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View ArticleTavarua: 2011
What does a 63 year old surfer do on Tavarua after the decree that lets anyone surf there? Is it worth going anymore for anyone but a very good surfer who can be competitive in the water? Are there...
View ArticleTavarua 2013
Tavarua 2013 Tavi treated us very well this year, with sunny glorious weather and waves in the headhigh to double overhead range. The trip brought together a great mix of Aussies and Yanks with...
View ArticleTavi 2014 Summary
Tavi 2014 Summary The siren of Cloudbreak and the ebullient Fijian spirit called us home once again. This year marked the 29th Surfer’s Medical Association trip to Tavarau, with 32 adults and 28...
View ArticleNicaragua Conference 2015
The Nicaragua conference was a success. Attendees came from Australia, Rhode Island, Arizona and several of the SMA regulars from SoCal and CenCal. We arrived in Managua, on a hot humid morning after...
View ArticleRatu Sakiusa Nadruku Lalabalavu
The Tavarua community and the worldwide surfing community are mourning the passing of Ratu Sakiusa Nadruku Lalabalavu, or as he was know to many, Chief Druku, the chief of Tavarua Island. He was...
View ArticleTavarua 2016
This was the 31st year the Surfer’s Medical Association has been going to Tavarua and we had members and friends from Australia, the US east and west coasts and Puerto Rico. We had a mix of members who...
View ArticleJournal of Medicine – Eric Warren
We wanted to acknowledge one of our fellow member, Med student, and former Tavarua boatman, Eric Warren for his great article which was submitted and accepted into the Journal of Clinical Medicine....
View ArticleA SMALL SLICE OF ONE AUSTRALIAN’S MEMORIES OF THE SMA
How great to receive the March email about the new SMA and reflect on adventures from times past. Three visits to Tavarua commencing in 1991. Being very impressed with Druku and his appearance and...
View ArticleThe SMA in Japan
Six years ago, our member, Bunpei, in Japan, created the SMA Japan. Bunpei wanted to show how a physical activity such as surfing could benefit everyone. SMA Japan is open to anyone medical and...
View ArticleBeran Island
Beran Island is an island atoll in the Marshall Islands. The island was pretty much uninhabited and unheard of until Martin Daly noticed a series of predominately right handers firing off the atoll....
View ArticleMistakes Made and Lessons Learnt’ -By Peter Conroy
‘Mistakes Made … Are Lessons Learnt’ is a short film by Peter Conroy introducing you to how the Irish tow surf rescue club was established. The Irish tow surf rescue club was set up nearly 10 years ago...
View ArticleTaking Care of Your Own: Safety in Surfing By Peter Conroy
Developing robust ‘in-the-surf’ safety procedures, like those we employ for fighting fires and tackling other emergencies, has long been a personal goal of mine. Surfing safety is relatively new to...
View ArticleEndless Summer 50th Anniversary Collection
Can you believe it’s been 50 years? I really can’t! Endless Summer is a classic masterpiece and it is truly timeless. Luckily for us they have created a whole new way for us to remember Endless...
View ArticleA Day at the Beach by Andrew Schmidt
Andrew Schmidt, D.O. is an assistant professor for the the department of Emergency Medicine at Shands University of Florida in Jacksonville. Andrew is also one of our board members and co founder of...
View ArticleDrowning in a Sea of Misinformation: Dry Drowning and Secondary Drowning by...
excerpt taken from http://journals.lww.com/em-news/blog/BreakingNews/pages/post.aspx?PostID=377 BY SETH COLLINGS HAWKINS, MD; JUSTIN SEMPSROTT, MD; & ANDREW SCHMIDT, DO, MPH Earlier this month a...
View ArticleCross Training
Surfing in itself can be physically demanding depending on: how much we push ourselves, how extreme the environment is that we are surfing in, and what the waves we are riding demand from us. Grabbing...
View ArticleSiargao Update
Siargao Update Island Doctors PH and SMA helped support the surf contest. Big thanks to Melissa Oliver for spearheading the second initiative on the island. Moto ambulances are hopefully soon to be...
View ArticleSurf clubs running rescue
There are many times when lifeguards are not on duty. This is where surfing clubs have come into action. In the UK in areas such as Cornwall, Devon, Norfolk, Sussex and Yorkshire, surfing clubs have...
View ArticleBrain-eating amoeba
On Sept. 8, a man from NJ got in the water at Barefoot Ski Ranch, a surf park near Waco, to ride some artificial waves, that some would say are the best in the world. Thirteen days later, the man,...
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