The World Surfing Games this week allowed the Ukrainian surfers a few days to be surrounded by supporters and admirers. Read more about it here:
Anastasiia Temirbek faced 10-foot walls of whitewater as she paddled out next to the pier at the International Surfing Association World Surfing Games this week in Huntington Beach, California.
“I really wanted to be there with them at this moment,” Kordysh told USA TODAY in an interview from Odesa. ”But with our circumstances, it's not the best time right now.”Now, he said, he can don his wetsuit at home and walk the few blocks down to Arcadia Beach, his local surf break – no small advantage when it’s snowing outside.
The water is also bitterly cold much of the year, requiring wetsuits, rubber gloves and booties and even hoods to keep the wind chill off, Ukrainian surfers said. The ISA banned Russian athletes from its events in March, following guidelines from the International Olympic Committee. The association issued a“The global surfing community is shocked and appalled by the awful act of aggression by Russia and Belarus’ role to facilitate their invasion of Ukraine. We are unequivocal in our views on this crisis and we stand in full solidarity with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people.
“It's definitely a huge honor for us to be here and represent our country during really tough times for Ukraine,” she said. While those solo sessions weren’t much comfort, Temirbek found that training and teaching other surfers has helped her reconnect with the ocean and leave her fears behind. The World Surfing Games bills itself as the beginning of the road to the Paris 2024 Olympics. The Olympic surfing event will be held in Tahiti, a former French island colony now an autonomous overseas country of the French Republic.
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