Saturday, May 4

AMPSURF Surf On Saturday/VetSurf (Pismo Beach)

Surf On Saturdays (SOS) / VetSurf at Addie St in Pismo Sign ups close 2 days prior

By AmpSurf®/Para Surf League™/VetSurf® a 501(c)(3)NPO

Select date and time

Starts on Saturday, May 4 · 8:30am PDT

Location

Addie Street Surfer Parking Lot

163 Addie Street Pismo Beach, CA 93449

Refund Policy

Contact the organizer to request a refund.

Eventbrite's fee is nonrefundable.

About this event

We are stoked to combine two of our most popular programs, Surf on Saturdays(SOS) and VetSurf! These two programs serve Veterans (VetSurf), local disabled, and First Responders. The programs run all year on the 1st and 3rd Saturday each month at the Addie St. beach access in beautiful Pismo Beach. Below are more details on each and we hope we see you at the beach!!!

We encourage all Veterans, First Responders and all those living with disabilities to join us for our bi-weekly Surf on Saturdays / VetSurf programs to share the camaraderie with like-minded brothers and sisters. Surfers and non-surfers are welcome, enjoy coffee and snacks on the beach or paddle out to share some waves with fellow Veterans and those living with disabilities.

AmpSurf provides all necessary surfing equipment and wetsuits for new surfers, Certified Surf Instructors are available to teach any participants wanting to learn to surf. A beach access wheelchair is available for anyone who requires it.

If you have your own gear and can surf independently, please join us and share your love of surfing with your fellow Veterans, First Responders, and locally disabled.

If the sign-ups for the ticket type you need have already closed, please sign up for an upcoming session, we need to make sure we have staffing to ensure you have an epic surf session!

FREE SURFBOARDS AND WETSUITS FOR VETERANS - Through our partners we have 20 surfboards to giveaway to Veterans who are learning to surf. If a beginning surfer who is a Veteran signs up and comes out 4 times and surfs with us we will give them a new surfboard and one of our wetsuits, so they can keep the stoke of surfing going!!!!

AmpSurf™ is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established to Promote, Inspire, Educate, and Rehabilitate (PIER) all people with disabilities and their families through adaptive surfing and other outdoor activities.

AT THE BEACH SCHEDULE

8:30 to 09:00 AM - Meet, greet and suit up

9:00 AM – Dry land instruction (if needed)

9:00 to 11:00 AM – In-water surf instruction/Free Surf

11:00-11:30AM -change over and finish

VETS FRESNO SHUTTLE SCHEDULE (currently on hold due to lack of drivers)

06:00 Pick up by main entrance of the Fresno VA (Be ready to depart at 6am)

08:30 Arrive Addie Street Parking Lot, Pismo Beach

08:30 - 11:00 VetSurf /Surf on Saturdays(Suit up and Surf)

11:30 Depart Pismo

2:00 Arrive VA Fresno

Cost; Free

WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING WITH

Those who already surf, please just bring your gear. Anyone wanting to learn to surf should bring the following items: Swim suit, Towel, Sun screen, Picture ID. AmpSurf will provide a surfboard, wetsuit, and rash guard. A beach wheelchair is available if needed for those learning.

Organized by

AmpSurf®/Para Surf League™/VetSurf® a 501(c)(3)NPO

AmpSurf™

MISSION - AmpSurf™ is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established to Promote, Inspire, Educate, and Rehabilitate (PIER) all people with disabilities and their families through adaptive surfing and other outdoor activities.

WHO WE SUPPORT - One in five Americans struggle with a life-long disability. Nearly two million men and women have served our country in Iraq and Afghanistan. They are coming home looking for ways to feel whole again and to fit back in to normal life. Whether they are an amputee, visually impaired, suffer from PTS (post traumatic stress), or have quadriplegia. Whether they served in WWII, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf war, Iraq or Afghanistan. Whether they are an autistic child or a young woman who has lost a limb to cancer, AmpSurf™ offers a unique program to bring the healing power of the ocean and adaptive surfing together for an experience that is both mentally and physically one of the best forms of rehabilitation on the planet.

Our goal is simple, we want to help our disabled veterans, adults and children focus on their abilities not their disabilities. To do this we strive to Promote, Inspire, Educate, and Rehabilitate (PIER™) these great Americans and the public by providing a quality program and the opportunity for the participants and volunteers to come together and feel the joy and healing of the ocean and surfing. AmpSurf™ has provided our Learn to Surf Clinics to hundreds of our disabled veterans, adults and children who probably never would have had this experience if it hadn’t been for our program.

HOW WE DO IT - For over 19 years AmpSurf™ has been providing our Learn to Surf clinics to serve those who need us. We have served hundreds of our disabled veteran American heroes as well as disabled adults and children who probably never would have had this experience if it hadn’t been for our program.

Para Surf League™ / PLS™

MISSION - Para Surf League™ / PSL™is a division of AmpSurf established to Promote, Inspire, Educate, and Rehabilitate (PIER) Adaptive/ Para Surfing athletes and events around the world for all people with disabilities.

WHO WE SUPPORT - Contests and athletes engaged in the promotion and establishment of para surfing contest around the globe.

Our goal is simple, we want to help establish a series of contests with partners around the globe to give adaptive athletes a platform to excel at adaptive/para surfing on a world class level.

HOW WE DO IT - For over 19 years AmpSurf™ has been providing our Learn to Surf clinics to serve those who need us and supporting adaptive surfers and contests around the world from regional and national events to the World Para Surfing Championships in 2020, ' 21, and '22. The Para Surf League™/PSL™ has been created to organize and run the contests program and separate the responsibilities of AmpSurf™ into two distinct programs focused on those served by each. the PSL™ focus will be primarily on athlete and contest development, while AmpSurf™ will primarily focus on teaching those with disabilities, Veterans and First Responders how to surf and do other outdoor activities.

Contact email: surf@ampsurf.org

$0 – $25