and teaching how to surf we re going to arch our back, extend or arms out. you want to try to be center on your board. and i started meeting veterans in the water. let s do it! there s just something about the ocean, you just feel cleansed. in my mind, i wanted to come back to what i was. and that never could happen. you come to warrior surf, and it gets all the bad stuff, the nightmares, and just pushes them away. all that you re focused on is just being lifted up on that wave. you ve talked about ways that you started to feel more valuable again. yep. absolutely. one of the shocking things to me was finding out that warrior surf had a counselor. how many times do you know they re going to set with you on the beach and let them empty our
yep. absolutely. one of the shocking things to me was finding out that warrior surf had a counselor. how many counselors you know that are going to be willing to sit with you on the beach and let us empty our souls? part of the things that were so devastating to me was my lack of brotherhood. i needed my tribe. and i found that again. it s not going to end when you get out of the water. you keep on going. stand up. it s that phenomenal feeling that we re going to be okay. yeah! we re going to be okay because andy isn t going to give up on us. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, please join me and stand for cnn hero andy manzi. [ cheers and applause ]
and i was afraid of myself. i really didn t have any urge to be around any veteran. i pushed myself so far away from it. and then i started surfing. we re going to talk about in technical stuff. teaching how to surf. we re going to arch our back, extend our arms out. you want to try to be centered on your board. i started meeting veterans in the water. let s do it. there s something about the ocean. you just feel cleansed. in my mind, i wanted to come back to what i was. and that never could happen. you come to warrior surf and it gets away the bad stuff, the nightmares and just pushes them away. all that you re focused on is just being lift up on that wave. you talked about ways that you started to feel more valuable again.