MBAC NEWS

Paddling Film Festival World Tour November 8th

MBAC and Aztec Recreation host Paddling Film Festival World Tour

Meet up with the San Diego paddling community, win prizes, and enjoy a night of 2018’s best paddling films at the Paddling Film Festival on November 8th in the Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union Theatre!  You’ll be inspired by nature’s powerful forces and paddling cultures around the world.  Warning: people have been known to walk away with an overwhelming amount of stoke for paddling. Read More

Gompers Academy field trip

Classroom to Coast program introduces youth to sailing and science

Science, sailing, and ocean stewardship merged together for 45 students from Gompers Academy in MBAC’s first Classroom to Coast program. The program consisted of 4 classroom visits by MBAC instructors culminating in a field trip to MBAC to learn to sail.  Each days activities were designed to promote student-driven learning and correlated with Next Generation Science Standards. Read More

Summer's story

Summer’s SDSU Surfing Experience

Last spring SDSU biology student Summer Williams took part in one of our semester-long surfing classes. Her weekly surfing class served as a much-needed break from her otherwise stressful studies.  Originally from the Midwest, Summer never imagined that she would have the chance to learn how to surf in America’s Finest City while also earning a grade.  Read More

Spring 2019 class schedule is LIVE!

Our Spring 2019 class schedule (January-March) is now available on our website.  Whether your New Year’s resolution is going to be catching your first wave, mastering a new trick on a wakeboard, or earning a Basic Cruising Certification to sail away and leave the world behind, there’s a class to help you reach your goals this spring! Read More

Celebrate “Wakesgiving” with MBAC!

Every year the weekend before Thanksgiving Mission Bay Aquatic Center hosts an annual “Wakesgiving” Youth Wakesports Session. This year, the fun event will take place on November 18 from 12:00pm-3:00pm. This event is an opportunity for kids ages 6-17 to get some time in the water wakeboarding, waterskiing, or wakesurfing with our qualified instructors behind our world-class Nautiques.   Read More