DISQUS

trumpit · 5 years ago

I suppose we could make the "surfing experience" available to blind people by putting them in a swimming pool with a boogie board and create waves with an artificial wave machine. We can sprinkle sand around the perimeter of the pool to simulate the beach. To make the experience as real as possible we should add in a mechanical shark or a rubber ducky. Also, the blind should be given headphones with beach sounds of seagulls, happy beachcombers, gurgling sounds of drowning inexperienced swimmers, & whatever else makes for a realistic & pleasant day of sand & surf. For their own safety, I would resist giving in when my sightless patrons shout, "make the waves bigger!" You have to draw a line in the sand somewhere, you know. And, we mustn't forget to add the "smells of surfing" coming not only from the crisp salty air but also from beer kegs and cigarette smoke. Lately, I seem to get a lot of that when I go to the beach here in Santa Monica. Thanks, Tom, for the great idea! Now, if only I had a swimming pool at my house. I wouldn't even worry about being sued should one of the blind surfers accidentally drown or become a parapleigic (yes, ADA, I never intended to accomodate parapleigic surfers) from some freakish mishap. For, you can't get cash out of an octopurse (only murky ink) as all surfing lawyers know all too well!

--Trumpit

Mike Flacklestein · 3 years ago

I live at 31457 Commonwealth in Seattle. Been up here before?