On March 25, 1996, on an average day at Zuma Beach, 17 year-old Jesse Billauer dropped into a wave at the punchy California beach break. He pulled inside a barrel and got thrown headfirst into a shallow sandbar. The impact broke his sixth cervical vertebrae, and he instantly became a quadriplegic. At the time he was one of the
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Marc Adams, DO graces us with excerpts from his soon-to-be published book Surf Stronger, Paddle Longer. Marc presents a compelling, unique, and somewhat unorthodox treatise on human biomechanics and the physical and emotional flow of surfing based on osteopathic teachings and the Alexander technique. If you’d like to learn how to avoid the destructive forces […]
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I have been meaning to write this column for several weeks and after spending a day helping at Operation Surf in Santa Cruz, now is the time. I also wanted to write about a special boat docked in Monterey called the Freedom, as its purpose is to help veterans of Vietnam, The Gulf War, Iraq […]
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