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Here on the sandy shores of Santos in Brazil, age and ability present no barrier to the surf.

Two years ago, legendary Brazilian surfer Francisco Araña founded the Radical School of Adapted Surfing.

His ethos is that good health is impossible without happiness and surfing brings just such happiness.

Malu Mendes bears testimony to Araña's belief, becoming a parasurfing world champion in 2020 despite having been born with the serious neurological condition cerebral palsy.

But it's not merely serious competitors like Mendes who have gained so much from the school.

In the short time since it was set up, a host of children, teens and adults have reaped the benefits of surfing to ease health conditions, including autism, Downs Syndrome, amputations and cerebrovascular problems.

The first hurdle for Araña to overcome was designing a more versatile board.

Having been left with less than 10 percent vision following an infection during infancy, Miguel Almeida finds his other senses come to the fore once he is on his board.

Through the assistance he has received from the school, Almeida can now follow in the footsteps of Malu Mendes and accomplish his goal of competing in December's World Parasurfing Championships in California.

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