Disabled Surfers Association, DSA, held their great event at Collaroy today!

Across all my surfing there are few things that have evoked such a strong positive response and buzz than being amongst Surfers who are helping those who are severely less advantaged than themselves.

It's all about Surfers getting hands-on helping those who would never otherwise have had the opportunity to experience the wonder of the waves!

World Champ Barton Lynch first turned me onto the event several years ago and I owe him much thanks. Whenever in town he would participate and bring his team of up-and-coming young surfers along, like the Salisburies and Elle Black, to have the chance to give something back to the community in this way.

Barton is a DSA Patron along with Tom Carroll and Taj Burrow. Good on you!

For many of the Disabled, just getting wet is hugely exciting.

Then the surfboard races in the pool offer another level of thrill.

TToday the finale was making it across the hot sand to wait under the tents for the turn to be loaded onto a surfboard, taken out into the surf, then set free on the small waves that racing in to the sand.

You have to see the looks on the participants faces. Hear the cheers and screams of fun. You can feel something, of man helping one another, humans at their best!

It's a well organised event and good organisation is needed to make it possible for the Disabled to make it into the surf. It takes special wheel chairs, ramps and platforms, and much hands on help.

Volunteers provide much of that help following a colour coded structure. Volunteers in blue rashies, under the guidance of Team Leaders in red, who get direction from the Marshalls, in green. Yellow rashies? There for the people there to have all the fun!

Many thanks to Mark Kelly and his Global Surf Industries who are major sponsors, and Warringah Council who have provided support with their great trailer and display unit and access to the beach and pool.

Click here if you would like to find out more about DSA.