Club Shakas Communities started in Perth, Western Australia in June 2020, as just a group of women who wanted to go surfing but were too intimidated by all the boys in the water, not knowing what equipment to buy, how to read a weather report, or where the local surf breaks were.

But we decided let’s go anyway, so we found foamies and equipment from friends and went out to the local beach hoping there would be some waves. There was and we had the best time, so we kept going, and posting images on social media. This led to more and more women of all ages finding out about us and wanting to come along. The group, the excitement, and the community kept growing. They surfed whenever they could - at sunrise, before uni, during uni, after work, before work, lunch breaks, sunset. They just wanted to be out in the surf as much as possible. From that point it just kept growing, the smiles kept getting bigger, they started to get a little bolder, and the willingness to keep getting out there was off the charts. 

At this point, the intimidation factor was dropping, surfing was now in their blood and they could confidently say "Yeah, I surf."

In November 2020 they got excited about what the club was doing to bring women together to connect, have fun, and participate in the amazing sport of surfing. So they entered themselves into a local entrepreneurship competition which made them re-name themselves to Club Shakas (now Club Shakas Communities), create an official Instagram account, put a committee together (Amiee, Bridget, Kendall, and Jahney), get a killer logo made, have a launch party, and started surfing every Tuesday and Thursday.

The first official surf was a slow start, with two people rocking up, but they didn’t care, they knew the magic was only just getting started. From two to 30+ women coming along to a surf, they were dominating the boys in the water and really felt the good vibes of bringing people together to have fun catching waves. 

We have done collaborations with FIFA Women’s World Cup Unity Pitch, Rip Curl, Urban List, and many local brands.​

The club is now named ‘Club Shakas Communities’ as we establish more communities around Australia. While ‘Club Shakas’ has become a trips and events business for the female beginner surfer, giving them women further opportunities to participate in the sport - both have the same mission, they are just delivering it in a different way.

Today we have Club Shakas Communities in Perth and the Gold Coast. Both are run by chicks who have no idea how to surf. Some might say the perfect group to run a surfing club where no one can surf, others may say it's a disaster waiting to happen. Either way, the club is creating a fantastic beat in the Australian surfing scene and we could not be more stoked.