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Showing posts with label Adaptive Surfing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Adaptive Surfing. Show all posts

Monday, May 11, 2015

Surfing with LIFE ROLLS ON


Life Rolls On in Huntington Beach is always a highlight of the Summer! This is one of our favorite days of the year! We love getting together with the awesome Life Rolls On volunteers and families, spending a day in the surf and sun while being totally inspired! This is an amazing organization and it is where Katie's love of surfing began! 
Just a portion of the picture filled with our awesome LRO family 
Katie and Bryant were stoked to meet surf Legendary Surfer, Rob Machado! He and a handful of other pro surfers are awesome supporters of LRO! 


 
With our little surfer!
 Even a few years ago, we could have never imagined seeing Katie surfing these huge waves and loving every minute of it! It is such an incredible thing to witness the pure joy on her face as she surfs! 

Jesse, founder of LRO in his sweet new beach chair and our good friend Stu with Hunter and Kumaka, both awesome surfers too! 

Katie LOVES these events because she gets to see all her dear friends! 



Daddy and Stu helping Katie get her wet suit on! It's a group effort!

Here comes the Surfer Princess, Katie!
 She couldn't believe it when her team lifted her up on the surfboard and carried her down the beach like this! Such a fun moment! 

I love these pictures captured by the awesome Diane Edmonds, LRO photographer and friend!
Catching a wave with Dad (who lives for moments like these)! 

 The waves were loud and HUGE this day, but Katie braved them and had a blast getting some good rides in! 
 I LOVE this one of her smile and everyone else in the photo getting taken out by the wave! 
We so appreciate all the hard work of the volunteers to get out there in the waves and work hard all day to bring smiles to these kids faces! They are awesome! 


After her final ride, she was cheered on, swooped up and carried back up the beach! 
Thank you Life Rolls On for this awesome experience and day that our whole family enjoys so much! We love you guys! 

Monday, March 16, 2015

The Summer of Surf


2014 was the Summer of Surf.
We surfed a lot this Summer.
And when I say "we," I mostly mean these four.
 I just tumbled around in the waves making a fool of myself while cracking the kids up and embarrassing my husband (even though he said he was proud of me)! 

Ella and Carter started off the Summer in a super fun Surf Camp. 
We highly recommend M and M Surfing School in Seal Beach. 
Their staff is so fun and friendly and the kids had an awesome time. 
They especially loved surfing with their good friends Jake and Baylee! 

Little Surfer Girl Ella
These four were so cute every morning getting into their wet suits and getting their boards ready for surfing! 
Cutest little Surfer Boy 


Carter caught on really quickly. He has incredible balance and it was awesome to watch him catch the waves and stay standing all the way into shore! 





Ella and one of her darling surf coaches!




Bryant would come down during the day and watch the kids surf and loved every second of it!



Ella on her way out to catch some waves! As the week went on, she really caught on to surfing as well and got super excited about it! 

Way to go Ella!!! 
Awesome team work! 

 


Surf camp was at the beginning of the Summer, so once it was over, we spent the rest of the Summer down at the beach whenever possible, letting the kids practice their new skills. 
above: Katie and Carter catching the same wave with a proud daddy in the back ground! 

Another highlight from the "Summer of Surf" was when Katie received her new, custom surfboard for her Birthday! She was SO surprised and SO excited! Here she is with Matt Parker, the owner of Album Surfboards who designed and shaped Katie's board. Bryant gave him some ideas and suggestions to help shape the board to best help Katie with her balance and Matt made it perfectly! Katie just thought we were going out to lunch for her Birthday, but when we showed up at a surfboard shop and then Matt came around the corner with her board, she was beyond thrilled! It was awesome to witness! Thank you Matt for creating the perfect board for Katie! 

Her hat says it all! 

And so does that smile! 



This is one of my favorite pictures of all time! Bryant with all three of his kids surfing around him! 
It was an awesome Summer full of Surfing and we hope to have many more Summers just like this one!