Surfing Star Shares Journey to Recovery After Brain Injury in New Film


(Surfer) – Sterling Spencer is surfing’s very own comedian and producer of weird content.

But in 2019, Spencer took a fin to the head that resulted in a traumatic brain injury and long term effects like being “borderline paraplegic” and severe pain. Beyond surface healing, doctors didn’t know what to do.

Filmmaker Sam Kempf documented Spencer’s healing process, which included a stay on the North Shore and finding comedy again, in a short documentary aptly titled, “Healing.” CONTINUE

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