Accessible idea for Beach Access

  I may not get into waves for a long time...sigh

' ride the wave and grab onto the sand' that had me in stitches....the thought LOL !! 

When I was a child, I did this often when bodysurfing.  I would catch a big wave and ride it right up onto the beach, then dig in my toes and fingers like anchors so the returning water would not take me with it.  If I wanted to continue riding waves, I would just let the water take me, and go under the breakers and come up on the other side ready to do it all over again!  Then I started riding longboards, which are hardly ever used any more.  And I would paddle out to the sandbar, about 0.5mi/0.8km, and ride the waves on angle, not past shore breakers.  I could do this for hours of pure joy!  I started kayaking around the time that shorter surfboards were coming into style, and never went back to standing.  Surfing in a sea kayak is just a fabulous adventure!  And it is much easier to get back to the starting points than hand-paddling a board.  Question is, with not being able to control my feet and not the greatest grip in my hands, would I have been able to land myself on the beach being paralyzed?  I would have needed a back-up plan, and didn't have any.  So, probably better that I just helped out my dad and didn't make it into the ocean.  Still think about it, though.  I have so much less energy now that I most likely will never try.