{"id":279341,"date":"2026-04-06T12:25:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T11:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carvemag.com\/?p=279341"},"modified":"2026-04-02T12:26:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T11:26:45","slug":"city-kids-surfing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carvemag.com\/2026\/04\/city-kids-surfing\/","title":{"rendered":"City Kids Surfing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_video et_pb_video_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_video_box\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"City Kids Surfing\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/639128711?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><b>Sometimes as surfers we take the ocean for granted. This isn\u2019t everyone\u2019s reality.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/h5>\n<p>The charity City Kids Surfing takes children from the gritty reality of inner city life to give them the opportunity to experience surfing. The hope is that these inner city kids will discover a life-long love of the ocean and get to know that the ocean is there for them, through lives ups and downs.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We spoke to the founder Tom Franklin, a London primary school teacher who had been working in south London for many years. Often overshadowed by the news of violence and crime, many of the children never get the chance to leave their housing estates.<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carvemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CKS_JJ_HR54_4346Large.jpeg.webp\" alt=\"\" title=\"CKS_JJ_HR54_4346+Large.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carvemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CKS_JJ_HR54_4346Large.jpeg.webp 1280w, https:\/\/www.carvemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CKS_JJ_HR54_4346Large.jpeg-980x654.webp 980w, https:\/\/www.carvemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CKS_JJ_HR54_4346Large.jpeg-480x320.webp 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1280px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-279349\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><b>Tom, how did City Kids Surfing come about?<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>CKS came about in 2016, when I realised that I lived in south London and went surfing all the time and it kept me sane. However most of the kids I taught had never seen the ocean (and weren't going to) - let alone gone surfing.\u00a0 This seemed unfair. We want there to be schools, clubs and gatherings for city groms who want to surf.<\/p>\n<p><b>What made you realise that surfing could change a young person\u2019s life?\u00a0<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>It's changed my life,\u00a0and most of my friends too.\u00a0 We had an issue in London with kids feeling a sense of belonging, so they joined gangs - we lost three to knife crime in seven years...\u00a0but surfing is a global gang,\u00a0based on excitement, nature access, and fun.\u00a0 The best gang in the\u00a0world.\u00a0 Edgy, risky at times - definitely\u00a0not boring.\u00a0 I knew inner city kids who'd love it,\u00a0get into it - I knew we could save some.<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"854\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carvemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/City-Kids-Surfing-Charity-Boy-Kneeling-on-Surfboard.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" title=\"City-Kids-Surfing-Charity-Boy-Kneeling-on-Surfboard.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carvemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/City-Kids-Surfing-Charity-Boy-Kneeling-on-Surfboard.jpg.webp 854w, https:\/\/www.carvemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/City-Kids-Surfing-Charity-Boy-Kneeling-on-Surfboard.jpg-480x600.webp 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 854px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-279350\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><b>Why surfing - not football, boxing or another sport?<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>I read the book 'Blue Mind\u2019 (by Wallace J Nichols). The nature link, being in the sea.\u00a0 It is so different from any other sport.\u00a0 But it is\u00a0deeply under-represented by inner city kids.<\/p>\n<p><b>What\u2019s been the biggest challenge of setting this charity up?<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Raising money! Also keeping relationships with partnerships (although we have been very lucky with Finisterre\u2026) and running it alongside a day job and being a dad!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>What are the main barriers that stop urban kids from accessing the ocean?<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Lack of awareness.\u00a0 Families who don't value it. Usually money. Also distance<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>from the ocean but that\u2019s not the main reason.<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1152\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carvemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/City-Kids-Surfing-children-on-beach-looking-at-sea.jpg-e1774523250623.webp\" alt=\"\" title=\"City-Kids-Surfing-children-on-beach-looking-at-sea.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carvemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/City-Kids-Surfing-children-on-beach-looking-at-sea.jpg-e1774523250623-1152x720.webp 1152w, https:\/\/www.carvemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/City-Kids-Surfing-children-on-beach-looking-at-sea.jpg-e1774523250623-980x551.webp 980w, https:\/\/www.carvemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/City-Kids-Surfing-children-on-beach-looking-at-sea.jpg-e1774523250623-480x270.webp 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1152px) 1152px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-279351\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_3  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><b>How do the kids react the first time they see the sea?<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>They love it - it's amazing what we see every year.<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>What skill can kids take from surfing that will translate into everyday life?<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Resilience, courage, friendship, memories, the world is more than what they see..<\/p>\n<p><b>What can the wider surf community do better to help open it\u2019s doors?<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Have a really good, honest look at recruitment in the surf industry.<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>If an inner-city grom is reading this now, what would you want to say to them?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Surfing is there for you too.\u00a0 A second hand board from FB Market place, a train to Newquay and a \u00a310 per night youth hostel.<\/p>\n<p>As Asheya said on our very first trip in 2017 and it\u2019s so true,\u00a0she said \"It's here and surf, whether you are poor or rich - you can come here too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Find more below:<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_0 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/www.getcitykidssurfing.com\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider_0 et_pb_space et_pb_divider_hidden\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_4  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><b>When we came across City Kids Surfing we had to help in some way and give the charity some exposure, so we\u2019re holding a raffle at our Carve Launch Party at the Boardmasters Beach Bar on April 10, to raise money for the charity. Come along!<\/b><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A charity set up to give inner city kids from south London the chance to experience surfing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":205,"featured_media":279342,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2536,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-279341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-for-my-slider","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>City Kids Surfing - Carvemag.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carvemag.com\/2026\/04\/city-kids-surfing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"City Kids Surfing - 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