There's a sense of helplessness that comes with having a small child who is fighting cancer.
But Greg Beckler had to do something, especially because the hospital bills were piling up. He discovered stand-up paddling last spring, an activity that let him escape the stresses of watching his daughter Raelyn, 4, go to countless hospital visits and endure painful chemo treatments since they learned of her leukemia a year and a half ago.
The paddle community has stepped up, and this Saturday he'll be doing a 40-mile relay paddle from Catalina to Dana Point with Laguna paddler James Pribram.
Story by Laylan Connelly on Local 2