Please Help Us Buy a Seated Surfboard – Because Everyone Deserves the Chance to Ride a Wave

Hello, my name is Aiden.

Imagine standing on a beach, watching everyone else experience the freedom, excitement, and confidence that comes from catching a wave—knowing you can’t join them because the right equipment simply isn’t available.

I’m determined to change that.

Aloha Kākou Shaka is an inclusive surf club created by and for neurodivergent people, including those like me who also have a learning disability.

I founded the club after achieving a world first for someone with my level of need to become a qualified surf coach and RNLI lifeguard.

My mission is simple: to make the ocean a place where everyone belongs.

Over the past 2 season we’ve seen lives transformed. Young people who were too anxious to enter the water have gone on to ride their first waves.

Families have found a welcoming community. Confidence has grown, friendships have formed, and people who have often felt excluded have discovered a place where they are celebrated.

Now we’re ready to make our sessions even more inclusive.

We’re raising funds to purchase a seated adaptive surfboard, allowing neurodivergent people or those with a learning disability, who also have significant physical disabilities and complex mobility needs to experience the joy and freedom of surfing alongside everyone else. This specialist equipment will open the ocean to people who may never have believed surfing was possible.

This isn’t just about buying a surfboard.

It’s about creating opportunities.

It’s about independence.

It’s about breaking down barriers.

It’s about ensuring that no one is left on the beach simply because the right equipment isn’t available.

Every donation, no matter the size, will bring us closer to making surfing accessible for even more people.

We’ve kindly been awarded a grant towards the cost but we still need more funds to be able to buy the board, seat and safety equipment.

Your support will help us create unforgettable experiences, build confidence, improve wellbeing, and prove that the sea really can be for everyone.

If you can’t donate today, sharing our story with your friends, family, and community would mean the world to us.

Together, we can help more people experience that incredible feeling of catching their very first wave.

Thank you for helping us make surfing truly inclusive.