Schedule of Events and heats are now up for the Coffin Brothers' Surf Out. Click Here
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Schedule Of Events, & heat times will be posted 5pm Thursday July 30. The Coffin Brothers' Surf Out is right around the corner. Prizes from our amazing sponsors keep flooding in and we're stoked to hand them out during the contest and after party.
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This past Saturday the Surf Happens Foundation sponsored the 4th annual Camp Hana Hou, a free surfing camp for kids out-living cancer and their families. This year saw 27 participants having fun catching their first waves. “This camp is amazing for these families who have been through the toughest of challenges, to give them a happy and safe place to feel free is incredibly important, ” says Cottage Hospital social worker Sebastian Lebeau.
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In 2014 the Surf Happens Foundation began funding free community outreach surfing days to local youth who could benefit from a day of physical activity outdoors. A year later SHF has had the privilege of hosting 7 individual days serving approximately 160 local youth from lower-income communities, and children affected by cancer and their families. This past week SHF sponsored a free surf day for 15 teen girls from the Girls Inc of Carpinteria Eureka! Program.
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On Saturday, June 27thTH Surf Happens Foundation hosted a free surfing day for the youth over at the The Village of Santa Barbara for the second year. The day consisted of beach games, a comprehensive ocean safety, surfing history, and surfing techniques lesson and in water surfing lesson where we got everyone standing and riding waves!
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“The goal is to get these kids out from behind the TV and computer and to check out what this world has to offer” says Surf Happens owner and lead instructor, Chris Keet. Most of the kids who participated had never been surfing, and some had never stepped into the ocean even though they’ve lived here their whole lives.
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Surf Happens Foundation had great success at the 2015 Rincon Classic. They raised $4,000 dollars through the raffle, auction, and product sales. The environment was left clean as well; the High Five Program cleaned the beach spotless, with the help of many local groms.
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What do you get when you take one of the most popular female surfers on the planet and plan a free U14 surf contest to raise funds and awareness for local nonprofits? The answer was 168 excited groms and their families participating in the first annual Surf Happens Foundation, Lakey Peterson Leadbetter Classic(LPLC). The 2014 LPLC was held on Saturday December 20 under sunny skies with fun overhead surf, well if you’re a grom that is!
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Surf Happens Foundation is beyond stoked to have formed a healthy, long-lasting relationship with Girls Inc of greater Santa Barbara. We began talks with Girls Inc program staff in the fall of 2013 in hopes of creating an ongoing surfing program for the girls in their program. We started with one surf day where we taught 45 girls how to surf for the first time. The event was a success and we were hen able to raise enough funds to begin an after school "club".
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What a gift it was to share surfing with 45 eager young girls this past weekend. Girls Inc. joined with Surf Happens for a beautiful day of beach fun, environmental education, and tons of SURFING!! Big thanks for the support in making this day possible Surf Happens Foundation, Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara, Girls Inc. Goleta Valley Center,H.E.E.A.L., Silvergreens – Santa Barbara, SAVE THE MERMAIDS, and our Surf Happens instructors!
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The Surf Happens Foundation funded a free surf day for the families of The Village, an affordable housing unit in Santa Barbara. The sun was shinning and perfect little waves rolled through all day. Thank you to everyone involved, this was truly a special day at the beach!
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Surf Happens Foundation sponsored a free surf day for the families at the Transition House last Saturday. The crew of kids were amazing, full of smiles and stoked to surf! Thanks to Tessa Transition House who made this a reality!
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