Balikbayod Returning Wave

Mission Statement

Promoting education through the love of surfing.

We nurture the creative strength of stewardship in young people by partnering with communities and schools at the locations we surf in. We create after-school, surfing programs that keep the children in school by offering the incentive of surfing lessons, and access to surfboards. Balikbayod--Returning Wave teaches youth respect for the majestic beauty of the ocean and in themselves. We aim to travel responsibly as surfers and as tourists, and plan to give back to the international communities we visit by bringing recycled surfboards, surfing with the local children and teaching workshops in the arts and surf trades.