Soldiers who lost limbs learn to surf
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060903/ap_on_re_us/surfing_amputees"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060902/capt.53cf19d2e0514f319c1f6198325b1051.surfing_amputees_la904.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=BONEerW.Q3Iibh5n8Vh7qw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Army Sgt. Andrew Soule performs a hand stand during a surf competition at Pismo Beach, Calif., Aug. 19, 2006. An Iraqi war veteran and amputee has rallied nearly a dozen other wounded-in-action amputees while he met recovering in Texas and headed for one of California's last old-fashioned beach towns to learn to surf. (AP Photo/ Oscar Hidalgo)" border="0" /></a>AP - As a child of 1970s California, Derek McGinnis felt that riding waves was like a birthright, and losing his left leg to a suicide bomber in Iraq wasn't going to stop him from surfing again.</p><br clear="all"/>