<br /><br />On Saturday, June 16, I will be racing prone on a 14ft. Joe Bark paddleboard around Absecon Island, home of Atlantic City, among other Jersey Shore communities. Last year, the paddle initially took us out the inlet and down the Atlantic where we had a side/back wind and swells to ride, but then got punished with an outgoing tide and a headwind in the back bays. It's a tough paddle, where weather, tides, biting flies, and the race component of it all challenge you to your max. Then again, it's nothing compared to what those with cancer go through.....physically, emotionally, and financially. This paddle is not about me or the paddlers, but raising money for those in need of support. The foundation didn't hesitate to offer my wife and I assistance when they learned she had breast cancer last year, which we declined, knowing there are countless others who demonstrate a greater need. But the fact there is such an organization such as the DRCF out there to offer support when you need it most is a blessing.<br /><br />The fact that it's on a Saturday this year and I don't have to deal with northbound traffic on the Garden State Parkway, which can be worse than the paddle in terms of pain and frustration, is awesome.<br /><br />https://deanrandazzo.dojiggy.com/pl...678087009727C0A7D650441552D4270720E0575020775<br /><br />Thank you,<br /><br />Ryan and Family (Michelle, Maggie, and Lucy)
Some Beryl footage, for your consideration in donating for the cause: https://vimeo.com/42948263 Thanks
Yes she is doing great now after a tough year and a half of surgery, treatment, etc. We caught it early and consider ourselves lucky that it was not in a more advanced stage when discovered. 6 chemo treatments, no radiation, and now she is on a drug called Tamoxifen for the nex few years. She wore these dry-ice cold caps during her chemo treatments which freezes your hair follicles at -20F for hours at a time. She gave me new meaning for the term "ice-cream headache," and kept her hair, just wanting to have some control over the whole process. But all is good now.
