Help Claire get to longboard Worlds in El Salvador

Hi, my name is Claire Parsons and I'm a competitive longboard surfer from Nova Scotia, Canada!

I recently competed in the CANAM games in Tofino and placed third. I have an opportunity to head to the ISA World Longboarding event in May in Surf City El Salvador and I'm looking for help to do so. I love competing and competing on the world stage has always been a dream of mine.

Unfortunately, there is no funding available for me to get to this contest and I'll have to pay out of pocket. I received some help to get to Tofino for the recent contest but I have limited funds now to get to Worlds. During the day I work for a local environmental charity, where I manage the communications team.

Your donation will go towards helping with flights, accommodations, baggage fees food, registration and other expenses for travel and the contest. Currently, flights are about $2,000.

If you are able to donate a few dollars to help get me to Worlds, I would be forever grateful. But of course, there is no pressure. I know that times are tough right now.

In the nature of full transparency, I will be heading to Mexico for a week before the contest for a wedding that is non-refundable and I paid for back in January before the above-mentioned contests were scheduled.

Thanks for taking the time to read my story. Please reach out @claire.r.parsons on instagram if you have any questions for me!