This was a fun weekend up in Santa Cruz, and our last cliinic for the year. We had a great group come together on a day with less than ideal conditions. the swell had gotten as big as 20-25ft over the weekend and had only started to come down in the early morning hours on the 8th. 26 people came out for the event. 2 participants came all the way from Ohio, and we also had volunteers and participants drive all the way up from the LA area to take part. Thank you to everyone who made the weekend such a great sucess.

Below are some pictures from the weekend

Directions to Sunset State beach from Route 1
Take exit #425/RIVERSIDE DR/WATSONVILLE (CA-152) - go 0.4 mi

Turn Left on W RIVERSIDE DR(CA-129) - go 0.3 mi

Turn Right on LEE RD - go 0.3mi

Turn Left on W BEACH ST - go 1.4 mi

Bear Right on SAN ANDREAS RD - go 2.1 mi

Turn Left on SUNSET BEACH RD (Gate access required) - go 0.8 mi

Continue on SUNSET DR - go 0.2 mi

Clinic schedule:

Goal: To encourage surfing among those with disabilities. We plan to have 15 participants attend this event. these will be disabled veterans, and local disabled with Tramatic Brain Injury (TBI), Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Amputees, Blind etc.... We really want to reach out to these individuals and help them enjoy the rebalitative power of the ocean and surfing.

The clinic is free to participants though donations are appreciated. Any donations will be used to help cover clinic fees, equipment, and transportation. Surfing instruction will be provided by trained surf instructors, and experienced surfers. These instructors will work with each individual to meet his/her needs and abilities.

Participants are encouraged to contact AMPSURF in advance to make sure all efforts can be made to accommodate his/her disability. Please sign-up online.

Volunteers are needed. Ideally we need a two to one ratio of volunteers to participants sometimes 4to1. If you’d like to volunteer, Please sign-up online.

Sponsors, please contact us at AmpsurfAAS@yahoo.com, or (805) 441.5271 to learn how you can help. We also welcome any charitable events or fundraisers to help support our efforts for the disabled.

Click Here to Sign-Up Online

The Association of Amputee Surfers can also be reached via U.S. Mail at
AMPSURF,
c/o Dana Cummings
PO BOX 5045
San Luis Obispo, CA 93403

Pictures from last year:

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