Visit Huntington Beach CEO Kelly Miller said the latest competition is the fifth ISA world championship that Surf City has hosted in the past seven years, with two juniors, one world games and now two para championships. Visit HB is the title sponsor of the event.

The international surfing competition returns to the south side of the Huntington Beach Pier, beginning with the opening ceremony Sunday.

The ISA World Para Surfing Championship have been going down all week in Huntington Beach with inspired performances from adaptive surfers from around the world. And now, as the event gets down to the business end,

It was six years ago that Jose Martinez hit rock bottom. He lost an arm, a leg, and several fingers while serving in the Army in Afghanistan in 2012 – and now out of the military and casting about he had to find a way to stay afloat.