--- title: Duct Tape Surfing Man Takes Paralyzed Woman Surfing Using Duct Tape description: Everybody's gone surfing canonical: https://time.com/73816/paralyzed-woman-goes-surfing-thanks-to-duct-tape/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-23T18:22:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:09:02.287Z og:title: Watch a Paralyzed Woman Go Surfing Thanks To Duct Tape og:description: Everybody's gone surfing og:url: https://time.com/73816/paralyzed-woman-goes-surfing-thanks-to-duct-tape/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch a Paralyzed Woman Go Surfing Thanks To Duct Tape twitter:description: Everybody's gone surfing twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Paralyzed Woman Goes Surfing Thanks To Duct Tape > Sponsored content. 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After rehab, I started to look at what I’ve got, \[rather than\] what I haven’t got.” Tyron Swan, a now 24-year old friend of her sons and a professional diver, thought he could help. Swan and Honore hit the beach with a roll of duct tape and an idea. Using a backpack and a roll of the strong tape, Swan was able to rig a harness for Honore that MacGuyver would be proud of. They hit the waves for the first time in December 2012, and have been heading out to the breakers together ever since. They documented their journey in the 2013 short film, [_Duct Tape Surfing,_](http://vimeo.com/68901496) and a follow-up is in the works as the duo take on bigger and bigger waves together. \[Via [TODAY.com](http://TODAY.com)\] **MORE**: [Man Fakes Own Kidnapping to Avoid His Girlfriend](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/03/06/man-fakes-own-kidnapping-to-avoid-his-girlfriend/) **MORE**: [Gerard Butler for Point Break Remake: Good Reason to Rewatch the Best Part](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/01/09/gerard-butlers-point-break-remake-good-reason-to-rewatch-the-originals-best-part/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/73816/paralyzed-woman-goes-surfing-thanks-to-duct-tape/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/73816/paralyzed-woman-goes-surfing-thanks-to-duct-tape/"},"headline":"Paralyzed Woman Goes Surfing Thanks To Duct Tape","datePublished":"2014-04-23T18:22:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:02.287Z","description":"Everybody's gone surfing","url":"https://time.com/73816/paralyzed-woman-goes-surfing-thanks-to-duct-tape/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society","Surfing"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/73816/paralyzed-woman-goes-surfing-thanks-to-duct-tape/","name":"Paralyzed Woman Goes Surfing Thanks To Duct Tape"}}]}] ```