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SURF, PADDLE & ROW

How Surfing Has Changed My Life With A Spinal Cord Injury
 OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES

Surfing with a spinal cord injury My name is Massimilliano Mattei. I was born in Livorno, Italy in 1976, and raised in Piazza Cavallotti near Gagarin…

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Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

How Surfing Has Changed My Life With A Spinal Cord Injury
Cerebral Palsy (CP)

New experiences, chapters, HS graduation, & whitewater bellyaking

High school graduation ceremony, party, and paddle On May 24th 2017, I graduated from Brookwood High School in Snellville, Ga. My dad and stepmom had a regular graduation party on May 20th, 2017 for b…
Amputee

An Amputee Story: Stand, Walk, Surf, Repeat
Cerebral Palsy (CP)

First Annual Bellyak Race

Race Recap On May 27th, Bellyak hosted the first ever Race For A Cause on the French Broad river as part of the Mountain Sports Festival in Asheville, North Car…
Cerebral Palsy (CP)

Riley surfing in Life Rolls On
Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC)

My Journey - Susan Seipel

Swimming I was born with Arthrogryposis Multiplex, a rare disorder characterised by fusion of joints and absent muscle formation in my legs. I had my first op…
Amputee

Make It Possible
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

How the vacation of my life quickly turned into a nightmare

My Story My girlfriend took me to Cancun for my 30th birthday, so I took her to Hawaii for her 25th. On our last day in Hawaii, minutes before packing up from…
Cerebral Palsy (CP)

River Adventures
Rare Disease & Syndrome

Tried surfing? Now's the time!

Our surf-able story My son Teo (12) has a muscle disease that prevents him from running or walking like other boys of his age but there is one environment were he thrive…
Amputee

An amputee surfer from Brazil
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

Surfing with a spinal cord injury- Sounds impossible? Think again

When I was 14 months old I sustained a c4/5 incomplete spinal cord injury Hi, I'm Patrick. When I was 14 months old I sustained a c4/5 incomplete spinal cord injury when a distracted driver backed over me as my mom and I we…
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

Gold in the summer and winter games
Cerebral Palsy (CP)

THE OCEAN GIVES ME FREEDOM

I need full assistance at everything I do which makes it safer and more fun for me I was born with Cerebral Palsy due to my twin passing away in the womb at 5 months from twin to twin transfusion. My dad has been taking me surfing s…
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

Life Rolls On
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

THE POWER OF SPORTS

The rehabilitation was brutal, but I didn’t give up I grew up in a small town located in the northern part of Israel. I played professional basketball and was part of the youth national team. At the a…
Spina Bifida (SB)

ONE DAY AT A TIME
Other

Enjoy and learn from your limits

Your limits come only from your mind For each experience in extreme sports I learned new things about myself and how I can adapt my physical limit at the situation. Surfing has been o…
Other

I Challenge My Disability

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