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It started out as just a fun session in the waves, on that first “Learn to Surf Day” during the 2011 summer course session at the University of Rhode Island’s Department of Kinesiology. Longtime area surfer and Assistant Professor Emily Clapham decided to match her students with a child with disabilities, and take them surfing. Each student worked one on one with the child in the ocean. Each child was taught basic surfing instruction and each team had a different goal to achieve.

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