It begins with a wheez and ends with a smile. This is how surfing finds children and young people with cystic fibrosis in Southern California on a gray summer’s afternoon. If you’re questioning the link between surfing and cystic fibrosis, the answer’s in the salt.
According to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, people with the disease produce a thick mucus that can be trapped in the lungs and cause infections as well as obstruct the body from producing certain enzymes that break down food. There are an estimated 30,000 children in the United States suffering from the disease. But there’s good news–surfing has been proven to help mitigate the symptoms  … Details
Interview with James Dunlop, chairman of the Mauli Ola Foundation. He discusses a unique treatment for Cystic Fibrosis