{"id":2569,"date":"2017-11-01T06:09:20","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T06:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/?p=2569"},"modified":"2017-12-27T06:03:26","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T06:03:26","slug":"surfing-for-sanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/sport\/surfing-for-sanity\/","title":{"rendered":"Surfing For Sanity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Surfing and wellness festival A New Wave is coming to Torquay on October 15 and hopes to shine the light on mental health and the stigma attached.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Event facilitator Gaelan Walker said the event at Torquay Life Saving Club will run from 7.30am until 6.30pm with Livin, a major non-profit charity organisation, on board.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLivin was founded to wipe out the stigma on mental illness and raise awareness for suicide prevention,\u201d Gaelan said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ll be coming down to the event that will include a surfing competition, yoga, meditation a kids zone and live music as well as various food vendors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gaelan, in conjunction with friend and major sponsor Brent Valle from The Future Phase and Brand Wonderland\u2019s Kylie Gulliver, pulled the community event together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had such a positive response to the day and everyone has said it\u2019s a great thing we\u2019re doing. I\u2019ve been amazed by the support received,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone knows someone who has been directly or indirectly impacted by mental health. I lost a friend who took their own life last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me and for so many of my friends surfing is the best relief and such a good distraction from anxiety and life stressors and we wanted to give people the chance to experience this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The surfing competition will see 18 teams of six (which have to include a junior, female and novice surfer alongside a confident surfer) take part, with all proceeds going to Livin.<\/p>\n<p>He said the vision for the day was to create a feel-good event and to help bring awareness to mental health and resources while erasing the stigma attached to it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want the community to experience this balance and our love of surfing and the ocean while connecting them with networks that offer these outlets and like-minded individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surfing and wellness festival A New Wave is coming to Torquay on October 15 and hopes to shine the light on mental health and the stigma attached. 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