This surfer created the One Last Wave Project to use the healing power of the ocean to help families coping with a loss.
Dan Fischer, of Newport, R.I., carries his surfboard on Easton's Beach, in Newport, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Fischer, 42, created the One Last Wave Project in January 2022 to use the healing power of the ocean to help families coping with a loss, as it helped him following the death of his father. Fischer places the names of lost loved ones onto his surfboards, then takes the surfboards out into the ocean as a way to memorialize the loved ones in a place that was meaningful to them.
Fischer's first two boards were full, with 1,500 names on one and 2,000 names on the other, but he was working on a third. Fischer continues to accept names through email and social media. He plans to keep making surfboards for as long as it resonates and helps people. On Jan. 4, Fischer wrote his father's name on a sticker and affixed it to his surfboard before he went surfing. They shared a love of the ocean and of adventure, climbing Mount Kilimanjaro and paragliding in Alaska together, playing on the same hockey team, and cycling up Alpe d’Huez, one of the iconic climbs of the Tour de France.
He chose the phrase "one last wave" for the project because surfers often say it. There's always another wave to catch before heading in, much like there's always another opportunity to honor a loved one, Fischer said.
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