Para surfing

In addition, the Association of Adaptive Surfing Professionals (AASP) was formed in 2022 as the international governing body of professional adaptive surfing, and administers the AASP World Tour including events in Hawaii, Australia and California for its inaugural year.

The first adaptive surfing organization, Life Rolls On, was created in 2001 by Jesse Billauer, an aspiring professional surfer who sustained a spinal cord injury in 1996.

Since 2007 the Hawaii ASC has been held annually sustaining the platform of adaptive surfing and raising it to a professional level.

Additionally, a conceptual framework was established to provide guidance for classification decisions and to lay the groundwork for future research in this field.

[9] The Para Surf League Series will be organizing events in Costa Rica, Spain, Wales, France and more.

[10] In 2018 Dr. Maureen Johnson PhD, MS, OT/L, BCPR, C/NDT, Stoke for Life Foundation and the U.S. Open Adaptive Surfing Championships developed and copy wrote the current classification system being used by the AASP and ISA.

[13] In the vision impairment division of the ISA Para Surfing Championship Matt Formston, of Australia, is the champion of years 2017, 2018, and 2020.

[14] 2021 was the first time that the ISA Para Surfing World Championships were held outside of the San Diego area.

[16] In 2023, the Adaptive Surfing Open Pro Costa Rica will be held at Boca Barranca in Puntarenas.

[17] The U.S. Open of Adaptive Surfing Championships are held annually in Oceanside, California, produced by local non profit Stoke for Life Foundation and is the last of three events on the AASP World Tour.