Surfers Healing was pretty incredible this year. Gavin and Garrett both got to surf! Gavin was so sweet with his little brother. He wanted Garrett to go first so he could stand on the beach and cheer for him. It was a really cute moment when Garrett was heading out into the waves, and Gavin was standing on the shore shouting "WOO Garrett! Great job! High five!" Izzy (the founder) took Garrett out and caught some really good waves, Garrett even got to ride in the tube for a minute! I asked him if it was fun or scary he said "It was fun! Lets go again!" Gavin did really well, too. He actually put his feet on the board this time and got to ride high on the shoulders of Puna Moller. For a couple of the rides in, the boys were side by side! That was pretty cool. In the picture you can see Garrett looking over at Gavin.

The local news was there and interviewed Gavin, but he didn't cooperate very much. He wasn't in the mood for paparazzi, and the reporter was asking questions like "What do you think you'll take away from this experience?" That's a pretty puzzling question to a five year old with autism. I should've asked the reporter to tell me what she knew about autism, I bet she would've been equally puzzled! In the news clip, they just show Gavin at the beginning talking about jumping over the waves, his new favorite thing to do at the beach.

I guess Oprah's crew was there too, she's going to do a series on Izzy and Danielle Paskowitz and Surfers Healing. That's some good exposure for this awesome cause!