After recieving my Sight Loss and Retinitis Pigmentosa diagnosis in 2017 i was lost for a year or so. In 2019 I found that I was classifiable for Visually Impaired sports and started to train with Surrey Visually Impaired Cricket. A lot of the players enjoyed cricket for fun but also played other visually impaired sports at international level. This encouraged me to think about the sports that I enjoyed as a hobby before sight loss - surfing was my favorite. I reasearched a bit and found out about the VI categories in Surfing and the reached out to Surfing England at Surfing England to see how I could get envolved. Since then I have competed at 3 Englis Adaptive Opens, last years ISA world chamipinships, and this years HASC competition in Hawaii and the US Open in Oceanside. I surf as often as I can in Cornwall.

Visually impaired surfer from Cornwall.  paralympic triathlete representing Great Britain in Rio and Tokyo. After a back injury making triathlon more challenging I got back into surfing.  currently the double world champion looking to retain my title this year.  min the process of doing my Isa coaching so that I can give more back to the sport. 

I'm just an old guy that likes to surf and hates small waves !

I have a son, David, who lives in Germany. He is a professor at the university of Stuttgart. He lives there with his partner Julia and my Grandson Charlie  and Granddaughter Elva. My mum turnes 96 in November and still lives in the house I was born in in Liverpool.  I am one of 8 children that she had and raised with my father.  I started surfing while working at the Liverpool Water Spots Centre in the early 80's. While working there I qualified as a senior coach in several paddle sport disciplines working with the then Olympic Conoe/kayak coach.  I came to America's Pacific Northwest in 1988 to lead sea kayak and sailing expeditions in the Puget Sound on the Canadian border in the San Juan Islands. I fell in love with Washington State and made it my home.  I trained in Seattle and earned a degree in marine carpentry to become a Shipwright (wooden boat builder) I did this until I was injured in 2005. I have been competing in adaptive surfing events since 2013 and involved in adaptive surfing since 2003, before I was injured.  I was awarded the Surfing England "Global Ambassador Award" for contributions and the positive representation of English surfing within the international community. I was awarded the Life Rolls On athlete of the year in 2015 I was recently (October 2021) given the Ocean Of Possibilities Award from accessurf Hawaii for contributions to the global adaptive surfing community.  During international surf competitions in California, my house in Vista becomes base camp for many athletes traveling from overseas with 25 or more people and up to 10 nations all under one roof. I have a Poodle Service Dog named Buttons after the legendary "Buttons Kaluhiokalani" From Hawaii.  I have represented my country at every ISA World Para Championship. In 2024 I competed in the AASP world tour which includes Australia, Hawaii, Costa Rica and Oceanside. I was awarded the Jay Liesener Award for my contributions to the global community. I also competed in The Japanese Open at the Shizunami Surf Stadium in Japan. Currently ranked 6th in the world for the AASP. 

HANNAH DINES - WOMEN'S PRONE ASSIST SURFER (PS2) Paralympian Hannah Dines is a prone assist surfer with cerebral palsy who made it onto the podium at her first Para Surfing World Champs in 2021 (4th). She's competed 4x now at this event and was soooo close to 4th again in 2024. She's come 2nd in the AASP league in '23 & '24 but only went to one AASP contest in '25. She would like to shout out Patrick Fitzgerald who has shown up to all local adaptive surf events for Jesse Billauer's "Life Rolls On" charity in Cali for the whole year. He is the reason she competed in that one AASP Hawaii contest (and also Janyke Geluk). "Shout out to Patrick and all volunteers like him going above and beyond. Huge thanks to Douglas Hansen, his manager at Totus Medicine, for letting him take time off work to assist me last minute at Worlds in 2025. In fact, big shout out to all the staff, pushers, catchers, guides, coaches, water safety sea-guardians who are making it happen with the tight time schedule this year."

I've been part of the England surf team since September 21. I am currently ISA silver medalist in my division stand 2.  I became an amputee in 2015 after a car accident. Surfing and the adaptive community has really given me a whole new lease for life and I love being in the ocean and testing my physical limits and capabilities. Since joining the England team I have travelled to Hawaii with members of the squad and Oceanside to compete in the AASP tour. I also c

Started parasurfing in May 2024 and attended worlds in Huntington 6 months later.

Spinal Cord Injury c6 incomplete since 1999 - Diving in the sea, but she still draws me back! I love being a Dad to my little Girl! Former GB wheelchair rugby player, Wheelchair Athletics and marathons UNTIL MY SHOULDERS SAID NO MORE!!! ha ha

Love the gym, the sea, paddleboarding, surfing - everything my shoulders hate!

(Survivor of the UK 1990's rave scene )but still love a good party!