Jesse Billauer: Event and Saturday Organizers

jesse billauer: More than 40 people with disabilities, including 14 recent immigrants from Syria and Iraq, signed up for the event at Martinique Beach near Halifax on Saturday, according to Toronto Star. Organizers say it is the only Canadian stop for Life Rolls On, which sets up similar events in cities across the continent. By The Canadian Press Sun., Aug. 21, 2016 MARTINIQUE BEACH, N.S. — Surfers of all abilities hit the water at a Nova Scotia beach this weekend for They Will Surf Again, an event that allows people with disabilities to enjoy the freedom of riding the waves. Jesse Billauer, who founded the U.S.-based organization after a surfing accident rendered him quadriplegic around 20 years ago, flew in from California to support the roughly 115 volunteers assisting with the event. By being able to get out into the ocean, have that freedom and independence they might have lost. It makes you feel weightless ... A lot of people in wheelchairs don't get that sensation, Billauer says. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.