Surfing

At Jerusalem Post conference, HaGal Sheli CEO highlights surf therapy's role in national recovery

“Every wave becomes a teacher, and every wipeout is a chance to rise again. We cannot prevent trauma, but we can control what happens next, one wave at a time.”

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Yaron Waksman, Co-Founder and CEO of HaGal Sheli (My Wave)
Teenagers arrive tense, angry, lonely, distrustful, and completely closed off, and then have their emotional state change through their encounter with the waves.

When humanity meets the sea: Surfing as a source of solace from trauma

Surf Therapy has become a significant tool in coping with trauma and other mental health challenges. The experience accumulated in Israel enables us to provide innovative tools to the world.

|ByOMER TULCHINSKY
HaGal Sheli session. Waves as opportunities

“The sea saved my life. Now we use it to save others”

Inside Israel’s surf-therapy organization

|ByRONNIE ROSENMAN
Israeli surfer Anat Lelior.

Against the current: Anat Lelior’s fight beyond the waves - opinion

Anat Lelior shattered surfing’s glass ceiling, qualifying for the Championship Tour – the sport’s highest level of professional competition. 

|ByHAYIM LEITER

Getting Tel Aviv on board

Meet Dorian ‘Doc’ Paskowitz, the Texas native who brought surfing to the Holy Land

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013ByABRA COHEN
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