Here at Coastal Adaptive Sports, we offer wheelchair basketball in both recreational games and competitive leagues in North Myrtle Beach. To provide a deeper level of appreciation for this already well-loved sport, we’d like to illuminate the fascinating history of wheelchair basketball ..read more

If you’ve been keeping up with CAS for any length of time, you’ll know that our favorite way of getting involved with our community is by participating in all sorts of different events. On average, we facilitate and participate in around 100 events a year. These include sporting events like adaptive surfing, adaptive biking, wheelchair basketball, plus all kinds of other social events. We know why we love doing these events— fostering empowerment, fulfillment, and inclusion, sharing the joy of physical activity and the thrill of competition, all that good stuff. But today we want to talk about ..read more

Imagine the rush of the waves, the sea breeze against your skin, and the freedom that surfing brings—all regardless of an individual’s physical or mental abilities. That’s what adaptive surfing is all about. We’re committed to ensuring that the gratifying teamwork and exhilarating experience of sports is accessible to everyone. Specific to surfing, we believe the transformative power of the ocean should be felt by individuals of all backgrounds and abilities, and we work hard to make it so ..read more

It's a well-known fact that soccer is the most popular sport in the world. However, not everyone knows that soccer is just one of the many sports that make up the game of football. Rugby is one of them ..read more

What is America's fastest growing sport? If you thought anything other than pickleball, you'd be wrong. Roughly 36 million Americans have attempted playing pickleball in the past year . This sport has grown so much in such a short time that the USA Pickleball Association (USAPA) has called it "highly contagious." We’re searching for adaptive pickleball pioneers along the Grand Strand to join the craze ..read more

We typically don’t meet a lot of resistance to the concept of inclusion; on the surface, it’s a mission most people can get behind. But on closer inspection, many well-intentioned efforts barely qualify even as integration, much less true inclusion. And the difference between inclusion and integration ..read more

Ah, the wheel. It’s such a simple concept, and yet its invention was a major landmark in human civilization. It’s also a necessary tool to enable most adaptive sports. When our bodies need a little extra assistance, the wheel is what often guides our successes. But these triumphs didn’t happen overnight, and there’s still work to be done. The story of adaptive sports is still being written, particularly in understanding inclusion vs. integration ..read more

Surf’s up! The Myrtle Beach surfing season has begun. Coastal Adaptive’s first few of the summer were in May, and they were a great success. The sun was shining, the crowd was smiling, and the waves were… terrifying ..read more

One of the burgeoning areas in adaptive sports is adaptive golf. Like most other sports, golf has its physical requirements that are prohibitive to people with certain disabilities. Well, that’s just not going to fly with a few folks in Myrtle Beach and its surrounding areas. So, they have worked hard to create opportunities and connect people with disabilities with area resources ..read more

is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, with our focus on promoting adaptive sports for people with disabilities. While we offer programs in various sports, surfing has become one of the most sought after adaptive sports activities for our community ..read more