• Kiteboarders lend a hand to clean up Ft. Desoto Park. ASF and Kite4Life invited local kiteboarders to a cookout and beach cleanup recently in St. Petersburg, Fl. Read more about ASF/Kite4Life environmental cleanup efforts. Read More

• International Coastal Cleanup with OSG, Surfrider, and ASF was held this year at Picnic Island, in Tampa, Florida. Over 50 volunteers showed up to gather trash and debris from around the waterfront park. Read More

• Shell Key Preserve Cleanup in Pinellas County, Fl. was coordinated with Pinellas County Environmental Management and the ASF/ Kite4Life team, along with a team of volunteer kiteboarders, wakeboarders, and surfers. Read More

ASF has teamed up with JAHVAH Adaptive Sports to bring more action sports to veterans and challenged athletes.

We're working with partner organizations to help grow the adaptive action sports community through clinics and programs with professional athletes and instructors. Its just one way we show our appreciation to these brave soldiers, as a way of saying "thanks" for our freedom!

Learn more about ASF & JAHVAH Adaptive Sports

Art For The Sky is one of our partners who definitely knows how to make a BIG impression in the community! Kiteboarder Daniel Dancer is a "sky artist" who creates giant art scenes depicting various marine and wildlife using real people as his paint drops and the earth as his canvas! His projects are usually done with local schools and are a great fundraising project for organizations.

The dolphin project in Tampa, Fl. has about 800 kids, staff, and parents in the scene.Amazing!

Read more about ASF & Art For The Sky projects

Most action sports can be relatively safe, as long you have the appropriate knowledge, gear, and the right location and conditions to do it safely. One thing all action sports have in common, is that if someone with experience is there to guide you, learning is quicker, safer, and more fun. ASF and its partner coaches and athletes are creating programs, clinics, and courses that will help introduce the sports safely. We're also working to increase access to suitable coastal areas and waterways to practice safely.

Read more about ASF Sport Clinics

 

ASF inspires athletes and sport participants to be proactive in their community to build positive relationships, take care of the environment, and share the sport with others.

Get Motivated!

• Sean Reyngoudt defines inspiration! Sean is a pro kitesurfer and wakeboarder and is quite comfortable zipping along at 40 miles per hour or boosting huge, powered tricks on his kiteboard. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, Sean lost a leg in a forklift accident and has worked his way back from his injury and earned his place among the top pros in the sport! Read More
• Mike Hall goes for world speed sailing record! St.Petersburg, Fl. pro kiteboarder Mike Hall recently got an invitation to compete in the 2009 Luderitz Speed Challenge in Namibia, Africa. Read More
• Grind For Life, Inc was founded in 2003, by life-long skateboarder Mike Rogers, after his second battle with sarcoma cancer. Not once, but twice, Mike has beat the odds and continues to rip it up on a skateboard! His efforts with Grind For Life help fight cancer and spread a positive message about action sports, and Mike and his events have received national attention on FuelTV and other media outlets. Read More

ASF and its partners help create fun opportunities, projects, and events for a wide range of people, and encourages community involvement in our public service and environmental projects.