{"id":933056,"date":"2026-10-14T19:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T19:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/933056\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T19:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T19:20:09","slug":"surfing-okanagan-lake-a-super-unique-experience-for-paraplegic-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/933056\/","title":{"rendered":"Surfing Okanagan Lake a \u2018super unique experience\u2019 for paraplegic man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>              Surfing Okanagan Lake a \u2018super unique experience\u2019 for paraplegic man<\/p>\n<p class=\"pubStamp\">Published 10:04 am Wednesday, October 14, 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">\n                    By Brady Ursel\/Kelowna Capital News\n                                      <\/p>\n<p>A paraplegic man in Kelowna recently rode Okanagan Lake\u2019s waves on a hydrofoil board, promoting Halo EFoils\u2019 latest design.<\/p>\n<p>\u200bThe Kelowna-based company captured a video of the experience with Rex Hawthorne for their YouTube channel, showing what\u2019s possible with the Halo Phantom.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u201cDays like this are why we do what we do,\u201d said Halo EFoils\u2019 founder and CEO Carey Missler.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u201cWatching Rex get out there with the crew, progress on the board and experience that first wake was beyond epic. It was about the people, the energy, the support and sharing something unforgettable together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u200bHawthorne was on the lake with other riders, learning the board for the first time while those close by watched his progression across the day.<\/p>\n<p>\u200bThese boards are like a powered surf board, allowing riders to \u201cfly\u201d above the water using an underwater mast, wings, and propeller.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u201cOnce I found my sweet spot, I found the board super stable, super easy to get up on. It was a fun ride. I\u2019m not going to lie, that was a super unique experience, and ultimately for me, that\u2019s the goal,\u201d said Hawthorne.<\/p>\n<p>\u200bWhile making these boards, Halo also provides rider education programs and training in Kelowna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Surfing Okanagan Lake a \u2018super unique experience\u2019 for paraplegic man Published 10:04 am Wednesday, October 14, 2026 By&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":933057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,79004,87674],"class_list":["post-933056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-okanagan","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=933056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/933057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=933056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=933056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=933056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}