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China Daily | Updated: 2018-12-15 13:44
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Spanish rider one of a number of blind athletes taking sport by storm

Blind surfer Carmen Lopez trains in the Bay of Biscay, northern Spain, on Dec 6, watched by her coach, Lucas Garcia, who whistles guidance to his pupil as waves approach. Eloy Alonso / Reuters

SALINAS, Spain - Carmen Lopez can only imagine what the sea looks like, but the blind 21-year-old Spaniard is in her element riding the surf.

Guided by instinct and signals whistled by her coach, Lopez has been training hard to become Spain's first blind female athlete to enter the World Adaptive Surfing Championship in La Jolla, California, on Wednesday.

"The sea is where I feel peace and freedom, as if it were where I'm supposed to be," she said sitting on her surfboard after an hour and a half of wave-riding practice in the Bay of Biscay in northern Spain.

"I'm not different from other surfers," added Lopez, who was born with congenital glaucoma and lost her vision completely when she was a child.

In its fourth edition, the La Jolla event for surfers with disabilities features its first team competition for visually impaired female athletes, with Lopez representing Spain.

Blind surfers such as Lopez' countryman Aitor Francesena or Brazilian Derek Rabelo have achieved legendary status in the sport, and Lopez, who only took up surfing a few months ago, is aiming high.

After the La Jolla tournament, organized by the International Surfing Association (ISA), Lopez aims to compete in the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris.

The ISA has been campaigning to make adaptive surfing a Paralympic sport.

Lopez has also practiced figure skating and horse riding and her coach and friend, Lucas Garcia, praised her natural balance and instinct.

Garcia, who swims next to Lopez when she surfs, is her 'eyes' when a wave is approaching.

"A single whistle means the wave is coming on her right side, and a double whistle, on her left side," said Garcia, who likens the signals to the way dolphins communicate.

Lopez wants to encourage others with disabilities to challenge their limitations, live a full life and perhaps try out radical sports.

Reuters

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