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Blue Journey Unified - Global Vision

"Things don't have to be important to change the world."

Blue Journey Unified Programs (BJUP) offer adults living with SCI/D opportunities to play, train and compete year around in open water sport disciplines of paddleboarding, swimming and kayak. The program offers pool training (swimming and prone paddleboarding) in the winter and open-water prone paddleboarding, kayak and swimming programming in the summer. In prone paddleboarding participants lie down face first on a lifeguard racing board-style craft and move through the water using their hands and arms. The sport provides a unique opportunity for people with SCI to participate in an athletic/recreational activity with minimal need for special equipment or accommodation. When people with and without SCI paddle next to each other it is virtually impossible to discern who arrived at the beach in a wheelchair.  Prone paddleboarding, kayaking and open water swimming are globally practiced activities that are all components of international open water sports as well as being individual aquatic sport disciplines practiced at open water venues around the world. In prone paddleboarding participants lie down face first on special race boards and move through the water using their hands and arms. The sport provides a unique opportunity for people with SCI/D to participate in an activity with minimal need for adapted equipment or accommodation. When people with and without SCI/D paddle next to each other it is virtually impossible to discern who arrived at the beach in a wheelchair. The inclusion of racing kayaks known as surf skis provide those who may have physical barriers to laying down prone or who prefer a different activity the chance to enhance their strength, endurance and balance that allows them to explore local waters side by side with those with and without SCI/D. Swimming is recognized as a valuable rehabilitation and exercise modality for anyone with or without a physical challenge. The addition of open water opportunities with professional coaches allows participants to immerse themselves in an outdoor activity that also frees them from many limitations they may find on land.  
     To do all this, BJUP creates communities of people with and without SCI/D that come together on a regular basis to train and socialize.  This sustainable, ongoing program focus creates opportunities for people with SCI/D to paddle with friends and family for recreation and/or athletic training and competition in both adaptive and non-adaptive sports events. Swimming, paddleboarding and kayaking can increase physical and emotional well-being and ameliorate secondary conditions commonly experienced by people with SCI, including poor posture, muscle imbalances, compromised skin integrity, decreased cardio-vascular and pulmonary health, and muscle spasticity.

Blue Journey Unified innovative program:

  • Brings together a community of adult athletes and professionals in sustainable partnerships
  • Provides people with SCI the opportunity to train, play or compete alongside non-SCI friends and family and compete athletically in both adaptive and non-adaptive community sports events
  • Provides an activity that increases flexibility as a result of the unique prone position, sense of balance from the work involved in staying on the board, and endurance, cardiovascular health, strength, and resulting mobility from the regular physical activity.

Measurable goals for BJUP include:

  • Increased physical capacity and wellbeing measured by flexibility, endurance, strength, mobility, and sense of balance
  • Increased community participation measured by attendance at or participation in BJUP practice sessions, multi-discipline aquatic events, and other non-aquatic activities with BJUP team members
  • Increased Quality of life measured by Spinal Cord Injury--Quality of Life (SCI-QOL)

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Positively Impacting Our Oceans & Communities

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Blue Journey Unified - East Coast USA Program

BUILDING COMMUNITY & CONNECTING EVERYONE TO OUR OCEANS

Connecting Adult Athletes with Spinal Cord Injuries/Disease to our Oceans and Ocean Communities


What we offer:  

  • Ongoing, weekly open water swimming, paddling and kayak sessions Spring - Fall 
  • Ongoing, weekly pool training sessions at the Ocean City Aquatics and Fitness Center - Sessions include water confidence development, swim workouts and prone paddling workouts 
  • Advanced Performance Training & Coaching 
  • Races & Event support in the form of logistics, equipment and participation partners

On-going, Summer Open Water Paddling, Swim & Surfski Sessions

SCHEDULES VARY BASED ON CONDITIONS AND WEATHER. ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL REGISTER VIA EVITE INVITATIONS.  May, June and Sept sessions are at Beesley's Point, Upper Township on Sunday evenings. July, August sessions are at Glisten.Fit's Virginia Lake near Medford on Thursday evenings. {Additional small group sessions are held on lakes and the bay around South Jersey.} Sign up to stay informed and follow on Facebook at Blue Journey Unified.  

FREE for Adult Participants with SCI/D

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Fall, Winter, Spring Weekly Pool Sessions

Thursday evenings from 6:00 - 7:00 PM at the Ocean City Aquatics and Fitness Center throughout the year.  Advanced registration required.  PLEASE - Adult  Athletes wishing to take part should contact Bruckner via voice, text or e-mail for more information before signing up.   

FREE for Adult Participants with SCI/D


NOTE: NO POOL SESSIONS JULY - AUGUST

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Races & Events

For those who want to test their limits in the natural waters around us and become part of an inspiring competitive ocean athlete community racing side by side and head to head against those with and without physical challenges.  

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Advanced Performance Training

One on one & small group training sessions for our athletes wanting to push themselves to new horizons beyond the waves. Contact us to learn more.  

FREE for Participants with SCI/D

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Our Commitment

Safe & Positive Connections to Our Oceans & Community

Blue Journey Unified Participant Code of Conduct:

Ocean Positive is committed to the highest ideals of sport, fitness and training and expects all those joining us to honor the sports in which we participate and the Ocean Positive mission.

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Lived Experiences: Meet Luke

"I mean the feeling of being out on the water, and I've said it before there's no chairs, no disability. It's like I can kick your ass next to me and you are standing up paddling.  I'm just laying down prone.  Let's have a race." -Luke 

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Global Team

Michelle Evans-Chase, PhD

Michelle Evans-Chase, PhD

Michelle Evans-Chase, PhD

Bruckner Chase Ocean Positive, Inc. – Board Member, Programming & Grants Director

Bruckner Chase

Michelle Evans-Chase, PhD

Michelle Evans-Chase, PhD

Ocean Advocate & Endurance Waterman, Bruckner Chase Ocean Positive, Inc. - Founder/CEO  

Becky McGill

Michelle Evans-Chase, PhD

Becky McGill

PT, Spinal Injury Specialist - Bacharach Rehabilitation Hospital

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