Surf For Life

Surf For Life is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that sponsors high-impact, sustainable development projects in underserved communities. We design infrastructure projects to alleviate the area’s most pressing needs as identified by the local stakeholders. Our success comes from engaging passionate, like-minded organizations and volunteers to directly support the realization of our projects.

We offer a unique opportunity for people to experience a new and altruistic kind of travel that takes individual vacation to the next level. Our trips are open to anyone who wants to travel and lend a helping hand. The common point of interest of all our volunteers is their willingness to make a difference and we are so thankful for them for sharing their time and energy to contribute to our mission.

Our Origin Story

In 2008, Surf For Life co-founders Alex Fang and Jonathan Sofer ventured on several surf trips to Central America. They saw the apparent need for sustainable development work in these incredible destinations in order to better handle the changing social, environment, and economic landscapes that come with tourism. From here, the vision for Surf For Life was born – an organization that would bring hundreds of people to far off destinations to explore a new culture, and to do something meaningful to positively impact that community. For a brief time we were known as Hope Corps, but our mantra has always been Surf For Life.