Cancelled – SD Encinitas Lions Surf Event for Visually Impaired

San Diego’s Visually impaired will once again hit the waves at South Ponto Beach.
The Encinitas Lions Club in partnership with Urban Surf 4 Kids will hold their 25th Annual Surfing Clinic for the blind and visually impaired.

Details:
Event Sunday Sept 20th from 9am – 3pm at South Ponto State Beach
Volunteers arrive at 8am

South Ponto State Beach

Mandatory in water training day at South Ponto Beach on Saturday Sept 19th from 10am-12pm.
**All in water instructors will need to attend this training.
Sign Ups are temporarily on hold until further notice

Every US4K surf therapy camp is themed and we pride ourselves on collaboration with the community including: nonprofit organizations, businesses, volunteer groups, clubs, and foundations. We strive to create safe spaces for children overcoming trauma between the ages of 3-18 so that they may have equal access to the transformative power of the ocean.

Additionally, we practice "Leave no Trace" policies, ensuring we leave our beaches cleaner after every event. We teach sustainability, encouraging our volunteers and young athletes to bring reusable water bottles and eliminate the use of single-use plastic at each event. With our partnership with Board & Brew, we promote healthy lifestyles by offering every child, chaperone and volunteer a healthy, gourmet sandwich, fresh fruit and nutritious snacks at every surf therapy camp.

US4K's surf therapy camps pair an adult volunteer with a youth athlete for 1:1 in-water instruction. Our staff are CPR / First Aid certified and lifeguards are skilled, certified and trained water experts. The safety of our attendees is our utmost priority.

We provide an Ohana (the Hawaiian word for family) to our youth through our strong volunteer base. We have been offering surf therapy for 15 years in San Diego County and we look forward to creating more young stewards of the outdoors, young advocates for our oceans and beaches, and empowered youth through healthy relationships on and off the beach.

If you are interested in volunteering your group, sponsoring an event, hosting a donation drive, and partnering with us, please contact us here.