50 year-old Pascal Honore became paraplegic after a car accident 18 years ago but has recently experienced surfing for the first time by being taped to the back of a young Australian surfer, Ty Swan.

It all starts on the beach and a backpack – "just a Kmart special", she says – with leg holes cut into the bottom. She's then lifted on to Ty's back before duct tape is wound around the pair's shoulders, waists and legs.

Then they hit the waves of the rugged West Coast.

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