We’ve all heard the news of the recent earthquake and it’s devastating effect on Haiti, and like many of you out there, we’d like to do our part to help in any way we can.
Through our +relief program, we are donating 20% of proceeds from all of all online sales to Partners In Health, as [...]

NEW YORK SURF FILM FESTIVAL

Joe and Amy with Andrew Judge, COO of Surfaid International, Christian Driggs of Driggs Bros Pro, Jason and Elizabeth Ritter of Surfaid in NYC.

morgan berk, co-founder of the New York Surf Film Festival, interviewing with the Driggs Bros.

Beau Young setting up to perform at the Film Festival.

The crowd partying in [...]

As many of you know, on Wednesday September 30, a 7.6 earthquake hit Sumatra. Our friends at SurfAid International have launched an Emergency Response Appeal to help the people of Padang.
There has been extensive damage and many homes, buildings, schools and hospitals have been destroyed. The death toll stands at 704, as reported by the [...]

We’d like to pass on to all of you, the news we’ve just received from our friends over at SurfAid International. Please remember, no donation is too small as every little bit counts. We all, as individuals, have the ability to make someone’s situation better. It’s in times like these we can pull together and [...]

From our first product line, we have been dedicating a portion of proceeds from select tees to different non-profits and community organizations. Our support has since extended itself to hosting, as well as sponsoring, benefits and charity events.
We are now taking OKOTO+relief one step further by developing a platform that allows our customers to donate [...]

The 2009 New York Surf Film Festival tee has been designed and printed by
OKOTO. Twenty percent of proceeds from the sales of this t-shirt will
benefit SurfAid International via the OKOTO+relief program.
OKOTO is a grass root clothing brand from the East Coast, with a strong
focus on non-profit and community support.
SurfAid International is a humanitarian aid organization [...]

Through our OKOTOrelief program, OKOTO designed the hats for this year’s SEAPaddleNYC, the 3rd annual, 28 mile paddle around New York to benefit SEA, Surfer’s Healing, Austism Speaks, Autism Family Services of NJ and Autism NJ.
Among the 100+ paddlers will be Darrick Doerner, Joel Tudor and more!
Check out some pics from last year’s event here [...]

We were introduced to Waves For Development by Dr. Dave, founder of SurfAid International, last winter at Billabong’s Wild Rock Wine release party. We hit it off from the start and were super stoked when Dave from WAVES called us and asked if we wanted to get involved with their first annual NYC fundraiser.
Amy [...]