2026年2月27日 / 美国东部时间晚上8:42 / CBS新闻
檀香山，夏威夷 — 对夏威夷檀香山的巴迪·威金斯（Buddy Wiggins）而言，多年体育赌博成瘾的最终结果已经呈现：在海滩上向陌生人求助。
这位32岁的泳池清洁工表示，他听到了一个声音，一种召唤，要他彻底改变人生方向。
“我终于走到了几乎失去一切的地步，”威金斯告诉CBS新闻，“我跪下来，泪流满面。”
威金斯觉得自己应该做的事情是来到怀基基海滩，向从未滑过浪的完全陌生的人走去，询问他们是否想要一节免费课程。
威金斯将其称为“第一浪计划”。每周两次，他和几个朋友会将这份免费的邀请提供给他们能找到的最不可能成为冲浪者的人。
“他们的活力让你觉得你确实能做到他说的事情，”冲浪学员奎斯特·道格拉斯（Quest Douglass）说。
“他们给了我一种自30多岁以来从未有过的信心，”另一位学员曼尼·费尔南德斯（Manny Fernandez）说。
这种信心往往比冲浪的滑行时长要持久得多。
“我想，当你克服了你从未想过可能的事情时，你会开始想，‘好的，接下来是什么？’”威金斯反思道。
到目前为止，威金斯和他的团队已经帮助了大约100人乘着灵感的浪潮前行。
“尤其是在我经济困难的时候，”威金斯说，他补充道，他这样做是免费的，因为这给他带来了“给予的感觉”。
这一切都要归功于他脑海中那个神秘的声音，那个声音告诉他，通过分享自己的热情来解决成瘾问题。
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Why a Hawaii man chose to tackle his sports gambling addiction by offering free surf lessons to strangers
February 27, 2026 / 8:42 PM EST / CBS News
Honolulu, Hawaii — For Buddy Wiggins of Honolulu, Hawaii, the end result of a yearslong sports gambling addiction has come to this: soliciting strangers on the beach.
The 32-year-old pool cleaner says he heard a voice, a calling, to take his life in a radically different direction.
“I finally came to a point where I lost pretty much everything,” Wiggins told CBS News. “And I’m on my hands and knees, and I’m crying.”
What Wiggins felt called to do was to come down to Waikiki Beach, approach total strangers who had never surfed before, and ask them if they wanted a free lesson.
Wiggins calls it the First Wave Project. Twice a week, he and a couple of friends extend their free offer to the most unlikely surfers they can find.
“The energy that they had made you feel like you could do exactly what he was saying,” surfing student Quest Douglass said.
“They gave me a confidence that I haven’t had since I was in my 30s,” said Manny Fernandez, another student.
It is a confidence that often lasts a lot longer than the ride.
“I think when you overcome things that you never thought was possible, you start thinking, ‘OK, what’s next?’” Wiggins reflected.
So far, Wiggins and his team have helped about 100 people ride that wave of inspiration.
“Especially at a time when I’m struggling financially,” said Wiggins, who added that he does it for free because it provides him “the feeling of giving.”
It’s all thanks to that mysterious voice in his head that told him to tackle his addiction by sharing his passion.
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