Three pillars, one mission
Everything we do flows from three convictions.
They live in our logo, and they map to something real. A program, a promise, and a place.
Ocean Guardians
The surf program
One-on-one and sibling surf and waterman mentorship for keiki in foster care.
Sustainable Aloha
The recycling & research work
Keeping surfboards out of the landfill through foam donation and resin research.
Youth Surf Hawaiʻi
Our home and culture
Rooted in the islands — the ocean as classroom, aloha as the curriculum.
Two distinct programs
From the water to the shaping room.
Program One
Ocean Guardians Surf Initiative
One wave at a time.
Custom one-on-one surf and waterman sessions for children in foster care. We meet each keiki where they are — and for siblings placed apart, the water is a chance to be together again.
Program Two
Sustainable Lineup
From the shaping room to the classroom.
We collect foam from North Shore shapers and donate it to underserved art programs — so surfboard waste becomes student creativity. And we’re taking on the unsolved problem of recycling cured resin through university research.
The honest part
Nobody has solved surfboard resin recycling yet.
We’re working on it.
Cured surfboard resin and composite materials still have no real recycling path. Rather than claim a victory we haven’t earned, we’d rather tell you the truth — and then go work on it, through research partnerships with the University of Hawaiʻi.
Join us in the lineup.
Whether you shape boards, teach surf, run an art program, or simply love the ocean — there’s a place for you here. Volunteer, donate foam, or help fund a keiki’s first wave.