Salt Water High by Derek Dodds

E38. Tracy Hines: Surfing as Therapy for Veterans

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This episode features the adventurous and exciting life of retired U.S. Army Airborne soldier Tracy Hines.

Tracy lets us in on how she got hooked into surfing, her surf therapy journey, the surf therapy camp for veterans that she joined down in South Carolina, healing from trauma, and all the activities she's been doing after she retired—paddleboarding, kayaking, skateboarding.

Tracy is undoubtedly someone who always has an exciting story to tell.

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  • IG: https://www.instagram.com/tracyhines7770/

    • Topics Discussed:

    • What's the process for filing a Costa Rican residency?
    • Tell me about being a US Army Airborne soldier.
    • Tell me about being an Olympic kayaker—how did you become one?
    • What's the hardest course you ever experienced?
    • At what point did you make a transition from kayaking to surfing.
    • Surf camp therapy for veterans
    • Do you think surfing and jumping out of a plane are similar in some ways?
    • What's Virginia Beach like?
    • How did you get to Costa Rica? How did you decide to take a trip down there?

      • Location: Virginia

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