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Paddling seems to run in Joe Broc’s veins, as he paddles with Manu O Ke Kai Canoe Club during the regatta summer season. He also was featured on our MidWeek The Weekend <\/I>cover March 28, 2008, with Pure Light Racing, an adaptive outrigger canoe paddling club.<\/p>\n

“We do long-distance races with mostly wheelchair-bound individuals,” says Broc, who has been with Pure Light Racing for 13 years and with Manu O Ke Kai for five. “A few other people are blind, and a few people have an amputated arm or leg.”<\/p>\n

These individuals, like Broc, refuse to let their physical differences prevent them from doing what they love.<\/p>\n

Broc was born with spina bifida, a congenital defect of the spine, which meant Broc has below-the-knee paralysis.<\/p>\n

He first got interested in paddling after a family friend (Chris Gardner) suggested he give it a shot.<\/p>\n

“I remember my first day, my coach (Randy Sanborn) looked at me and I remember the first thing he asked me was, ‘Can you swim?’ and I said yes.”<\/p>\n

Although he is unable to use his legs, Broc keeps his spirits high with an optimistic mindset.<\/p>\n

“It really opened my eyes to the world,” he says. “All that matters is how I deal with it. If I have a positive attitude, then I’ll have a positive life.”<\/p>\n

He uses his inspiring way of living to impact those in his community, as well. Broc started working as a substitute educational assistant at Laie Elementary back in February 2012.<\/p>\n

“My mom (Tindy) suggested that I should work with kids with autism,” he explains. “I took classes to become a long-term autism substitute educational assistant.”<\/p>\n

His love for helping others spurred him to work with special-needs children at the school in October 2012.<\/p>\n

“I like seeing them progress and comprehend what they’re doing,” he says. “I like seeing them excel in their academics, and I like seeing them be social with the other kids in their integrated classes.”<\/p>\n

And this local boy is dreaming big. Broc graduated from Kahuku High School in 2006 and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in communications from Hawaii Pacific University in 2011.<\/p>\n

He wants to take his talents to the broadcast industry and has a special interest in radio and television.<\/p>\n

“I like talking to people, and I like being a social person,” says Broc, who also expressed his interest in acting. “When I was younger, I was really shy, but I eventually got out of my shell.<\/p>\n

“I like being out and about in public with my friends and family.” Broc also has dreams of becoming a wheelchair body builder. Besides paddling, he works out at his home gym, where his brother Boe, who wants to be a personal trainer, helps him out.<\/p>\n

“I work everything out, except my legs,” Broc adds with a laugh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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