Surfgimp Foundation helps U.S. Open Adaptive Surfing Championships

Volunteers from the Surfgimp Foundation traveled to Oceanside, Calif., to participate in the seventh annual U.S. Open Adaptive Surfing Championships.

Over the course of four days, Sept. 5-8, Surfgimp volunteers helped adaptive surfing athletes from around the world compete in a number of ways – registration desk, sand transfer, and water safety.

The Surfgimp Foundation is named after Milton resident and adaptive surfer Jay Liesener, who died in late 2017. The annual championship gives one surfer an award for embodying the grab-life-by-the-horns attitude he displayed. This year’s winner was waveski athlete Spike Kane.

The Surfgimp Foundation’s sixth annual Winter Beach Bash will take place 6 to 11 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, at the Rusty Rudder in Dewey Beach. The night includes dinner, live music by Bryen O'Boyle and Just The Tip, a four-hour open premium bar, and a live and silent auction. Reduced rate tickets for the event are expected to go on sale mid-October.

For more information, go to surfgimpfoundation.org or email info@surfgimpfoundation.org.