That's a good attitude. Ultimately it's a fund raising speech, but that doesn't really change anything.
Personally I like this video that came out earlier this year. It's kayaking itself that gives life meaning to this person. I sometimes wonder if I could find the same courage and strength if I suddenly couldn't kayak or do other things that are such an important part of my life. Somehow I hope that I could, but it's hard to imagine. That said, Barry, who some of you know as a local amputee kayaker, is my idol in that regard..
One man's struggle to transcend.
This humble film is about a friend of mine named Michael and his daily ritual to find his natural self through surfing.
The director, Sean Mullens posted an interesting comment over on the video site, ?One interesting fact is that the place where we filmed him entering the water was the exact location he broke his neck and became disabled 30 years ago. He told me that time and time again he finds himself at that spot on earth without intention of being there...it is one of his favorite places to be.?
http://www.paddlinginstructor.com/blog/88888939/2010-fantastic-disabled-kayak-surf-film-inspiration.html<iframe src="
http://player.vimeo.com/video/9358866" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="
http://vimeo.com/9358866">BIRTHRIGHT</a> from <a href="
http://vimeo.com/user1604036">Sean Mullens</a> on <a href="
http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
(sorry, I can't seem to get the vimeo embedding right)
