As a professional athlete, my biggest fear is a spinal cord injury simply because life continues on around you but the passion you once enjoyed as an athlete is out of reach.

I have been aware of the Life Rolls On (LRO) foundation for a few years now and have always admired their efforts to restore the passion in the lives of people living with spinal cord injuries.

Recently on the Today Show, they did a feature on a young man named Patrick Ivison who is a qaudriplegic and a surfer thanks largely to LRO. A group of surf athletes (including members of his high school surf team) have worked to provide the passion of surfing to a young man who wants it more than most. Click here to check out the piece from the Today Show.