Surfing

New bachelor's degree to train students in trauma treatment through surf therapy

This represents an effort to institutionalize knowledge accumulated not in laboratories but through thousands of encounters between therapists, waves and people searching for steadier ground. 

|ByRONNIE ROSENMAN
"Incorporate the power of the sea for people living with trauma." Dr. Ariel Ezra during HaGal Sheli activity.
A lifeguard and a NSW Police boat patrol Coogee Beach following a shark attack in Sydney, Australia, June 13, 2026.

Sydney reopens Coogee Beach under heavy patrols after woman critically injured in shark attack

Saturday's attack was the latest in a series of shark encounters off Australian beaches. The week before, a man died after being attacked by a shark while fishing off ​the coast of Western Australia.

|ByREUTERS
Yaron Waksman, Co-Founder and CEO of HaGal Sheli (My Wave)

At 'Post' conference, HaGal Sheli CEO highlights surf therapy's role in national recovery

“Every wave becomes a teacher, and every wipeout is a chance to rise again. We cannot prevent trauma, but we can control what happens next, one wave at a time.”

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Teenagers arrive tense, angry, lonely, distrustful, and completely closed off, and then have their emotional state change through their encounter with the waves.

When humanity meets the sea: Surfing as a source of solace from trauma

Surf Therapy has become a significant tool in coping with trauma and other mental health challenges. The experience accumulated in Israel enables us to provide innovative tools to the world.

|ByOMER TULCHINSKY

Swimming nationals end on a high with Israeli record

Or Sabatier set the only national record in a non-relay swim at the five-day event at Wingate.

AUGUST 3, 2014ByALLON SINAI
Israeli swimmer Or Sabatier.

Double glory for Eilat surfers

“It is always great to win the national championships, especially at home.”

FEBRUARY 17, 2014ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Wind surfer Shahar Zubari

Getting Tel Aviv on board

Meet Dorian ‘Doc’ Paskowitz, the Texas native who brought surfing to the Holy Land

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013ByABRA COHEN
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