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.

INTERESTED? WHAT NEXT ...
· 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. 

You can check out the boards here ...

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.

For event and artist information, visit:  boardartbenefit.com  ...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.  ...read more

Photo: Duncan Macfarlane

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.  ...read more

Huge thanks to the Byron Bay Surf Festival which made us one of their beneficiaries this year.

The festival, on October 22-23, held a raffle for SurfAid and Byron Bay Youth Services.

We had a great time on the weekend and would like to thank everyone involved, especially Mike and Vanessa, and also Chris and our volunteers who came down to help out. Make sure you keep your eyes peeled for next year’s festival – you won’t want to miss it! ...read more

The Board Art Benefit event brought together 13 incredible artists who teamed up to support SurfAid at the Sacred Craft Surf Expo in Del Mar, California, on October 8 and 9.

Each artist partnered with various shapers to create live art on surfboards as thousands of people watched, resulting in one of the most unique collections of surfboards ever assembled.  The art boards will be auctioned off to raise monies for SurfAid’s lifesaving programs in the Mentawai and surrounding islands.

The Board Art Benefit was organized by Matt Beard, a recognized artist and SurfAid supporter who saw an opportunity to bring a greater awareness to SurfAid through the unique collaboration of artists and shapers.  ...read more

The Commonwealth Bank has won the inaugural BlackBerry SurfAid Corporate Cup in a close-fought battle in one-metre waves at Sydney’s Queenscliff Beach.

In the dying minutes of the one-hour tag team final, CBA2 were in third place until their last surfer Bill Langley scored a 5 out of 10 to leapfrog into first.

CBA2 scored 56.86 to narrowly pip the Australian Lawyers Surfing Association (55.1), with Tengirri Boiz third (48.76) and Goldman Sachs fourth (27.66).

Fellow CBA2 team members Anton Lindell, John Tiller and Richard Grace, plus pro surfer Mark Mathews, were stoked with the victory. ...read more

A special gourmet dinner by five of Margaret River’s top chefs has raised $26,000 for SurfAid.

Award-winning chef Russell Blaikie, of Must Margaret River, assembled the star team - Dany Angove (Leeuwin Estate), Aaron Carr (Vasse Felix), Jake Drachenberg (Clairault) and Tony Howell (Cape Lodge) - to join him at Must in creating the unique experience for 100 diners on Thursday night 13 October.

SurfAid founder Dr Dave Jenkins, who gave an update of SurfAid’s field work and the challenges of working in the islands off Sumatra, said it was a very special event.



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