The SMI organising crew during the WCSM 2018

Surfing Medicine International (SMI) cooperates with a number of partners worldwide in ongoing real world data and evidence-based research, events, education, film production, product development / placement, health professionals staffing and consultancy. The following list contains only our recent partnerships. SMI being active in 32 countries and with a crew from 18 universities we are proud to call out network and outreach truly global.

Global Surf Alliance

SMI and Global Surf Alliance have partnered on a twofold basis; firstly, to develop a number of surfing medicine/surf safety products, e.g. the Surf First Aid App, the Surf First Aid Kit, and secondly, to provide a platform for successful collaboration between industry stakeholders (e.g. product developers), and the depth and breadth of SMI membership expertise, in the form of consultancy and strategy services.

Universities

University Lisbon, UMF

Otago University Wellington – host SMI Surfers Academy

Erasmus University Rotterdam – host  SMI Students symposium

Medical Society Austria – host SMI lectures

Austrian Sport Medical Association – host SMI lectures

Surfing Federations

Surfing Victoria

Surfing England

Federação Portuguesa de Surf, FPS

Deutscher Wellenreit Verband, DWV

Lifeguarding Federations

Life Saving Victoria

Lifeguarding.NL

Lifeguards without Borders

SOBRASA

Surf Life Saving GB

Irish Tow Surf Rescue Club

Surfing Health 

Surfing Doctors (Australia)

Surfer’s Medical Association

Surf Prevention

Waves of Wellness

Environmental

Plastic Soup Foundation

Surfrider Foundation Australia

Surfrider Foundation Porto chapter

Surfers Against Sewage

Media Partners

Surgical Skills

Carve Magazin

Surf Girl Magazine

TBWA/WorldHealth

Staccato Films

Conference Partners

Memmo Baleeira

Melbourne Convention Bureau

Become a Donor

• Every 30 seconds someone drowns in this world
• Every 20 seconds someone new gets skin cancer in this world
• Over 20 million paddle surfers out there
• +60 million watermen riding others boards on water

Drowning and skin cancer prevention are just two of the many topics Surfing Medicine International (SMI) successfully addresses for years. We’re educating medically non-trained surfers, health professionals and key players in the surfing world.

You can support the work of SMI by simply giving a donation. Each donation will be used to help us to to keep the surfer healthy and safe!

Donations can be made by organisations, clubs or individuals. In the latter case we invite you to review membership and additionally individual membership for added benefits related to your donation.

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