Disadvantaged kids get free surf lessons
Photo credit: Newsday/J. Conrad Williams Jr. | Surfing instructor Wil Skudin shows young students how to pop on to the surf board at Long Beach. (July 20, 2011)
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A chorus of delighted yelps followed several Long Beach children as they stood up on surfboards and rode the foamy swells back to their parents waiting on shore.
For families that thought they couldn't afford surfing lessons, it was a dream realized.
"This is the beginning of his life here in Long Beach," said Rachel Richter of her son Elias, 7. "You can't avoid the ocean when you live...
