‘I am a surfer against slavery’

When Matt Rundle joined a church trip to South East Asia, his heart was broken by what he witnessed. Now he’s on a mission to use his passion for surfing to tackle sex exploitation

The idea for Noa Surf Collective first came to Matt Rundle after a church mission trip to Laos and Thailand in 2012. There, he visited a project that rescued women and children from sexual slavery and witnessed how women were being provided with education and employment opportunities. 

“I met a young lady who was sold into sexual slavery at a young age and contracted HIV as a result. They managed to get her out, and she had become a Christian. You remember people like that; there’s a lot of stories of redemption,” Matt says.