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Image description: A boat pulls a seated waterskiier across a lake at Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia. The seated waterskiier has another person on their left and right supporting them.
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Adaptive Adventure Sports in Virginia

This image shows a young man on a bright yellow surfboard in the ocean. Five swimmers are assisting him to ride a wave.

These nonprofits and organizations are making great strides in making the outdoors and adventure recreation more inclusive! 

Beyond Boundaries is a non-profit based in Richmond, Virginia specializing in guiding participants with disabilities, veterans, at risk youth, and recovery programs on outdoor adventures.

Their mission: to create an adaptive watersports community of support and friendship among veterans, differently-abled adults and children, family members, and volunteers to empower, inspire, and enrich the lives of everyone involved.

 Wake the World (WTW) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. We are a group of boat owners providing watersports opportunities to abandoned, abused and neglected children, as well as for the handicapped and our wounded warriors. Check out their event at Smith Mountain Lake during the summer!

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With adaptive equipment and thousands of dedicated volunteers, They Will Surf Again empowers people living with paralysis to ride a wave – blowing away physical boundaries. Check out their event held in Virginia Beach during the summer!

Here at Surfers Healing, our mission is to enrich the lives of people living with autism by exposing them to the unique experience of surfing.

Providing instruction in outdoor sports for
adults and youth with all types of disabilities.

Do you know of another great nonprofit or organization that belongs on this page? Drop me a line to let me know about it!

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