Surfing the Nations had a great turnout last weekend at its 3rd annual Freedom Surf Contest and got some great press in the Hawaii newspaper.

“Tom Bauer, director of Surfing the Nations, says the mission of his organization is to share Hawaii’s gift — the most positive, eco-friendly, responsible, community-oriented side of surfing — with the world. This involves taking the lifestyle sport to places where it is not yet popular. In fact, Bauer has identified 182 nations and territories that are “surfable,” but whose residents might not know it yet. Recently, he organized the first surf contest (to his knowledge) in Egypt.”

Read the article here.