We put Dominican coastal kids on boards, in the water, and on a path toward ocean mastery. With your equipment, they go further — and so does your brand.
Our grant funding includes $7,415 toward youth equipment — a strong start, but not enough to fully launch the Advanced Program. Your donation fills the gap and puts gear in the hands of real kids in Cabarete by June 2026.
RRD · Severne · Gaastra · North · NeilPryde · Simmer
Armstrong · Duotone · North · Starboard · Naish · Cabrinha
Mystic · Manera · ION · Prolimit · O'Neill
Full sets, last-season demo stock, or partial donations — we work with what you have. No minimum. Every piece of gear is photographed in action and credited publicly to your brand.
Get In TouchCabarete is one of the world's premier watersports destinations. Your gear goes in the water here — on real kids, documented and shared.
Your logo and gear in program photos, reels, and content across Instagram, Facebook, and our website — your equipment actually changing lives on the Caribbean coast.
One of the world's top watersports destinations. Your brand at the origin point — training the next generation of riders and ocean ambassadors right here.
Written acknowledgment, photo documentation, and social media tags for every donation. We document every session — your gear will be seen in action, not in a warehouse.
Our connection to Sammy Pérez Hults — DR's Olympic windsurfing hopeful, raised on these same beaches — gives your brand association with an athlete at the top of the sport.
Real kids, real waves, real Cabarete. F4E gives your brand a concrete, verifiable, on-the-water story for your social responsibility narrative.
Funded by McPike-Zima ($45K) and Onda Foundation ($50K) in 2026. Your donation joins a serious, grant-backed program with a proven track record.
Our new flagship launching June 2026 — the primary destination for all equipment donations.
For Turn the Tide graduates ages 7–12 ready to go further. Students train at Kite Beach Watersports Center — Cabarete's premier watersports venue — progressing from bodyboarding into competitive disciplines with certified coaches. This is where community youth become the next generation of Caribbean watersports athletes.
Every child starts with ocean basics and earns their way toward advanced watersports. Your donation supports the whole journey.
10 cohorts, 120+ students. Weekly sessions covering water safety, swimming, bodyboarding, ocean conservation, and teambuilding. Funded by McPike-Zima and Onda Foundations. The pipeline that feeds the Advanced Program.
An 8-week program building foundational water safety, rescue skills, and swimming technique for 6–8 children. ARC-certified coaches. No child is left on shore — every student gets the ocean confidence they need before progressing.
Older graduates transition into assistant instructor and mentorship roles, building local leadership and pathways to youth employment in Cabarete's watersports industry. 7 workshops, 6 coaches trained in 2026.
Raised on the beaches of Cabarete, Sammy began as a champion freestyle and wave windsurfer, winning competitions across the DR before competing internationally. He reached the 2020 Tokyo Olympic qualifiers as the Dominican Republic's top-ranked windsurfer, placed 2nd at the Master of the Ocean in Cabarete, and has been training for the Paris Games in the iQFoil class — the cutting edge of competitive windsurfing.
Before leaving for Hawaii, Sammy worked with Cabarete youth to build their love of watersports — the same mission F4E carries forward today.
When you donate gear to F4E, you're backing a community that has already produced world-class athletes. You're not donating equipment. You're funding a pipeline.
One email. Tell us what you have and we'll tell you exactly how it gets used — direct communication with the team putting your gear in the water in Cabarete.
Advanced Youth Watersports Program · Launching June 2026 · Cabarete, Dominican Republic