London, UK – On Saturday August 31st come and join the Thames Stand Up Paddle Boarding Challenge, a charity event comprising a 4 mile long SUP course along the Thames River, starting in Kew and culminating with an after party at Linden House in Hammersmith.
The event is to raise money for The Isiqalo Foundation, a dynamic UK and Cape Town based charity that uses surfing and the ocean to develop life skills and create opportunities in some of the most impoverished communities. The Ticket to Ride Group are co-hosting the event with Isiqalo … More
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Boxing will make its return to NBT Bank Stadium on Friday. Over 12 bouts of non-stop action will be on display, ranging from 70 pounds up to 240-plus pounds. The event is the latest fundraising effort for Syracuse’s Cops for Kids program, which serves at-risk youth at Ray Rinaldi’s two youth centers. The program joins amateur boxing and the Syracuse Police Benevolence Association to help create a safe haven for at-risk youth who reside in the greater Syracuse region.
In the main event of the evening, X-Games gold medalist, BMX biking pioneer, MTV personality, and Subaru rally car racer Dave Mirra will step into the ring for … More
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Toronto, ON – Aloha Toronto officially kicks-off the weekend with legendary surfers Izzy Paskowitz, Guinness Book Record Holder for Biggest Wave Garrett McNamara, Hawaiian native Chad Owens of the Toronto Argonauts and surfing royalty from Hawaii and California.
The 2nd annual one-of-a-kind, all-in-one beach party, concert venue, autism benefit and surfing extravaganza: Aloha Toronto is taking over Cherry Beach from Saturday, August 24 through Sunday, August 25th benefitting Autism Ontario and Surfers Healing … More
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The 15th annual Rell Sunn Surf Competition and Art Auction will take place at Ditch Plains Beach on Saturday.
Rell Sunn, a Hawaii surfing legend, known by the nickname, the “Queen of Makaha,” was a former world surfing champion and among the founders of the Women’s Professional Surfing Association. Though she was diagnosed with cancer in 1982 and told by doctors she had a year to live, Rell continued surfing through the pain of surgeries and chemotherapy … More
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