Amputee Surfing

Surfing has always been something Ive always wanted to try! Ever since I can remember going to my first beach and seeing people surf I wanted to give it a go.  So I came to thinking how people with physical disabilities or amputees are able to surf.  I cam across this website which is the AmpSurf Association and it's a non-profit organization made up of amputees, veterans, friends and families of disabled.  They are solely dependent on donations to keep this association up and running.  Their main goal is to promote, inspire, educate, rehabilitate people with disabilities, especially our veteran heroes through adaptive surfing.  One in five Americans struggle with a life long disability and nearly two million men and women have served our country overseas and coming home and looking for ways to feel good again.  Whether they are an amputee, blind, suffer from PTSD, have quadriplegia or TBI this association is looking to help those people.  AmpSurf offers a unique program to bring the healing power of the ocean and adaptive surfing together for an experience that is both mentally and physically one of the rehabilitating.  They also offer clinics and lessons for a majority of people who don't know how to surf.  This is a great non-profit organization that truly wants to make a difference not only for amputees but for any populations or veteran. 

http://ampsurf.org/