"I am a dialysis patient myself, so I encourage people to do things to stay active and fit … it's helped me enormously."
"It's all about seeing the smiles. People are a little bit cautious and apprehensive before they get out there, and you see them catch their first wave and their whole face lights up. It's a really beautiful thing."
"This was my first time ever bodyboarding, but I am going to do this more regularly."
"We can also start from there to have conversations about how this group of people can be part of looking after the ocean."
"For me, if the surf line-up becomes a safer more inclusive space that's open to discussions about the role we can play in protecting the ocean and looking after our coastlines, that would be a huge outcome."
"It's an incredibly positive movement forming and something we want to support and scale up in a big way,"he said.