It’s Labor Day weekend 2016 and I’m reminiscing on our recent SMA Nicaragua conference of August 13th-20th. The conference was a real BLAST! We had an eclectic group of veteran and new comer SMA members from the US east and west coasts and an Aussie made the trip as well. We stayed at the beach […]
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The Nicaragua conference was a success. Attendees came from Australia, Rhode Island, Arizona and several of the SMA regulars from SoCal and CenCal. We arrived in Managua, on a hot humid morning after an invigorating “red eye express.” Cruz, the talented and exceptional AST Nicaragua representative met us and rounded up the crew to get […]
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The siren of Cloudbreak and the ebullient Fijian spirit called us home once again. This year marked the 29th Surfer’s Medical Association trip to Tavarau, with 32 adults and 28 children making the trip from the United States, Australia, Japan, and Puerto Rico. We had a good swell at the beginning and then another at […]
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The winter in Maine was long and cold, but the anticipation of a trip to Portugal in May for the Advanced Surfing Life Support gave me hope that I’d make it through. The course was held May 5-10 in Ericiera, a half-hour from Lisbon on the beautiful Portuguese coast. The event was sponsored and coordinated […]
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Tavi treated us very well this year, with sunny glorious weather and waves in the head-high to double overhead range. The trip brought together a great mix of Aussies and Yanks with evening talks presented by both. Topics included surfing related shoulder and knee injuries, the future of medicine in the US, Surf Addiction, World […]
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In 1988, SMA member Greg Raymond (RIP) suggested having a Galapagos conference, this attempt was never consummated due to lack of interest and money. However three SMA members, Mark Renneker, Bill Heick and Nelson Swartly decided at the last minute to do a boat trip, and rented a trimaran The Windshadow, captained by Ricardo Nunez, […]
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