“I’ve been so fortunate to surf as a career my whole life, so I feel a sense of responsibility to give back,” Garrett happily says.
His favorite charity is Surfers Healing, which was founded by Israel (Izzy) Paskowitz. Their son Isaiah, who was diagnosed with Autism at age three, is now 16. At 6′4″ tall and 340, “he can be an uncontrollable handful at times for my dear friends Izzy and wife Danielle.”
With all of Izzy’s hard work in and out of the water, he was approached by Oprah Winfrey, who will be doing a documentary on the surf camps and G-Mac’s participation. The show will air on the Oprah Winfrey Network (formerly Discovery Health), which broadcasts to 70 million viewers.
Her crew is already filming Garrett and Izzy on their 8-day swing up and down the East coast in August and September. Those dates are:
Aug 11th - Folly Beach, South Carolina
Aug 13th - Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina
Aug 15th - Virginia Beach, Virginia
Aug 26th - Topanga Beach, California
Sept 13th & 14th – Belmar, New Jersey
Sept 16th - Long Beach, New York
Sept 18th - Montauk, New York
Sept 19th - Narragansett, Rhode Island
The show is slated to air in January, and “as much fun as I’ll have teaching these kids, I hope you all have even more fun watching,” Garrett said.
