About USC
BACK
THE KID.
We get kids who love the ocean onto boards they can call their own — and to contests they have earned the right to surf.
The story
How USC started.
Umzumbe is a stretch of KwaZulu-Natal coastline where the swell shows up clean almost every week of the year. The local kids see it. They watch it pump from the road on the way to school. Some of them want to surf it.
The hard part is not the talent. It is everything else. A second-hand 6'0" costs more than a month of groceries. A wetsuit costs more than a school uniform. A trip to J-Bay or Cape St Francis for a regional contest — flights, accommodation, entry, coach — is out of reach without help.
“The talent on this coast is not the problem. The cost of getting to a contest is.”
Umzumbe Surf Club exists to close that gap. We back specific kids — by name, by competition, by deadline — with the boards, the wetsuits, the trips, and the coaching that turn talent into a career.
This is not a charity that wants to make you feel good about yourself. It is a club that wants to put SA kids on the WSL Qualifying Series.
How it works
Where the money actually goes.
01
Ringfenced
Every donation tagged to a surfer transfers into an account in their name. Not USC's general pot, not pooled — theirs.
02
Receipted
Every spend against that account is documented: receipt scanned, photo posted, line item logged. Donors see what they bought.
03
No admin fee
USC takes zero percent. PayFast and SARS fees are absorbed by sponsors. 100% of your rand reaches the surfer.
Safeguarding
We are publishing minors. We take that seriously.
Every surfer profile requires signed parental consent before publish. We have a Designated Safeguarding Officer, a written policy, and a 7-day takedown SLA. Read the full safeguarding policy before donating if it matters to you.
Read the policyPrivacy (POPIA)
Your data, your control.
USC is POPIA-compliant. Your donation details are processed only for the donation, never sold, never shared. Receipts go to you and stay between us. You can request access, correction, or deletion at any time.
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