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Tom Tapp and Tood Gould Gearing Up For A Great Event
Joe and Cecilia Gabunilas Celebrating a Great Day
Keynan Hobbs and Todd Gould Get Primed With Coffee
It's About to Get Really Fun
More inside from our free 3 day surf camp for wounded and injured veterans.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Bolsa Chica State Beach, Huntington Beach
• Operation Amped (Operationamped.com) provides introductory surf instruction for severely wounded, ill, and injured veterans as a form of recreational therapy.
• Since 2006 our teams of volunteers have provided outstanding instruction and a great way for participants to learn the art and sport of surfing!
• Lunch and snacks included. No wetsuit required, we got ‘em for you! Boards and expert instructors provided by the Corky Carroll Surf School (surfschool.net) Families are welcome to attend!
• To sign up, or for more info, contact: Operation Amped: Doug May (maydoug@ymail.com or Bill Konegni (imabulldogg@yahoo.com)
For almost 6 years the surf company, Billabong, has been one of the biggest supporters of wounded veterans. Whenever we ask them for support, they over deliver, year in and year out. You want to borrow some wetsuits? Here’s some brand new ones, tags on and all. Tell the vets they can keep them if they promise to keep using them. Need to borrow a canopy? Here’s 2 of the highest quality. You’re going to be holding the event at Church’s? The bottoms might be pretty rocky. Here’s 25 pairs of booties for the vets too. You got enough drinks? Here’s 20 cases of monster, water, ice teas. How about some of our pro’s stopping by the camp to help out and sign autographs? Mike Parsons and Greg Long will be by to spread some stoke and, help in the water, and sign posters.
All without conditions. They don’t ask to hang banners, be mentioned in press releases or media mentions. In fact, they go out of the way to do it in the most low key way possible.
When you’re shopping for surf gear, you’ve got a lot of choices. Billabong’s gear is some of the finest made. If that’s not reason enough, why not choose the company that steps into the breach for our young veterans?
Thank you Billabong for Making this Surf Camp Possible
Stoke On The Water
Our Annual 3 Day Event gets better and better each year. Our wounded warriors are so freakin awesome to be around. They might be missing limbs, muscles, and nerve endings but not heart.
Lots of great stuff coming soon. We had our best 3 day event ever this year. This clip is a small dollup of the awesome sauce we’ve got coming. This comes to us courtesy of Barry Ziehl and familia.
Today we received a generous donation from the Nice Guys of San Diego. This organization has been helping people out since 1979. Their check make events like our upcoming 3 day surf clinic for wounded and surf vets possible. Check out some of the other awesome things they do at the San Diego Nice Guys Website
Thanks again. You Guys Rock!
Founded by a group of surfers in 2006, Operation Amped is about giving back to those who've been wounded in service to our country.
As surfers, we can't think of any greater expression of what they fought for than the freedom of surfing itself. In thanks, we share our love of the ocean with disabled veterans and their families.
Operation Amped puts on surf events throughout the year ranging in duration from one day to a week. At these events, participants have the chance to get free of the constraints of their illness or injury.
Many have never set foot on a surfboard. Many have never set foot in the ocean. Some can't even swim. But with the support of this grassroots effort, everyone has fun. And some become surfers forever...
