Give a surfboard to a kid who doesn't have one.

Great gift to any kid, I wish someone had done that for me when i was growing up, that definitely would have gotten me going.

 

Absolutely!

What a gift! I gotta do that! That's how we all should've got our first board.

 

I gave away my 8FT foamie that was sitting in the garage to an 8 year old neighbor.
Parents didn't really have money to buy him 1, and he's always shredding on the skateboard.
VERY cool.

 

thats a cool idea. i don't think i would of started if my dad didn't buy me one

 

Thats how i got my board 4 years ago maybe someday you will come across some great board floating in the ocean somewhere lol

 

When I was like 7 I was given an old m10 hogfish. That board forced me to learn how to repair fins and delams at a young age

 

My first board was gifted to me at 16. A 6'6" channin fun shape. Was a beater for sure. After 2 years and once I started saving money, I took it to Blair in Ocean city, MD for a serious overhaul. For $100 bucks I had almost a brand new board and will have it for the rest of my life. Now I'm 21, own several boards, and surf every time I get the chance. I come from a financially unstable home and would never have gotten into surfing if it wasn't for that person that gifted me the board.

 

quit surfing, its bad for kids

 

this is funny, same with me, i was gifted my first surfboard from a neighbor which was enough to get the ball rolling with surfing

 

where are all these neighbors giving out free surf boards someone get me one!

 

nice act of kindness, but..

the next time a thread on this site is posted, where someone is complaining about to many kooks in the water... all fingers will be pointed at you.

 

I gave this to a boy in Nicaragua who snapped his right infront of me. He was sitting on the beach all day staring at the waves. I felt so bad i had to give it to him!

 

Thats awesome... I have 5 kids in my neighborhood that I know. I have given them all boards when they were no longer my "go to" board... Thay all rip now and it makes me super happy to see it...

 

I agree that giving the gift of stoke can be a great thing. On the other hand, I know a lot of the older generation panamanians down in Bocas - old bank in particular - are disappointed that so many kids who used to help feed their families after finishing elementray school by diving, fishing and hunting are now spending their time surfing (many on gifted boards), growing dreads, banging eurotrash, and blazing schwag. Not saying its good or bad, right or wrong, just that our gifts can change things in unexpected ways.

 

i have a 7'6" WRV from the 80's ... if anyone knows a kid in need hit me up

 

That is the one of the more ridiculous things I've ever heard. Kids don't grow dreads, bang eurotrash, or blaze schwag because they were given a surfboard... Those kids would end up being douches no matter what.
I know I'd rather my kid spend his time surfing and fishing than a lot of the stuff others are doing

 

First, the kids are not douches. They're good kids. Children and grandchildren of my close friends. Second the point of my post was to say they are now surfing and NOT fishing. Third, when I was living in Old Bank from 93-95 there was not a single local kid with a surfboard. Not one. There was not a single kid with dreads and blazing was something older men did (banging eurotrash has always been a part of the mix down there). Now?It's as I described. They may not be doing those things because they were given a surfboard but it's a package deal. Part of an identity that has been co-constructed over the past 15 years as a result of cultural contact.