Make the joys of surfing accessible to all: Brittany Culverwell, Founder, Director and Head Surf Coach at Adaptive Ocean Academy

In today's episode, I'm chatting with Brittany Culverwell, Founder, Director and Head Surf Coach at Adaptive Ocean Academy, a fully inclusive surf provider in the North East of England. After crossing paths during our uni days in Newcastle, it was so lovely to reconnect with Brittany for this chat. In this episode, we cover everything from the fascinating connection between autism and water, to the innovative ways that surfing can be made accessible to all. Alongside some very real chats about the consequences of entering water bodies contaminated with sewage, we also explore the therapeutic nature of catching a perfect wave, and the joys of a glove box full of gifted pebbles.Something Old: Happy memories of family holidays by the sea and end of year school trips to Weston-Super-MareSomething New: Finisterre's adaptive wetsuits and seated surfboards to make the ocean accessible to all, alongside AI solutions to detect and predict at-risk pollution areas Something Borrowed: The many valuable lessons taken from Surfability, a training organisation based in Wales that offers surfing experiences for people with disabilities and develops best practice for disability surfing Something Blue: The mindfulness to be found in the North East waves, or the sunny shores of San Francisco Brittany on Instagram - @aoasurfSomething Blue on Instagram - @somethingbluepodcastLily on Instagram - @usourearthIf you enjoyed the episode and are able to share with a friend or leave a review, I'd be super grateful.The hope with this podcast is to bring a tiny dose of blue wherever in the world you're listening...to remind ourselves as a global community of ocean lovers that there is hope for the future of our waterways. Sending you all the ocean love,Lily xx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.