Meet Tyrel, one of our surf therapy coaches
Tyrel Butler is one of our surf therapy coaches at Waves for Hope. He grew up and still lives in the community of Balandra, where our surf therapy program is based. "Surfing is everything to me! It keeps me calm. It's my stress reliever and it's fun." Tyrel knows first-hand about the often difficult circumstances growing up in communities like Balandra. Surfing helped him to stay focused and not get distracted by other, bad opportunities. "I'm a surf therapy coach because I w