SurfAid and URBNSURF have opened entries for the second World’s Best Surf Month giveaway, offering one surfer 30 consecutive days of surfing at URBNSURF Sydney or Melbourne during September as part of SurfAid’s Make A Wave fundraising challenge.
The initiative combines wave pool surfing with SurfAid’s annual campaign, which encourages participants to surf every day in September and raise funds for remote surf communities. The winner will receive 30 session passes and access to more than 400 waves across the month.
Applicants are required to submit a 60-second video explaining their connection to surfing, what the challenge means to them and how they plan to document their experience.
SurfAid said the partnership reflects the role wave pools can play in making daily surfing more accessible while supporting community fundraising efforts.
“We’re stoked to be back with URBNSURF for the second year of the World’s Best Surf Month giveaway,” said Matt Wiseman, SurfAid’s chief marketing and fundraising manager. “The Make A Wave challenge is about so much more than surfing. It’s about using your passion for surfing to create real change for communities who need it most. The wave pool makes surfing every day so much more achievable, you never have to check the forecast and our winner can focus entirely on progression, fundraising, and sharing their journey with the world.”
The selected surfer will surf and fundraise daily throughout September while sharing content from the challenge on social media. Entries will be assessed on creativity, storytelling and passion for surfing.
The 2025 winner, Kyuss Rimmer, surfed every day at URBNSURF Sydney and raised $2,799 for SurfAid during the month-long campaign.
“My surfing 100% improved over the month and I got to learn how to ride barrels on repeat,” said Kyuss Rimmer, 2025 World’s Best Surf Month winner. “SurfAid has made me realise that my surfing can have a much bigger impact outside of just me and the waves. It was a life-changing experience.”
Entries close June 30, with the winner scheduled to be announced July 15. The World’s Best Surf Month challenge will run from Sept. 1 to Sept. 30.
