Jeremy Fraser, 11, of Tustin gives a thumbs up after riding his surf board during the "Surfs Up for Down Syndrome at the Huntington Beach Pier last year. The event is put on by the International Surfing Museum, and Rex and Jennifer Hudler's Team Up for Down Syndrome.
By Laylan Connelly from the Orange County Register:
If you want to see what pure happiness is, come down to Huntington Beach on Jan. 19 to watch as a group of very special people experience the thrill of catching a wave.
The second annual Surf's Up for Down Syndrome is an event that brings together the surf community, a great cause that gets kids and adults with Down Syndrome on surfboards. Everyone from pro surfers, to junior lifeguards, to pro baseball players come out to support.
The event was created by Rex and Jennifer Hudler, who started the nonprofit Team Up for Down Syndrome in honor of their son Cade, 16, who was also among the group of surfers with big smiles on their faces as they learned to surf last year. Rex Hudler is a former pro baseball player and game announcer.
Spectators can come watch the surf event at 9 a.m., where surfers will meet with volunteers on the sand to get into wetsuits and learn the basic lessons before getting in the water. Volunteers surrounded the surfers, so when they took a spill they could lift them up and get them right back on the boards.
"We're here to lift them up, to raise them up," Rex Hudler said at last year's event.
Surfers who help out with the lessons include women's World Tour competitor Courtney Conlogue, pro Danny Nichols, champion Jericho Poppler, and local hero David Nuuhiwa.
The surf event and fundraiser party later at 4:30 p.m. that day at the Waterfront Hilton is co-hosed by the Rex and Jennifer Hudler's Team Up For Down Syndrome and The Friends of the Huntington Beach City Junior Lifeguards.
There are still tickets available for the fundraiser, which will draw hundreds of locals from the community together to help support of education and services for children who have special needs, as well as the Junior Lifeguard programs and scholarships.
At the fundraiser, there will be a cocktail hour and music by Cali Conscious, dinner and auctions where attendees can bid on everything from surfing and baseball memorabilia and more. The night will wrap up with music by the Chantays.
Funds from the event will go to The Friends of the Huntington Beach City Junior Lifeguards, a non-profit that raises money for the junior lifeguard program, which celebrates its 50th year anniversary this year. It will also raise funds for scholarships and a new surf program for youths with Down syndrome.
The surf and beach activities are free, and tickets for the event at the Hilton run $125 per person, with only a limited amount still available. More info: eventinsider.org/surfsup or call 714-665-8326.
If you want to see what pure happiness is, come down to Huntington Beach on Jan. 19 to watch as a group of very special people experience the thrill of catching a wave.
The second annual Surf's Up for Down Syndrome is an event that brings together the surf community, a great cause that gets kids and adults with Down Syndrome on surfboards. Everyone from pro surfers, to junior lifeguards, to pro baseball players come out to support.
The event was created by Rex and Jennifer Hudler, who started the nonprofit Team Up for Down Syndrome in honor of their son Cade, 16, who was also among the group of surfers with big smiles on their faces as they learned to surf last year. Rex Hudler is a former pro baseball player and game announcer.
Spectators can come watch the surf event at 9 a.m., where surfers will meet with volunteers on the sand to get into wetsuits and learn the basic lessons before getting in the water. Volunteers surrounded the surfers, so when they took a spill they could lift them up and get them right back on the boards.
"We're here to lift them up, to raise them up," Rex Hudler said at last year's event.
Surfers who help out with the lessons include women's World Tour competitor Courtney Conlogue, pro Danny Nichols, champion Jericho Poppler, and local hero David Nuuhiwa.
The surf event and fundraiser party later at 4:30 p.m. that day at the Waterfront Hilton is co-hosed by the Rex and Jennifer Hudler's Team Up For Down Syndrome and The Friends of the Huntington Beach City Junior Lifeguards.
There are still tickets available for the fundraiser, which will draw hundreds of locals from the community together to help support of education and services for children who have special needs, as well as the Junior Lifeguard programs and scholarships.
At the fundraiser, there will be a cocktail hour and music by Cali Conscious, dinner and auctions where attendees can bid on everything from surfing and baseball memorabilia and more. The night will wrap up with music by the Chantays.
Funds from the event will go to The Friends of the Huntington Beach City Junior Lifeguards, a non-profit that raises money for the junior lifeguard program, which celebrates its 50th year anniversary this year. It will also raise funds for scholarships and a new surf program for youths with Down syndrome.
The surf and beach activities are free, and tickets for the event at the Hilton run $125 per person, with only a limited amount still available. More info: eventinsider.org/surfsup or call 714-665-8326.
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