In 1992, a Brazilian father named his newborn son “Derek” after professional surfer Derek Ho. He hoped his son would become a professional surfer. At the time, Brazil was emerging as a professional surfing powerhouse. But the father’s dream quickly faded after learning his son had been born completely blind.
However, seventeen years later, and after never having surfed, that son, blind Derek Rabelo, wanted to learn surfing and ultimately surf Pipeline in Hawaii, perhaps the world’s most challenging waves. It took Derek three years to learn how to surf.
“You can just imagine the difficulty Derek had learning how to  … More
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