Richy Bennet shares his extensive experiences in psychology and sports psychology of his book “the surfers mind”. The theory gives you a model that you can use to improve your balance in every situation of your life, from normal challenges to high performance.

Dion speaks about how we can have a positive impact in the development in health care in the surfing community.

Richard will take us through the rehabilitation of the ACL injury of Big Wave Surfer Ross Clark-Jones, providing insight in specific working with extreme sports athletes and displays his work with the Kieser method for rehabilitation and strength & conditioning work.

Wendy Wilkinson shares her experience of management of non-fatal drowning during XLL Swell Fiji 2016, reviewing the challenges of providing medical care in remote location.

Miguel Moreira, Pedro Seixas, Pedro Reimunde and Ogi Markovic share their experiences on their post doc set up in surfing medicine.

Dora Carolo speaks about the development of physical literacy. She explains the meaning of physical literacy and the impact on the physical, psychological, social and the cognitive domain.

Guillermo Carracedo shares his experience as a doctor and a surf professional from Spain. He speaks about how he rolled into surfing and how he became a pro surfer.

Lecture on tropical infectious diseases that every aquatic traveler can encounter. A talk tailored to the traveling surfer: how do you recognize the tropical illness and how do you treat it? She covers the following diseases in an impressive case Serie : Fire Coral, Box Jellyfish Stings, Blue bottle/ Portuguese Man of War, Irukandji syndrome Ciguatera fish poisoning, Scombroid Fish Poisoning, Leptospirosis, Amoebic liver abscess, Dengue, Hepatitis A

Joel Pilgrim delves into the positive effects of surfing on mental health and wellbeing, which have lead him to start the Waves of Wellness foundation to support people with various mental health issues.

Discussing medical scope of practice and planning around events & need for adaptability. Allan takes us to the different locations, review of scenarios (Margaret River, Gold Coast, Tahiti, Fiji, Jeffrey’s Bay). Furthermore, provides a presentation of a variety of case reports from head injury with IC hemorrhage to Irukandji syndrome.