SURFaddict - Portuguese Association of Adapted Surfing

We don't want to know if it is difficult, only if it is possible

The Association

SURFaddict - Portuguese Adapted Surfing Association was created on May 16, 2012 by a group of friends including Nuno Vitorino, who was practicing bodyboarding before a gun accident left him quadriplegic, with the original purpose of helping Nuno return to the ocean waves.

Over time, the Association has grown and broadened its scope to more people, developing a community of participants, volunteers and also monitors with specific skills. United in the pursuit of the pleasure of surfing, committed to transforming surfing into a sport for all, and making sure that disability, or wheelchairs, are not an impediment to anyone being able to feel the waves.

The essential characteristic of our Association is that it is free for all participants, based on a body of volunteers, surfers and non-surfers. In this way, all participants enjoy the surfing experience free of charge.

SURFaddict - Portuguese Association of Adapted Surfing is one of the first adapted surfing associations in Europe.

Objectives

SURFaddict - Portuguese Association of Adapted Surfing intends to make available the practice of surfing to people with any kind of limitation, be it motor, visual or cognitive.

But SURFaddict 's role goes far beyond this purely sporting aspect.

We also have other objectives, such as :

Demystifying the issue of disability, helping to break down prejudices that still exist in relation to disabled people;
Motivate those people to get out of the house or institution and socialise, providing a different day for them and their families;
Mobilising people to volunteer;
To draw the attention of municipalities and society in general to the importance of accessibility.

Partners

I WANT TO BE YOUR PARTNER

Governing Bodies

GENERAL ASSEMBLY BOARD
President: Abel José Teles de Andrade
1st Secretary: Ricardo Nuno Gouveia dos Santos Luís
2nd Secretary: Miguel Frederico Oom Saraiva Lobo
Treasurer: Pedro Carlos Azevedo de Quadros
Member: Catarina Isabel de Vitória Pereira Amaro da Costa

DIRECTORATE
President: Teresa Luísa de Sousa Ferradeira Hugs
Vice-President: Ricardo Manuel Correia Gonçalves de Barros Costa
Secretary: Gonçalo Severiano Sequeira Braga Magalhães
Treasurer: Pedro Carlos Azevedo de Quadros
Member: Catarina Isabel de Vitória Pereira Amaro da Costa

SUPERVISORY BOARD
President: Hugo de Pádua Morgado Santos
Vice-Chairman: Marco César Vitorino Mota
Member: José Guilherme Leal de Assis
Treasurer: Pedro Carlos Azevedo de Quadros
Member: Catarina Isabel de Vitória Pereira Amaro da Costa

Statutes