About 150 veterans with disabilities are in San Diego this week for the , one of several adaptive sports events hosted each year by Veterans Affairs.

Veterans spend the week trying several adaptive sports such as surfing, sailing, kayaking and cycling.

Air Force veteran Tessa Grahmann lives in Richmond, Virginia. It’s her first time at a VA sports clinic. She said it’s opened up a lot of new possibilities.

"I'm definitely looking forward to surfing — something that you never thought you would do or you never thought you could do," she said. "And I'm old now, so, you know, the idea of doing new things didn't seem like it would be possible."

The veterans are divided into several teams who rotate between events day-to-day. On Monday, Grahmann's group was in Coronado to go cycling.

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