Half of SA para surfing team out of world champs due to funding
Athletes are required to cough up about R70,000 to compete in the World Para Surfing Championships in the US next month.
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Athletes are required to cough up about R70,000 to compete in the World Para Surfing Championships in the US next month.
Unable to find funding to compete abroad, nearly half of the South Africa para surfing team has dropped out of the ISA World Para Surfing Championships.
It was the first time the event returned to Muizenberg since the inaugural SA Para Surf Championships in 2017 and was the first stop of the newly launched Global Para Surf League.
Surfing burst onto the Olympic calendar at the last Games in Tokyo in 2021 and will also feature when Paris hosts in 2024.
The contest not only saw the best of South Africa rise to the podium, but was also the first stop and the first-of-its-kind Para Surfing Continental Zone Championships.