Thank you everyone who made it out to this event and made it such
a great success.
We had 8 participants make it out and over thrirty volunteers. Below
are some pictures
from the event and some quotes from participants and volunteers.
Wow! Dana you and all the volunteers were awesome. I had a great time.
I enjoyed myself so much. For all the other vets that missed the fun,
please join us next month. Dana and the crew made this month so much
fun.I had a great instructor. Thanks Steve!!! Although I was not my
usual self (I was just getting over a cold) I had an amazing time not
only on the beach but at New Life with Shirley, Steve, Willy, Deanna
and all the others. Thanks again. -Dee Wright
I had a great time. I was a little discouraged as i seemed to do so
much better last time out. Anyway it was definitely motivating to get
in shape and practice more. Thanks for making it possible for me to
get out more. Thanks very much for the gift of the board. -Greg Birkholz
Thanks to all the volunteers who made such an excellent day for us!!!
It really meant alot and is healing on so many levels, not to mention
sooooo much fun. THANKS TO YOU. Please know how much it means. See ya
next month!!! - Vivian
Spy Glass Inn in Pismo Beach offers discounted
rooms for Ampsurf events-
Please contact Jason (805) 773-4855 at the Spy Glass Inn and
let him know you are part of the Ampsurf group and he will get you a room
for $96.00 plus tax
Directions:
| Coming North- US-101 N Take ramp toward PRICE STREET Bear Right on PRICE ST Turn Left on POMEROY AVE Follow Pomeroy to PISMO BEACH PIER |
Going South- |
Location: We will be located on the south side of the Pier in beautiful Pismo Beach. We will have a pop-up located up on the promanade soputh of the pier for sign in and information. We will have 1-2 pop-ups pn the beach just south of the pier where dry land surf instruction will be given.
Parking: No parking will be provided for this event. If you wish to park on the pavement by the pier the cost is $8 for the day. Free parking is available in the dirt lot east of the paved parking lot.
Hotels: There are many Hotels in the Pismo Beach area. We are working on getting discounted rooms for our events. as those become available we will let you post them in the updates section of this page (above)
Clinic schedule:
| Meet & greet on the beach (Sign-in, suit up etc...) | 8:00 -9:30am |
| Dry land instruction | 9:30 -10:00am |
| In water surf instruction | 10:00-11:20am |
| Free surf | 11:20 - 1:00pm |
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. or email us at participate@ampsurf.org
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 or email us at volunteer@ampsurf.org
Sponsors, please contact us at sponsor@ampsurf.org,
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.
program. If you would like to help out please bring a new unwrapped toy
(under $10) to the event and deposit it into the collection bin. We will
be doing this for all the events this year so if you forget to do it at
this one you can do it at another event during the year. We are hoping that
we can collect enough toys through the year to fill our new trailer.