Study shows surf therapy offers significant mental health benefits
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Roger Cox, Outdoors Columnist
Summary
A new study highlights the significant mental health benefits of surf therapy, challenging the stereotypical image of surfing as a frivolous activity. The article discusses how surfing has an image problem due to Hollywood portrayals like Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, but presents evidence from research showing that surf therapy can be an effective intervention for mental health conditions, including PTSD, depression, and anxiety. The piece argues that the combination of physical activity, connection with nature, and the meditative aspects of surfing contribute to its therapeutic value.
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· 3 pulledWhen it comes to being taken seriously, surfing has a bit of an image problem.
Hollywood has a lot to answer for.
The next time you heard somebody say the word 'surfer', chances are the first image to pop into your head would still be something like the grinning face of Jeff Spicoli, the clueless, perpetually stoned surfer played by Sean Penn in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
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