Caring Causes: Surf Dog Ricochet "Waves of the Heart"

On October 10th, Ricochet will be riding "waves of the heart” with two critically ill teenage boys who will also be meeting for the first time. The boys and Ricochet will be surfing in tandem, all three of them on the board at the same time to signify their unified connection. This has never been attempted before, but they are stoked to give it a try.

Both boys are named Jacob. They are both 19 years old, born 25 days apart. They both have Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. They are both critically ill and need life-saving heart transplants. Jacob Kilby lives in San Diego, and Jacob Jumper lives in Houston. The similarities don't stop there.

Both families contacted Ricochet for assistance within 24 hours of each other. As such, she immediately created a "Waves of the Heart” campaign to help raise awareness of the boy's life threatening situations and need for organ donors. The following day, with the help of Audie Marks, Head of MADE's Team Oliver and Hotel Indigo Del Mar she made it possible to bring the two Jacobs together for the same surf session.

The problem for both boys is… there is an overwhelming shortage of donors. Each day, 18 people in the United States die while waiting for organ transplants. Every 13 minutes, another person's name is added to the list of thousands who have been waiting for life-saving organ transplants. Right now, more than 120,000 patients are waiting for a transplant in the United States.

Surf Dog Ricochet hopes you can help her raise awareness by attending the surf session and sharing this story. She urges everyone to get on board and join her "waves of the heart” campaign to help lower the desperate statistics. Please give the gift of life by signing up to be an organ donor.