Join the Crossing For A Cure On A Fantastic Journey

Ahoy paddlers! Are you ready to embark on a great adventure, for a good cause, with a wonderful crew? Crossing For A Cure would love to welcome you aboard. This year’s journey from Bimini to Florida, scheduled for June 15, is open to stand up or prone boards, surf skis, outrigger canoes and dories, with a potential of $100,000 in cash purses for the competitive categories. You can paddle as a solo or relay competitor, or as part of a recreational relay team.

100 paddlers made the Crossing last June, and over 160 (including many first-timers) have registered so far this year. All paddlers are accompanied by support boats and team members, from the midnight launch in Bimini to the celebratory Landing at Lake Worth Beach. Everyone is invited to prepare for the Crossing by participating in our mentoring and training programs, and everyone involved contributes to raising awareness and funds to assist cystic fibrosis patients and their families.

The Crossing For A Cure 2018 launched 100 paddlers and their support crews from Bimini at midnight. The Crossing is seeking support vessels and crews (offering lodging and fuel stipends), and volunteers to assist at the Lake Worth Beach landing. | Photo Courtesy: Crossing for a Cure

Crossing For A Cure organizer Travis Suit’s inspiration for his first crossing, in 2013, is his daughter Piper, who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when she was four. “CF” is a progressive, genetic disease that causes persistent lung infections and limits the ability to breathe over time. When Travis learned that salt can help alleviate the symptoms of CF, he immersed Piper in saltwater activities, and became inspired to create an ocean-based event that could help CF patients everywhere. Thus was born the Crossing For A Cure™ and the Piper’s Angels Foundation.

We are proud to announce that Jimmy Buffett has recently signed on as an Advisor to the Board of Piper’s Angels Foundation. The ranks of “Piper’s Angels” now include hundreds of inspired paddlers, dedicated volunteers, and generous sponsors who work together to support and improve the lives of families in the CF community by raising awareness, offering life-expanding activities, providing urgent financial support, and funding critical research. The only thing missing is YOU!

CF Warrior Joe Mitchell, who kayaked from Bimini to Florida, defines the Crossing For A Cure credo of “Bold in the Face of Fear.” | Photo Courtesy: Crossing for a Cure

Join us, follow the adventure, and learn how the foundation’s “Salt Supply” program is connecting saltwater-based vendors and guides with CF patients.

For more information and to register, click here.