Thoughtful conversations with the people of Maine

These house parents looked right at me and they were like, you have no idea what these children have dealt with and what the worlds they came into.

If you sit down with somebody who is an alcoholic or an addict and you talk to them about what happened, how did this happen, you're going to find that some of the stuff that leads to the development of a substance use disorder is just awful. People growing up in families where they really didn't have a chance, a lot of them are exposed to this at an early age.

All of our merch that we have made is all secondhand upcycled clothing. And we also take in a lot of used wetsuits, a lot of used boards that would otherwise be thrown out or put to other use.