Surfer's Medical Association (SMA)

Organization of surfing doctors and fellow surf health travelers, founded in 1987 during the First International Medical Conference on the Sport of Surfing, held on Fiji's Tavarua Island, with Dr. Mark Renneker of San Francisco elected as president. For eight years, beginning in 1988, the Surfer's Medical Association's (SMA) "Surf Docs" advice column was a regular feature in Surfer magazine—with s...