La Jolla, California, November 3, 2016 - The 2016 Stance ISA World Adaptive Surfing Championship, set to take place from December 8-11 at La Jolla Shores beach in California, has spurred worldwide development of Adaptive Surfing as the global community prepares to unite and represent their nations in competition.
As a result of the historical inaugural edition of the event in 2015, National Federations from five continents have organized national championships to select their Adaptive Surfing teams for the 2016 edition.
France, Australia, Chile, Brazil, USA, Hawaii and South Africa are among those that have held National Championships to field teams to compete in California.
In October, South Africa held their first-ever National Championship which marked a milestone moment for Adaptive Surfing in the country.
Members of Team South Africa at the 2015 ISA World Adaptive Surfing Championship, Antony Smyth, who won the Silver Medal in the Stand Division, JP Veaudry and Dries Millard will return to represent their nation again in 2016 along with four new competitors, including Caleb Swanepoel, who only recently took up Adaptive Surfing after a shark attack nearly took his life in June of 2015 and resulted in the loss of his right leg.
The global growth spurred by the 2016 Stance ISA World Adaptive Surfing Championship can also be observed in Australia, where their first Adaptive Surfing National Championship was held in June and more recently a High Performance Adaptive Surfing Camp was held with the members of the Australian Adaptive Surfing Team. The ISA Gold Medalist in 2015, Mark 'Mono' Stewart, who lost his leg due to bone cancer when he was 14, took first place and will represent Australia again in 2016 in the AS-2 Division.
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