Injured people on board for Life Rolls On event
The Life Rolls On Foundation, founded by La Jollan Josh Billauer and his brother Jesse Billauer, who was 17 when he fractured his neck and severed his spinal cord wile surfing, hosted its annual They Will Surf Again event recently at La Jolla Shores. It is an adaptive surfing program for people with spinal cord injuries.
The nonprofit’s website says it is also a “life-changing volunteer experience for all. It’s not all about the surfing, it’s about proving that anything is possible. Recently, LRO has added a They Will Ski Again and They Will Skate Again program.” For information, go to www.liferollson.org.
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- Tiffany Giddes enjoyed the ride.
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- Volunteers carried a tired but smiling Patrick Ivison to a wheelchair. Each surfer had about 30 minutes in the ocean and were helped by a team of about a dozen volunteers.
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- Charles Wienbar enjoyed the thrill of moving through the water. Photos by Sharon Jones
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- A man is rolled into the ocean on a specially equipped wheelchair. Then his team of red-clad volunteers lifted him and put him on a surfboard that had rails.
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- Chelsie Hill, dressed in a wet suit unzipped to show off the scar that is evidence of the accident that put her in a wheelchair, waited for her chance to surf.
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- Charles Wienbar’s team helps him get back onto the board.
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- Cold water and cloudy skies made these wet suits very popular.
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- Want-to-be surfers readied themselves for the experience of riding the waves.
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Posted by Halie Johnson
on Sep 21, 2010. Filed under Health & Science, La Jolla, News.
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