If you're looking to stay cool this summer, then why not learn to surf - surely the 'coolest sport' there is.
Hong Kong's beaches offer some great spots for beginners of any age to get started, with beaches on South Lantau, Sai Kung and south of Hong Kong Island offering year-round waves, and a variety of surf schools and instructors.
For grommets (that's surfer-talk for youngsters) aged five to 13, a great place to head is the Quicksilver Treasure Island Surf Camp at Pui O beach on South Lantau. Over the summer, Treasure Island will be hosting a series of week-long surf camps.
'We can offer accommodation to overseas visitors, or for kids who live in Discovery Bay or elsewhere, but most of the children are picked up in Central every morning and we take them on the ferry to Mui Wo then on to the camp,' says Hunt Smith, surf camp co-ordinator at Treasure Island.
'Parents can come too, but we usually suggest the kids go by themselves as they tend to enjoy the camp more that way.' Each day finishes at about 4.40pm.
Children on the camps, which run from Mondays to Fridays, spend about three hours each day learning to surf, with another hour or more spent on other fun activities. 'We have a mixture of local and expat kids, and all of our instruction is done in English, so it's also an ideal way for local kids to have an immersive English language experience while they learn to surf,' Smith says.