2023 Huntington Beach ISA World Para Surfing Championship

England

DIVISION: Para Surf Prone 1

Harlum Lewis

Age / 18
Born / Parkham, UK
Resides in / Parkham, UK
Favorite surf break / Croyde
Board / 8' Custom
Biggest Achievement / English para surfing open Prone 1 2023 champion
Hobbies / Surfing

Surfing

England

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Tash Davies

England

DIVISION: Para Surf Prone 1

Suzanne Edwards

Age / 36
Born / Braunton, Devon
Resides in / Braunton, Devon
Board / Any!
Sponsors / Tiki (wetsuit)
Biggest Achievement / Bronze at 2018 ISA World Surf Champs
Hobbies / Surfing, wheelchair tennis, anything outdoors and active!

Surfing, wheelchair tennis, anything outdoors and active!

England

DIVISION: Para Surf Prone 2

Andy Guy

Age / 38
Born / Bovey Tracey
Resides in / Bovey Tracey
Favorite surf break / Fistral Beach
Board / N/A
Sponsors / N/A
Biggest Achievement / 5th place in English Adaptive open
Hobbies / Wheelchair Rugby, table tennis

Wheelchair Rugby, table tennis

England

DIVISION: Para Surf Kneel

Oliver Vaughan-jones

Age / 40
Born / St David’s
Resides in / St David’s
Favorite surf break / Traethmawr
Board / The one I’m on!
Sponsors / Arcticfox Adaptive
Biggest Achievement / 3rd at European Championships 2023
Hobbies / Design and engineering, building stuff, adaptive skiing and surfing! Travel and people closely behind

Design and engineering, building stuff, adaptive skiing and surfing! Travel and people closely behind

England

DIVISION: Para Surf Kneel

Martin Pollock

Age / 39
Born / Mullion, Cornwall, England.
Resides in / Mullion, Cornwall, England.
Favorite surf break / One with good waves and sparse crowds.
Board / 7ft stormblade ssr
Biggest Achievement / 2021, 2022 English Open, 2nd PSK
Hobbies / Surf comps, art, watching sport, video games.

Surf comps, art, watching sport, video games.

England

DIVISION: Para Surf Stand 3

Charlotte Banfield

Age / 25
Born / Falmouth, Cornwall.
Resides in / Falmouth, Cornwall.
Favorite surf break / Towan Beach, Newquay.
Board / my red sparkly mini mal. I like colourful surfboards they make me happy!
Sponsors / Alder wetsuits
Biggest Achievement / 2nd place, World championships 2020. 1st place Costa Rica ladies open 2018.
Hobbies / I enjoy taking photographs on film cameras, and I love being outdoors in nature. I am a mad cat lady and have a 23 year old cat called cookie. I enjoy painting and I’m quite artistic. Love spending time with my friends. We go camping a lot and that’s fun.

I enjoy taking photographs on film cameras, and I love being outdoors in nature. I am a mad cat lady and have a 23 year old cat called cookie. I enjoy painting and I’m quite artistic. Love spending time with my friends. We go camping a lot and that’s fun.

England

DIVISION: Para Surf VI 2

Melissa Reid

Age / 32
Born / Porthtowan
Resides in / Porthtowan
Favorite surf break / Nias
Board / Dark arts Dadbod
Sponsors / Greenover, Adams surfboards, hueys wax
Biggest Achievement / 3x World champion
Hobbies / Surfing, triathlon, skating

Surfing, triathlon, skating

England

DIVISION: Para Surf Sit

Spike Kane

Age / 60
Born / Liverpool
Resides in / Liverpool
Favorite surf break / Queens Hawaii
Board / Infinity Prone and Mac Waveski
Sponsors / None
Biggest Achievement / USA National Champion 2016
Hobbies / Sailing, 4x4 off road adventures, travel,

Sailing, 4x4 off road adventures, travel,

England

DIVISION: Para Surf Prone 2

Hannah Dines

Age / 30
Born / Hometown is Glasgow, Born in Manchester, Train in Swansea, Wales and Constantine Bay Cornwall
Resides in / Hometown is Glasgow, Born in Manchester, Train in Swansea, Wales and Constantine Bay Cornwall
Favorite surf break / Constantine Bay, Cornwall
Board / Fuego, Johnny Petton's latest lightening fast prone specific board
Sponsors / Indy.Club, RipCurl, Surfdek
Biggest Achievement / Top of the Para Surf League 2023
Hobbies / fast, furious sports

fast, furious sports

England

DIVISION: Para Surf Stand 2

Zoe Smith

Age / 36
Born / Bournemouth
Resides in / Bournemouth
Favorite surf break / Bournemouth
Board / 614 Flamingo
Sponsors / 614 shapes, Dr Victoria Hampshire and Stay Weird Surf Company
Biggest Achievement / 3rd in AASP, British Para Stand 2 Gold, copper medal in the ISA worlds 2022
Hobbies / Travelling, walking my dogs, beachcombing, surfing