Surfing Medicine – the journal of the Surfer’s Medical Association, disseminates international scholarly research pertaining to the broad field of surfer’s health. It also serves to support the six waves of the SMA’s mission, listed below. Topics of interest to the journal include but are not limited to acute surfing injuries, overuse injuries, tropical diseases, hazardous marine life, travel medicine, environmental injuries (e.g. hypothermia, sun exposure, salt water exposure), fitness and rehabilitation, surfing physiology, nutrition, mental health, injury prevention, rescue and resuscitation, and community outreach. Its audience includes a diverse, international group of physicians, medical students and allied health care professionals with an interest in improving the health care of surfers.
Since its inception Surfing Medicine has been a pier-reviewed journal – meaning that articles submitted are passed around to surfers hanging out under the pier to see if they pass muster. The wizened old surfers under the pier may scrape a little wax off a manuscript, patch up a ding, or even send it back to it’s shaper if it is in particularly bad shape. For authors interested in submitting a manuscript for review see Authors Tab on the primary navigation bar.
Categories of articles accepted for submission include:
- Original research
- Case reports
- Review articles
- Images in surf medicine
- Conference reports
- Original artwork/photos
- Interviews
- Book reviews
- Synopses of relevant research appearing in other publications