Surfing England are delighted to announce the 2025 Team England Para training squad and the opening of Wildcard applications.
We are elated to announce the stellar line up of Para Surfers to make our 2025 training squad. Throughout 2024 the team have made great strides with the onboarding of Head Coach, Andy Banks, and Phil Williams role formalising as Team Manager. Our athletes have been training hard and the results show!
For 2025, the squad have an exciting program of activities scheduled. The training program includes a full online calendar of sports psychology sessions, strength and conditioning, and team meet ups. Alongside this will be monthly training sessions starting from April til October at beaches and The Wave, Bristol.
In exciting news, Wildcard applications are also open for para surfers to apply to be part of the squad. Wildcards will be open until Tuesday 18th February. More information is in the selection policy here.

The squad:
Women:
- Zoe Smith
- Suzanne Edwards
- Hannah Dines
- Laurie Foti
- Natasha Davies
- Melissa Reid
Men:
- Spike Kane
- Mark Hagger
- David Lewis
- Harlum Lewis
- Andy Guy
- Stephen Lightbown
- David Jeffery
- James Price
With more funding we could deliver even more on the para program! We are on the search for great companies to support Team England Para Surfing with sponsorship. If you would like to get involved, please email hannah@surfingengland.org