Surfers paddle in Manhattan Beach for 8-year-old girl battling cancer
PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRISTIAN SURFERSSurfers head to the ocean at El Porto Beach to paddle out in honor of Daisy Merrick, an 8-year-old battling cancer. by Anna Mavromati During Daisy Merrick’s second remission of kidney cancer, her father caught her spinning a globe and kissing it. When he asked her what she was doing she said, “I’m thanking all of the people who are praying for me.” Eight-year-old Daisy Merrick, granddaughter of world-renowned surfboard shaper Al Merrick, is now in the midst of her third cancer remission. She was first diagnosed when she was 5 years old. Although most of the members of the national surf organization, Christian Surfers, have never met Daisy, she was in their thoughts as they paddled out to sea for the “Paddle Out for Daisy” event Saturday morning. The South Bay chapter of Christian Surfers hosted a paddle-out at El Porto. Forty locations around the U.S.—and one location in Indonesia—hosted Saturday morning paddle-outs for the cause as well. “I’m paddling out and I’m like, ‘Wow, this is a hard paddle,’ but then you think, ‘I’m doing this for this little girl,’” said Jill Jensen, manager of events and outreach for the Skechers Foundation, who…
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