AmpSurf to Hold 9/11 Paddle Out in Middletown Wednesday & Adaptive Surfing Clinic Saturday
AmpSurf to Hold 9/11 Paddle Out in Middletown Wednesday & Adaptive Surfing Clinic Saturday
“Surfing’s really addictive,” Speegle, a lifetime surfer and veteran said. “We take people in the water who really don’t get to do stuff like this very often — or at all — and they have the best time, and it’s like you’re living vicariously through them. It’s the first time they’re in the water, they’re riding a wave, you’re just getting so excited — I’m like, I’ve got to do this.”
"Basically we open up 30 spots for any participants that want to join that have any kind of disability — whether they’re completely paralyzed, which is the most extreme case — to someone who has an invisible disability, like PTSD, which is very common. They can sign up — we’ve recently implemented a deposit but they get that back when they show up, and that helps smooth out our event so we can get it started right on time.”
AmpSurf™ is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established in 2003 in California. Today AmpSurf has operations in California, New England, and New York with the goal of encouraging injured veterans, adults and children living with disabilities to focus on their abilities through adaptive surfing therapy. AmpSurf clinics provide a great opportunity for both participants and volunteers to come together and feel the joy and healing of the ocean and the therapeutic effects of adaptive surfing.
Honoring 9/11 Victims, Families and First Responders
On Wednesday, September 11, AmpSurf will host a “paddle out” in Middletown, meeting at the Surfer’s End of Second Beach at 8:15, and then paddling out to Purgatory Chasm for a memorial wreath laying at 8:46.
AmpSurf “proudly serves all military personnel, veterans and first responders. This is a memorial paddle out and wreath laying in honor of those who gave their lives on that fateful day in 2001.”
AmpSurf will host simultaneous paddle outs in New York and California.