Surfing is an inclusive sport not limited to the young, tan, tall and lovely. All kinds of people get on surfboards and ride the waves — even amputees.
A Southern California group called Amp’d formed last year to encourage amputees and others to surf, even if they’ve never been on a board. The group is the brainchild of Amy Ginsburg, a prosthetic practitioner with Hanger Prosthetics & Orthotics Inc. in Laguna Hills. She was working with a 13-year-old patient whose leg was amputated above the knee due to Ewing’s sarcoma. “We fitted him with a leg, and he was so excited that he could go in the pool,” Ginsburg says. She thought he might also enjoy surfing and put him in touch with another patient who had been surfing on one leg for several years. He wound up mentoring the teen… Details
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Paddle surfing in big waves takes guts, knowledge and experience and O’Neill is proud to announce the opening of the one year waiting period for the 2009/10 O’Neill Raw Courage Big Wave Awards, an annual event to honour and reward the courage, passion and commitment of South African watermen who take on South Africa’s biggest waves using their bare hands.
Founded in 2008 by big wave legend and O’Neill ambassador, Chris Bertish, the Raw Courage Awards will be awarded in five categories including the Biggest Paddle Wave, Biggest Barrel, Balls to the Wall, Phsycofreak and Grom Charger with a total of over R40 000 at stake, R20 000 of which goes to the Biggest Paddle Wave winner.
Running from 1 May 2009 to 1 May 2010, the criteria specify that only rides on waves 15 foot and bigger will be accepted and…Â Details
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Besides the new Honolulu Surfing Museum (www.honolulusurfmuseum.com), left, at Jimmy Buffett’s at the Beachcomber in the Ohana Waikiki Beachcomber Hotel, there are many reasons to visit Hawaii this summer, including several promotions at just renovated hotels.
The Ko’a Kea Hotel and Resort (www.koakea.com) in Kauai reopened last month after a reconstruction. The 121-room hotel, which has a new restaurant and spa, is offering a reduced nightly rate of … Details