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The Wave: Bristol

Mark, competing with Surfing England for his first time excelled throughout. With a wave score of 7.17

Mark took the Championship for Assisted Adaptive Surfing Champion.

The Wave is the official high performance training centre for Team England, and the Adaptive crew are often found shredding on the lake’s glassy waves. The Wave have also been instrumental in developing adaptive surfing in England, supporting Surfing England for the last 4 years to establish a contest which is now highly respected at a global level.

Milestone

Local & Holiday Breaks

Andy Joyce

Me and MS

After Mark's huge success in 2021, we returned to The Wave, Bristol for the 2022 English Adaptive Surfing Open. The event took place on Thursday 7th July, and we watched a full day of surfing action, with Mark winner Para Surfing Prone 2, 2022 English Adaptive Surf Open.

Surfers from breaks across the world travelled to compete, as the global Adaptive Surf community came together once again.

Me & MS, a personal interview with Mark capturing both highs and lows, along with inspirational moments throughout Marks life journey.

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The man-made lagoon on the former aluminium site in Dolgarrog became the world’s first inland venue to host an adaptive surfing championship event in 2019.

After a break during the pandemic, adaptive surf athletes around the globe were keen to see it return to North Wales. The surfers competed in nine different categories catering for a range of different abilities. It offered great facilities for both the athletes and the spectators, SHUKIDOG Team stayed in the wheelchair-friendly accommodation pods. Admission was free to watch the event, with a great turn out of both Adaptive Surfers and supporters. Mark came 1st and won the Welsh Adaptive Surfing Championships.

Mark went on the Adaptive Road Tour up the North Coast for Surfing England. This photo was taken in Scarborough, the Surf was good and the people (quote) super sound.

Mark, Tash Davies and Andy Joyce were helping Surf Schools understand how to work with adaptive surfers.

Scarborough

Welsh Adaptive / Para Surfing Championships

Adaptive surfers all struggle to find sponsorships. With the help of a couple of close friends - who also surf with Mark, they came up with the idea to start SHUKIDOG SURF Mark's own brand to help him to fund the Adaptive surfing journey.

In 2022 SHUKIDOG SURF has sponsored an additional two Adaptive athletes - for the Welsh Open, and future plans we hope to sponsor more adaptive surfers, as the brand grows.

New Surf Brand

English Adaptive Surfing Open - THE WAVE

Algues Vertes: France

Brittany was towards the end of September 2021.

Andy, Tash, Peg and Mark. An overnight ferry from Portsmouth to St Marlo. With the French hospitality excelling anything anyone expected, and the competition with waist heigh waves to top off what was an amazing experience great friends were made.  Mark: "Vincent was the host with the most. Brittany is an amazing place, the people great and amazing fun to hang out with"

Andy Joyce: Surf Steps

Andy Joyce, started Surf Steps 10 years ago and, by doing so, pioneered the first surf school on the Hampshire/Dorset coast. A lot of people said “it’ll never work”, but Andy believed in the dream – and they are still here!

Surf Steps was involved with a charity called Surf Relief, who used adaptive equipment to give children with disabilities a great in-water surfing experience. They used really large surfboards, put the students on the front, paddled into waves and, with the instructor/guide at the back, surfed in tandem. To help Surf Steps provide the sessions locally in Bournemouth, Surf Relief gave them a tandem board.

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ISA World Para Surfing Championships - Pismo Beach

The 2022 Pismo Beach ISA World Para-Surfing Championships Hosted by AmpSurf™ will be held Dec. 3rd-12th, 2022. Contest heats will run Dec. 4th-11th, and the closing will happen right after the last heats finish on Dec. 11th.

This event will again bring the top Para Surfers from around the world to Pismo beach to compete for world champion. These athletes will be representing their home nations to claim the gold for not only themselves, but their nation as well. Each day will highlight the skill, power and performance of competitors surfing in the 9 Para Surf Divisions as recognized by the International Surfing Association, (ISA) the governing body for Olympic Surfing as recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IPC)AmpSurf™, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established to Promote, Inspire, Educate, and Rehabilitate (PIER) all people with disabilities and their families through adaptive surfing and other outdoor activities will host this amazing event.

From surfing local  breaks in the sunny South West to trips to the West country, visiting friends and family.

Various surf trips abroad, surfing all the best know breaks and with thanks to those locals who soon became close friends, surfing what once were 'Secret spots'. These were the days when you had to have a doctorate in weather sciences, and a lot of time and a little luck.