Frequently Asked Questions

Twenty years. Our members started as the Tampa Bay Kiteboarding Association (TBKA) in 2005 and became Action Sports Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity, in 2008. Read our story.

The Tampa Bay Kiteboarding Association was a community of local kiteboarders who promoted safe riding, protected launch-site access, trained instructors and organized beach cleanups. See the TBKA years.

We rebuilt this site from the Internet Archive. For some years only titles or short excerpts survived, so those pages share what we could recover and link to the archived original.

Yes, please. Send them to us and we will credit you in the galleries.

Our programs are for people of all abilities, including athletes with disabilities, families, young riders and anyone in the community who wants to try action sports safely.

No. We provide equipment, safety gear and experienced volunteers at clinics and events.

WCMX (wheelchair motocross) is an action sport where riders use manual wheelchairs at skateparks to ride ramps, bowls and drops.

Adaptive waterskiing uses equipment such as sit-skis with outriggers so people with spinal cord injuries, amputations and other disabilities can ski behind a boat with trained volunteers.

Action Sports Foundation, Inc. has been a 501(c)(3) public charity since 2008 (EIN 26-3271229). We are now winding down our operations as a 501(c)(3) and will continue our work in the community without it. See What's Next?

No. ASF runs on friends in the community doing good deeds, so seeking donations or public funds is irrelevant to us. Read What's Next? to learn why. The best ways to help are to volunteer, partner with us or share photos from past events.

Join the volunteer network on the Get involved page. Most roles need no experience.

Yes. Partners co-host clinics and cleanups, provide venues and bring volunteer teams. See partnering or contact us.