time ago. Honestly, I saw it as complicated since it was my first time traveling alone to Europe, and I was curious and nervous because I was literally going to another country. The only thing that reassured me was being able to speak Spanish over there. But, of course, none of this would have been possible without the support of the entire BAPU beachware team who encouraged me and gave me the motivation not to doubt myself and make this a fulfilled goal, we organized various activities while presenting the short film "El Gordo" to raise funds for this trip. 

View full article →