What We Do

Since the late 1970’s Son Surf (SS) has been reaching out to surfers.

Our Vision and Goals

To be a Christian presence and witness to the world surfing community. Our goals are to:

1) Evangelise the surfing communities of the world
2) Serve the local church world wide by providing a bridge between the church and the beach

Our Core Values

EVANGELISM – We are evangelistic in intent and evangelical in flavor, by which we mean majoring on the centrality of Christ, the priority of the gospel, the authority of the Bible.
SURFING – We are mobilising surfers to reach surfers using their surfing. We are an authentic surfing movement. We are showing how our surfing is submitted to Christ as a servant not a master.
PARTNERING – All our local missions are partnerships with supportive local churches where they exist and we seek to be interchurch in leadership and accountability. We also form partnerships with other ministry groups.
INTEGRATING – We are integrated in the local surfing community and we create a Christian community to minister out of. This requires long-term commitment to ministry.
TRANSFORMING – We believe the Kingdom of God changes individual surfers lives and then the surfing cultures they belong to.
SERVING – We have ministry based on relationships of trust earned by service as key to all ministry and leadership. We believe servanthood is a key to leadership.
EMPOWERING – We are mobilizing and empowering ordinary volunteers and helping them fulfill their potential with staff assistance. Our mission allows for bottom up initiatives.
INTERNATIONAL – We are called to the world surfing community and will seek to facilitate surfing outreach to every surfing nation. We are also an international family of missions committed to the common good.

Our Faith

We hold to an evangelical statement of faith.

What We Do

A typical SS mission uses an outreach “Christian Surfers club” model of mission. These are integrated into their surf communities and led by a team of leaders from supportive local churches. Typical activities include regular meetings and evangelistic surfer-friendly Bible input, surfing contests, camps and day trips, surf coaching, and outreach to secular events. Established surfing nations multiply these local missions around their coastlines to form national movements that can evangelise and disciple surfers of the nation.

Our Organisation

CSI (Christian Surfers International) networks national Christian Surfers missions as an international movement. Each affiliated mission agrees to Christian Surfers’ vision, core values and statement of faith. Affiliated missions appoint CSI leadership and agree on core strategies.