Alison McKelvie Eakin
Hometown: Ojai, CA
Years para surfing: 5 years
Division: Para Surfing Vision Impairment 2
Quiver: 9’0” dave Johnson 7’0” JK surfboards
Things I love: Homesteading, yoga, ceremony
Instagram: @gratitudegardens__
Favorite quote: "If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough." -Meister Eckhart
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Ojai, CA Years para surfing 5 years Division Para Surfing Vision Impairment 2 Quiver 9’0” dave Johnson 7’0” JK surfboards Things you love Homesteading, yoga, ceremony Instagram @gratitudegardens__ Favorite quote If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. -Meister Eckhart
Alison McKelvie Eakin began surfing five years ago when she moved to California from Colorado. She is stoked to be in Pismo for her first surfing competition.
When she is not in the water, Alison spends time in the garden. She has been an organic farmer for years and teaches people about how to grow food and care for our Mother Earth.
Alison believes that helping people reconnect with the earth, learning how to tend to her and grow food will help them heal and thrive. For many years, she has been largely self-sufficient- growing her own fruits, vegetables and meat. Before moving to Ojai, she lived for over a decade on a 12-acre biodynamic farm that she created in rural Colorado.
Alison built the house where she home birthed her three children and lived a rustic life off grid on the homestead. There she milked cows, sold veggies at farmers markets and homeschooled her children.
Alison learned about her eye condition when she was 14. The doctors told her that Western medicine did not have a cure and that she would eventually lose all of her sight. She has spent over 20 years traveling the globe and learning from indigenous peoples about alternative ways of healing in pursuit of a cure for her eye condition. Through her studies she has rediscovered the gifts within her that come along with a different way of seeing and she is grateful to the Creator for the way she has been made. Alison is currently studying with a Cherokee Elder and donates much of her time in supporting the non-profit Sacred Indigenous Preservation.
Alison is so excited to be surfing for the USA Team and hopes that this is the beginning of a long career surfing for her country.
Her goal is to inspire other girls and women who are visually impaired or blind to continue to follow their dreams and learn new things. She has found ways of adapting to life with low vision that help support her navigate through vision loss.
A few years ago, Alison gave up driving due to her vision. It was a challenging time for her admitting to others about her vision loss and for over a year she gave up surfing because she couldn’t drive to the beach. She has now developed a network of drivers and many friends who can support her and bring her to the waves. Alison is stoked to ride this wave of competitive surfing with the USA Team and is excited to see where it leads her.
Years para surfing: 5 years
Division: Para Surfing Vision Impairment 2
Quiver: 9’0” dave Johnson 7’0” JK surfboards
Things I love: Homesteading, yoga, ceremony
Instagram: @gratitudegardens__
Favorite quote: "If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough." -Meister Eckhart
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Ojai, CA Years para surfing 5 years Division Para Surfing Vision Impairment 2 Quiver 9’0” dave Johnson 7’0” JK surfboards Things you love Homesteading, yoga, ceremony Instagram @gratitudegardens__ Favorite quote If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. -Meister Eckhart
Alison McKelvie Eakin began surfing five years ago when she moved to California from Colorado. She is stoked to be in Pismo for her first surfing competition.
When she is not in the water, Alison spends time in the garden. She has been an organic farmer for years and teaches people about how to grow food and care for our Mother Earth.
Alison believes that helping people reconnect with the earth, learning how to tend to her and grow food will help them heal and thrive. For many years, she has been largely self-sufficient- growing her own fruits, vegetables and meat. Before moving to Ojai, she lived for over a decade on a 12-acre biodynamic farm that she created in rural Colorado.
Alison built the house where she home birthed her three children and lived a rustic life off grid on the homestead. There she milked cows, sold veggies at farmers markets and homeschooled her children.
Alison learned about her eye condition when she was 14. The doctors told her that Western medicine did not have a cure and that she would eventually lose all of her sight. She has spent over 20 years traveling the globe and learning from indigenous peoples about alternative ways of healing in pursuit of a cure for her eye condition. Through her studies she has rediscovered the gifts within her that come along with a different way of seeing and she is grateful to the Creator for the way she has been made. Alison is currently studying with a Cherokee Elder and donates much of her time in supporting the non-profit Sacred Indigenous Preservation.
Alison is so excited to be surfing for the USA Team and hopes that this is the beginning of a long career surfing for her country.
Her goal is to inspire other girls and women who are visually impaired or blind to continue to follow their dreams and learn new things. She has found ways of adapting to life with low vision that help support her navigate through vision loss.
A few years ago, Alison gave up driving due to her vision. It was a challenging time for her admitting to others about her vision loss and for over a year she gave up surfing because she couldn’t drive to the beach. She has now developed a network of drivers and many friends who can support her and bring her to the waves. Alison is stoked to ride this wave of competitive surfing with the USA Team and is excited to see where it leads her.