We started this.
Before "active and social group travel" was a thing, there was a SoulCycle instructor with a surfboard, a van full of strangers, and a hunch. SurfYogaBeer didn't join a category. We built one.
What We Are
adventures, not retreats
We run active and social group trips for all ages and fitness levels: global adventures, local escapes, and private takeovers.
Every trip is anchored in movement. Yoga flows, big workouts, surf lessons, long hikes, and the occasional salsa session that runs late into the night. Around all of it: real community, healthy routines, and a sense of belonging you can't book anywhere else.
Because it's not the destination that matters. It's how you experience the world and who is by your side.
How It Started
southern california, before it had a name
Years before the name existed, founder Mantas Zvinas was hosting adrenaline-filled excursions with friends and family around Southern California. Surf runs, mountain missions, whatever the weekend allowed.
To Mantas and everyone around him it was never an itinerary. It was a way of life: a way to connect on a personal level, deepen old friendships, and spark new ones.
The NYC Chapter
one sweaty class at a time
Mantas moved to NYC to pursue fitness full time as a SoulCycle instructor, and spotted the same adventurous spirit in everyone he met. The city just needed someone to pull the people together and hit the road.
He already knew the shortcut: the fastest friendships in New York are made in a group fitness class. Endorphins pumping, sweaty high fives flying. Pair that with a beautiful new destination and you have the perfect breeding ground for a tight-knit crew.
After linking up with key NYC fitness leaders and an organic food partnership with Soho's Salud to fuel the trips, SurfYogaBeer officially launched in 2014. First NYC, then the globe.
"Travel and fitness both force growth and bring people together. Mix in a beer and you've got yourself one hell of a party."
Mantas Zvinas · Founder, Caveman CEOThe Philosophy
it's all in the nameAdventure, risk, adrenaline. The thing that scares you a little and thrills you a lot.
A deeper perspective on the short time we have. No woo-woo required.
Our chance to enjoy it all and not take anything too seriously.
Where We Are Now
five continents and counting
A decade in, SYB runs surf, ski, hike, sail, and safari weeks across five continents, from our Nicaragua home base to Kenya, Japan, and the fjords next.
Nothing is white-labeled. We scout every destination ourselves, keep real local relationships, and build our leaders from the ground up: every SYB leader graduates our own Academy in Nicaragua, a 200-hour training plus a leadership immersion, then earns their spot on real trips before ever hosting yours. Nobody else does this. Our leaders are the difference maker.
The result: 500+ trips, 5,000+ travelers, 50+ weddings between people who met on one, and a perfect 5.0 across 300+ Google reviews.
The Timeline
don't think, just doTwelve years, five continents, one idea that would not quit. Scan it. This is what a decade of "just do" looks like.
SurfYogaBeer is born. A Hamptons weekend in August, Costa Rica by November. A van full of strangers comes home a crew, and the hunch checks out immediately.
The first full season. Coast to coast and across two borders, from Baja to Hawaii, and the word starts to spread.
First time in Nicaragua. It becomes home base and never stops. Europe gets its first SYB takeover the same summer.
The calendar doubles. The Caribbean joins the family: Cuba, Honduras, Belize.
Africa unlocked. First Morocco, first Iceland, and the crews keep getting bigger.
The Philippines, Portugal, and Croatia join the map. And the first Yoga Academy plants the seed for our leader pipeline.
The world stops. We surf when it lets us and keep the family together.
The comeback tour. Smaller calendar, bigger hugs, and a first taste of Greece.
First safari. Kenya joins the map, Ibiza gets taken over, and Nicaragua hosts our first remote-work reset.
Egypt and Turkey join. The calendar goes properly global and starts selling out faster every season.
The biggest year yet. Bali, Ireland, and the Dolomites debut, and repeat guests start racing the calendar.
Japan powder. Five continents, truly year-round, with more returning family than ever.
Chamonix, Val Thorens, the South of France, Iceland North. The deepest calendar we have ever run.
The biggest growth yet. Demand for active and social travel has never been higher, and the rumors are already out.
Your Chapter
come catch a wave with us, the water is niceMost people show up solo. By day two you have a crew. The only thing missing from this story is you.
Press and partnerships: dude@surfyogabeer.com. Yes, that is really the email.