South Africa's para surfers dream of competing in the Paralympics
The discipline has yet to make its Paralympic debut, but para surfers have high hopes this will happen at the Los Angeles 2028 Games.
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The discipline has yet to make its Paralympic debut, but para surfers have high hopes this will happen at the Los Angeles 2028 Games.
Athletes kicked off the event in decent 2-3 foot waves that held for most of the day with a steady offshore wind.
Sitting on his wheelchair on a sandy Cape Town beach, Raemondo Lessing watches as fellow surfers ride the same waves he learnt his craft on.
Raemondo Lessing hopes to showcase his skills when sport makes Paralympic debut
Sitting on his wheelchair on a sandy Cape Town beach, Raemondo Lessing, 16, watches on as fellow surfers ride the same waves he learnt his craft on.