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California will host US Open Adaptive Surfing Championships

3 October 2018

Nadezhda Anpilogova

Image: man in a wheelchair with a surfing desk

The second annual US Open Adaptive Surfing Championships will be held in California, USA, from October 5 to 7, 2018. Athletes with disabilities from different countries will take part in the competition.
The event was organized by the Challenged Athletes Foundation and the Stoke for Life Foundation.

Image: people with wheelchairs on a beach — 2017 Championships was held in Oceanside California (Source: Stoke for Life)

Image: man on the surfing desk, ocean wave — The best of the best showed their skills (Source: Jeff Miller)

Image: man with a wheelchair and surfing desk sitting on a beach, ocean wave — Bruno Hansen, winner of the 2017 championship, three-time world champion in adaptive surfing
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The first such championship was held in California in October 2017. Participants from the USA, Denmark, Australia, Brazil, Israel, tried their hand at several functional groups: Prone (with the help of an assistant and independently), Standing Below The Knee, Kneel Above The Knee. Also, visually impaired and hearing-impaired surfers participated in the competition.

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