Chris Antao

Little Compton-based Gnome Surf is providing more than 10,000 'surf therapy' sessions this season at five different beaches.

Gnome Surf hosts an Little Legends Wave Fest, an all-inclusive competition for child surfers, at Horseneck Beach in Westport on Sunday, Sept. 10.

Chris Antao and his 'Kind Tribe' volunteers are now working with about 2,000 families in waters off Rhode Island.

Gnome Surf In Fall River is training hundreds of youngsters in the art of surfing, including many with disabilities.