Blogs

  • Beran Island

    Last year we hosted a successful conference in the Marshall Islands on Beran Island with CME’s. This year, we have that opportunity again.  We have […]

  • The Wrong Argument: Why Experience Doesn’t Matter

    Great article by by MARIO VITTONEAPR 5, 2018 The pilot responsible for the greatest airline disaster in history, Jacob van Zanten, had been a pilot for […]

  • Surfing Wilderness First Aid Training

    For the first time, our West Coast Director Michael Allen taught the “Barefoot Doctor” course to middle-school children (usually an adult class).   The first […]

  • Welcoming Our New Honorary Medical Director

    BEN ABO, DO EMT-P FAWM Ben is our honorary medical director. Academic Emergency Medicine, EMS/Austere Medicine doc at the University of Florida found all over Florida […]

  • Osa Clandestina Costa Rica

    Want isolated, amazing, and warm surf?  Check out our mate’s place.  Osa Clandestina is an ecolodge located in the remote Osa Peninsula of Southwest Costa Rica, […]

  • Surf Property for Sale

    Over the last 6 years ME has built over 30 homes, a hotel, and a number of condo buildings in coastal Ecuador. ​ Come learn […]

  • Happenings on the Emerald Island

    1st Annual Ireland Summit in partnership with @irishtowsurfrescue Location: Whitestrand Lifeguard Station Head Instructors @danilocouto11 @pedro2468 High Surf Risk Management || Past Case studies || […]

  • Surfing in India

    An SMA Board Member is traveling through India and wanted to share their top picks. So just to share, there are waves all year round […]

  • Beat Downs at Mullaghmore by Dylan Stott from Magic Seaweed, reproduced with permission from Irish Tow

    Chris Case predicted this swell. On October 1, the wizard looked, and picked out this November swell from the swirling clouds that billowed and swept […]

  • GoPro x Indies Trader- Discovering the Mentawais

    Well, the SMA just got back from the Marshall Islands, Beran Island.  This island is owned in part by Martin Daly who is also owner […]