Blogs

Surfer’s Ear Treatment with Haruka in Japan
Haruka Nakanishi MD, PhD is a long time SMA member. We would love to share a little about the amazing techniques he is using to […]
Update on Nicaragua
Update on the Nicaragua Crisis Julia C. Guth, CEO & Executive Publisher, The Oxford ClubChair, The Roberto Clemente Health Clinic Dear Friend of Nicaragua, It’s been a […]
Help SMA fund a Moto Ambulance
Melissa Oliver, our Siargao liaison is having her birthday and she is doing a fundraiser for our first motorcycle ambulance for the island of Siargao. […]
The SMA Fiji Scholarship Fund by Paula Smith
The SMA’s scholarship program began when the family of Steve Baser, an SMA member and Tavarua conference attendee who had past away, wanted a way […]
Marine envenomation, lightning, heat stroke, & bleeding by Andrew Schmidt
Beartooth communications for austere locations/disaster/surf trips
Ever travel somewhere and not have great signal? Worried about disaster hitting and not being able to get in touch with your loved ones? We […]
Third Wave Volunteers
Want to volunteer or donate towards relief efforts for all of these disasters. Please check out http://thirdwavevolunteers.com
Brain-eating amoeba
On Sept. 8, a man from NJ got in the water at Barefoot Ski Ranch, a surf park near Waco, to ride some artificial waves, that some […]
Surf clubs running rescue
There are many times when lifeguards are not on duty. This is where surfing clubs have come into action. In the UK in areas such […]
Siargao Update
Siargao Update Island Doctors PH and SMA helped support the surf contest. Big thanks to Melissa Oliver for spearheading the second initiative on the island. […]