100 Waves. It takes a lot of effort to ride 100 waves. There are surfers on the Island this summer who have ridden 100 waves without even thinking about it. And there are others who have done it with very deliberate intention.

Tom Beaty (left), husband of Elizabeth Burke Beaty, has been logging his waves all summer. He’s here with Joe Shields. (Photo Courtesy Sea Change Recovery Organization)
100 Waves is a challenge set forth by Sea Change Recovery Community Organization, a locally based substance abuse recovery and harm reduction organization founded in 2020 by Elizabeth Burke Beaty of Holgate to educate, organize, and advocate on behalf of anyone negatively…
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