Joel de Oliveira discusses his research on surfers as bystander rescuers in Spain and Portugal. He finds that 78,5% of surfers conduct at least one rescue in their lifetime, but most of them have not had formal training according to lifesaving and resuscitation guidelines.

Lecture on the power of citizen science and how this can influence our public knowledge and can influence policy. Surfers are traveling observers that can detect and gather important data on the environment, culture and beyond.

Dion speaks about how we can have a positive impact in the development in health care in the surfing community.

Oliver shares his experience of working with surfers and surf athletes including his vision on how to professionalize the education and training programs in surfing and why this is needed.

Discussing medical scope of practice and planning around events & need for adaptability. Allan takes us to the different locations, review of scenarios (Margaret River, Gold Coast, Tahiti, Fiji, Jeffrey’s Bay). Furthermore, provides a presentation of a variety of case reports from head injury with IC hemorrhage to Irukandji syndrome.

Miguel Moreira, Pedro Seixas, Pedro Reimunde and Ogi Markovic share their experiences on their post doc set up in surfing medicine.

Miguel Moreira is a professor surf coaching specialization and speaks about action fidelity as a key factor for dryland training, injury diagnostics and recovery. He explains the theoretical concepts of training and emphasizes the essentials of a good training program.

Pedro Reimunde Figueira speaks about the spine pathology and rehabilitation in surfers. He discusses 5 cases of spinal injuries and he explains the best way of rehabilitation.

Optimal training strategies to improve surfers. Discussing everything from physical training, mindset to team effort, all things necessary to bring surfers to top level.