Luv Michael Surfers Healing
The 5th Annual

Surfers Healing × Luv Michael · Ponquogue Beach, Hampton Bays

One perfect day at the beach.

On Tuesday, September 15, 2026, 150 children and young adults with autism will surf with professional surfers — at no cost to their families — while 600 parents, siblings, and neighbors cheer from the sand. For the fifth year, the East End's own Luv Michael brings this day home.

Stand with us → Volunteer on the beach
150
surfers on the autism spectrum
600
family members & neighbors on the sand
50+
volunteers who make the day run
$0
cost to every family, every year
5th
year on the East End

The day

Some kids wait their whole life to be cheered for.

Surfers Healing was founded by world-champion surfer Izzy Paskowitz and his wife Danielle after they discovered the ocean's calming effect on their autistic son, Isaiah. Nearly thirty years later, their camps have taken roughly 150,000 children with autism surfing — one perfect day at a time, always free.

Each September, that day comes to Ponquogue Beach. Professional surfers paddle out with each child. Parents who were told "never" watch a crowd of six hundred cheer for their kid. There is no other day like it out here.

"Surfing isn't a cure for autism, but you'd be surprised at the difference a day at the beach can make. Every child is beautiful and unique, and every child deserves a moment in the sun."

— Izzy Paskowitz, founder, Surfers Healing
Surfers Healing founder Izzy Paskowitz nose-to-nose with a young surfer on a board in the ocean
Izzy Paskowitz and a Surfers Healing surfer.

Your hosts

A small Southampton charity doing big things.

Luv Michael is a 501(c)(3) founded in 2015 by two physicians — parents of an autistic young man named Michael. It builds what autistic adults need most and get least: a home, real work, and a community that understands them.

HOUSING

Three homes in Southampton — a fourth on the way

Nine autistic adults live in Luv Michael's residences right here in town. In December 2025, the Southampton Town Board voted unanimously to invest $630,000 in the next one.

PURPOSE

Work made by hand

The Luv Michael team handcrafts friendship bracelets — "One to Wear, One to Share" — including a special Surfers Healing × Luv Michael bracelet. Every pair funds the mission.

EDUCATION

60,000 students taught to be allies

Luv Michael's education program has reached students in 61 countries, and each September its annual conference gathers families, clinicians, and self-advocates in Southampton.

Why this event matters to the mission: every dollar raised beyond the day's costs goes straight to Luv Michael's Southampton homes and programs. The families on that beach aren't visitors — they're the community Luv Michael serves all year.

For local businesses

This is the day your town remembers.

With gratitude

Canoe Place Inn & Cottages  ·  Southampton Bath & Tennis Club

already generously supporting the 5th Annual

Stand with us on the beach.

A day like this takes a village. If your business would consider helping — at any level, in any way — we'd be glad to come to you, and there's a place in the sand for your whole team.

Email Mark Biondi

Mark Biondi · Luv Michael · mbiondi@luvmichael.com
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 · Ponquogue Beach, 280 Dune Road, Hampton Bays, NY
Luv Michael is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 81-2205081). Every gift is tax-deductible. · Surfers Healing, est. 1996

See you at the beach.