TRANSPARENCY.
Our Goals for 2027
🎯 Expand our program to reach more children
🎯 Offer first aid & water rescue training for the community
🎯 Improve our equipment and create a safe skatepark space
Want to make a difference?
Here are three easy ways:
🌊 Become a Volunteer
Do you have experience in surfing, skating, or simply a passion for supporting children? Join our team!
💙 Donate to Our Programs
Every donation helps provide kids with access to sports, education, and a strong community.
📢 Spread the Word
Share our mission and help us reach more children!
With your help, we were able to support the organizations like Refugee of Hope, Fundacion Mita or Entreamigos.
We want this to become a long-term project and not just a one-time experience.
Since skateboarding and surfing (and teaching these activities) come naturally to us, we started offering these experiences—usually only accessible to tourists—free of charge to local children from underprivileged backgrounds.
We are committed to transparency and ensuring that every donation directly benefits the children and youth in our programs.
How We Use Our Funds:
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60% – Funding free surf and skate lessons for kids
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20% – Purchasing equipment like surfboards, skateboards & safety gear
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10% – Supporting volunteer instructors & mentors
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10% – Organizing events & sustainability projects
Looking ahead, we aim to expand this initiative by introducing extracurricular activities and educational programs. One of our key future projects is to provide help and assistance to vulnerable groups through the practice of water sports (like swim lessons), as well as offering first aid, rescue, and lifesaving courses. This initiative is designed to be long-term and sustainable, ensuring that our community is not only empowered through sports but also equipped with essential life-saving skills.
How Your Donations Help...
At Almar Surf & Skate, we’re building something bigger than a school – we're building a movement for inclusion, empowerment, and community. You can help by donating essential materials or funding key needs.
Skateboarding Donations
We accept new or used gear in good condition:
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🛹 Skate decks / tablas (new or used)
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🔩 Trucks
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🌀 Bearings / valeros
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🔘 Wheels / llantas
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🧢 Helmets / cascos
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🛡️ Protective gear (knee, elbow, wrist guards)
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🔧 Skate tools / accesorios
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🛠️ Materials to build ramps or rails
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🧱 Wood or concrete supplies for community skate ramp building
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🧑🏫 Salaries or sponsorships for skate instructors
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🎒 healthy snacks for community days
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🚗 Transportation funds (we need to rent or buy a vehicle to bring local kids to the beach)
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📦 Storage equipment: Boxes, bags, racks to safely store boards and gear
Surfing Donations
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🏄♂️ Surfboards (soft tops, all sizes)
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👕 Rashguards (all sizes, especially for kids & teens)
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🧥 Life vests
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🏖️ Leashes, fins, wax
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🚗 Transportation funds (we need to rent or buy a vehicle to bring local kids to the beach)
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🧑🏫 Salaries or sponsorships for surf instructors
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🏝 Beach umbrellas
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🎒 healthy snacks for community days
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📦 Storage equipment: Boxes, bags, racks to safely store boards and gear
🛟 Water Safety Program
We gratefully accept new or gently used gear:
🏊♀️ For Swim Lessons
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Swimwear (all sizes, especially for kids & teens)
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Goggles, swim caps, swim fins
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Kickboards, pool noodles, floatation devices
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Life vests / safety jackets
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Waterproof whistles
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Financel support for Renting or accessing pool for training
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Instructor fees (CPR, swimming, rescue)
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Transport for participants
🚨 For Lifeguard & First Aid Training
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Rescue buoys / rescue boards
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CPR training mannequins
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First aid kits
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Waterproof first aid books & materials
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Instructor fees (CPR, rescue)
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Transport for participants
❤️ Every donation makes a difference
Want to donate something else or ship gear to us?
Contact us directly via WhatsApp, Instagram or Email!
Not in Mexico? You can still help!
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💳 Donate funds via PayPal or bank transfer to support any of the above
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📣 Sponsor a child’s lessons, a surfboard, or a full skate setup
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🤝 Partner with us as a brand, surf/skate shop, or supporter
Thank you!
How You Can Support
Help us build the next chapter
Support our work. Help us cover practical needs such as sports equipment, protective gear, transport and the preparation of community activities.
Partner with us. We welcome collaboration with local organizations, schools, businesses and community initiatives.
Volunteer or complete an internship.
Share your skills in sports, youth work, communication, fundraising, project development or environmental education.
Help meet a concrete community need.
We aim to connect willing supporters with specific, verified needs in the community, with respect for people's privacy and dignity.
We believe meaningful community work begins with listening, working together and taking realistic steps.
Join ALMAR in creating more opportunities for children and young people in Bahía de Banderas.
Review
Excellent and professional. Very friendly. They make you feel like family and take care of you. Very fun to work with.