Surfing

Wave riding in the Ocean.

Adaptive Surfing /

Learn to Surf

Therapy and Fun

Before we hit the waves and brave the swells, we first go to the basics, desensitizing and learning to swim in the cold Atlantic. Figure out how to adapt to you physical abilities in the water and find out what is your optimal style of surfing, be it standing, sitting, kneeling or laying down.

Parasurfing /

Wave Riding

Competition and Consequence

In order to be hailed the best in a division and represent a nation, a surfer needs to be trialed and tested, the ocean is a harsh judge and before you get your surfing judged, become an all round surfer able to go left or right, dont mind kelp or rocky point breaks and can surf in hairy or smooth conditions.

Adaptive Surfing for people with disabilities since 2011.

Adaptive Surfing, now Parasurfing, was introduced to the disabled community of South Africa for the first time in 2011 and the first event hosted 15 disabled individuals. Every year the event grew in size to a point where numerous adaptive surf clubs has sprouted nation wide. At the moment Adaptive Surfing is in a fast paced developing stage on an international scale with the first ever World Adaptive Surfing Championships that was hosted in 2015 with 17 countries that represented. The ISA has plans well underway to include Parasurfing in the Paralympics for the 2028 games. If you are a South African resident with a disability and you surf or have surfed before your disability, please contact us for more information on adaptive surf clubs in South Africa and we will put you in contact with an adaptive surf club near you. If there is no club near you and you are as passionate about surfing like us, we will help you start your own club.

Weskus Surfing Club - Establishing a Surf Culture 2022 - 2028

Extreme Abilities set a standard of adaptive surfing from which we aim to build a Weskus surf culture for the broader community including all able body surf disciplines (shortboard, longboard, kneeboard, SUP, bodyboarding), focusing on groms and establishing a junior surf team for the Weskus that can grow and develop into the future lifeguards and pro surfers of the Weskus.

Our Goals

Short term 2022 - 2024

· Establish a surf club on the West Coast, Columbine Peninsula Check
· Teach as many individuals adaptive surf disciplines to host the first parasurf competition on the West Coast Check

· Host weekly surf sessions as a stable platform to develop adaptive surfing on the West Coast Check

Long term 2022- 2028

· Establish a platform for annual adaptive surf events on the Peninsula by 2025 Check
· Have a potent adaptive surf team able to represent nationally and internationally at adaptive surf competitions in 2025 Check

· Establish the Saldanha Bay Municipal District, specifically the Columbine Peninsula (from Tabakbaai to Laignville) to stands separate from Cape Winelands Surfing and Cape Town Surfing as its own entity for the people that lives within the Saldanha Bay Municipal District by the people from the Saldanha Bay Municipal District

· Have a team of parasurfers that will qualify for the 2028 Paralympics

· Establish a junior surf team for groms on the West Coast, Columbine by 2026

· Have a team of groms that can surf consequential waves from beach breaks to point breaks by 2028

End Goal 10 year plan 2022-2032

· Establish the Saldanha Bay Municipal District, specifically the Colombine Peninsula (from Tabakbaai to Laignville), as a surfing destination in the same way that Muizenberg and Jeffreysbay is associated with "Surfing"

· Have a strong surfing contingent and culture that went full circle from grassroots groms to finished with school surfing professionals within the newly established surf industry and culture of the West Coast.

To contribute to our goals you can make a financial donation...

Extreme Abilities is a registered article 18 A non profit organization, which means tax reclaim benefits for you and your business. If you like our work and want to be affiliated by supporting our surf sessions, contact us for details on how to become a sponsor

or by donating your old surfboards

Being at the forefront of adaptive surfing world wide, having to innovate and find new ways to surf, we need equipment that we can modify and test to the limits. A lot of beginner adaptive surfers don't have the resources to attain their own gear and equipment. Extreme Abilities serve as a platform where those less privileged can have access to adaptive surf gear. If you have old boards, surf/dive gear, we would greatly appreciate any contributions. Contact us and we will make collection arrangements.