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Para surfing or adaptive surfing is a form of surfing in which a disabled individual uses a board or waveski to ride on a breaking wave. Competitively, the International Surfing Association (ISA) has hosted the World Para Surfing Championships annually since 2015.
Turtle Bay Resort's Jamie O'Brien Surf Experience is Hawaii's first and only surf school offering adaptive surf lessons, led by a paralympic surfer. 'There's resilience in surfing': How a surfer ...
Matthew Formston (born 21 July 1978) is a legally blind Australian Professional Para Surfer and former professional Para Cyclist. [2] Formston won gold and silver medals at the 2014 and 2015 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships and represented Australia with pilot Nick Yallouris, at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. [2]
OCEANSIDE, Calif., Sept. 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For the seventh year, the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (USAHS) is proud to celebrate the resilience and skill of adaptive surfers as the title sponsor of the U.S. Open Adaptive Surfing Championship. From September 5-8, 2024, spectators and hundreds of international ...
AccesSurf; Formation: 2006: Founder: Mark Marble [1]: Type: 501(c)(3) nonprofit group [2] Purpose: AccesSurf empowers people with disabilities by providing adaptive surfing instruction and therapeutic educational programs on water recreation and enriches lives by assisting families to access the beach and ocean in a barrier free environment.
Their flagship J.A.W.S. (Just Add Water Surfing) program is a Costa Rica–based, adaptive sports adventure program. The J.A.W.S. program is centered on physical rehabilitation through sports and activities such as surfing, snorkeling, zip-line tours, fishing, and quad riding tours and typically runs from seven to 10 days quarterly throughout the year.
The ISA World Adaptive Surfing Championship was created to give surfers with physical challenges an opportunity to compete and display their talents in a Paralympic-style, world-class competition. The event has experienced unprecedented growth since the inaugural edition in 2015.
Members of the adaptive surfing [12] community require accommodations to get onto the waves, needing specialty boards or a support crew to help push them into the surf. The integration of a motor within the board [ 13 ] eliminates the need for paddling, walking, or external assistance thus enabling athletes with disabilities to participate in ...