As a marketing manager for Volcom, a clothing manufacturer that caters to surfers, skateboarders and snowboarders, Daniel Terry has plenty of experience organizing surfing events
Heading up a surf camp for foster kids seemed to be a natural way to spend Father's Day weekend, he said His dad, Rick Terry, taught him to surf and has spent his career with the Department of Children and Families helping kids in the foster care system
So Saturday about 15 foster kids, and another 15 volunteers, gathered on the sand near 16th Avenue South in Jacksonville Beach for the third annual Foster Kids Surf Camp
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On a bright, hot morning, the ocean was pretty calm. tiffany heart tag bracelet Not a terrible thing, said Rick, given the fact that most of the campers had never been on a surfboard before and a few had never been in the ocean
"Our worst fear is having big waves," he said
"Usually the waves are a little bit better," said Daniel Terry "But that's OK as long as the kids are having fun"
Daniel gave a short demonstration of how to go from a kneeling to a standing position while riding a surfboard Then the campers, each accompanied by a coach, headed into the ocean to practice standing up on a surfboard. Replica Handbags
Charley Kappel, who at 8 was the youngest camper, managed to stand up on the board on her very first wave
"That was so cool," said her mom, Kim Kappel
But it took awhile for Robert Kaczetow, 13, who had never surfed before. (Wholesale Jordan shoes).
Robert arrived at the camp "hyper and ready to go," said his grandmother, Wanda Baltzell
But once he got his board into the water and began working with a volunteer instructor, actually getting to his feet and staying on the board was a challenge. (Creative Recreation).
Baltzell had retreated out of the sun and into the camp's tent when one of the volunteers found her
"He wants you to come watch," she told Baltzell "He can stand up now"
When she returned to the tent a few minutes later, Baltzell's shorts were soaked with salt water
"I don't mind I got wet," she said, laughing "It was worth it Wasn't that awesome?"
Vanessa Bell-Elliott, 14, attending her third camp, said that in addition to being "extremely fun," surfing had a positive psychological effect
"It teaches kids how to have confidence in yourself," she said "At least, that's what I think"
And when you're up on that boa
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A FATHER who encouraged his teenage stepson to pose for photographs with an illegal loaded gun was jailed for five years yesterday after the boy accidentally shot himself in the head
Despite the sentence, Michael Hole was supported by his wife Edwina - the mother of 15-year-old Lewis Bailey - as she told how the family would suffer without the "wonderful husband and devoted father" Mrs Hole watched in court as her husband was sentenced for the incident in which he asked Lewis to pose with the banned Beretta semi-automatic pistol
He told the teenager - who survived the shooting - he wanted to take a picture on his mobile phone and send it to his friend
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Fearing the teenager was dying, Hole phoned an ambulance before fleeing the family home in Hawthorn Avenue, Newport, on March 2 Paramedics found Lewis lying on his bedroom floor shaking and crying and with clear entry and exit wounds in his skull
In a letter read out to the Recorder of Cardiff Nicholas Cooke by Gareth Williams, defending, Mrs Hole said Lewis misses his stepfather and the whole family would suffer while their father, who she described as the "glue" that holds them together, serves his sentence
She said: "Michael is a wonderful husband and devoted father
"We have been through tough times as a family Michael is the glue that has held us together
"As with all his children, Michael has an excellent relationship with Lewis Lewis misses Michael and does not want to see him go to prison
"I don't want to diminish the seriousness of the crime The family now faces a difficult time because of an aberration of Michael's behaviour
"My family and I miss Michael enormously I'm appealing for you to have compassion on myself and my children"
Mr Williams said Hole accepted he had been "grossly negligent", but there had been no malicious intention and he "is hugely remorseful and sorry beyond belief". (Oris).
The court heard how Hole had kept hold of the banned weapon after finding it next to Lliswerry Pond. (Hublot).
Martin Kelly, prosecuting, said after Lewis came home on March 2 at around 4pm he was presented with two guns - one was said by the defendant to have been a cigarette lighter shaped like a gun, which has never been recovered by police The other was the 25 Beretta series 950 semi-automatic pistol
"The defendant then said, according to Lewis, do you mind taking a photograph with this for my friend," said Mr Kelly
He said Lewis told police the defendant said "put it t
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