Barbara "Barbie" Pacheco
Hometown: Valley Mills, TX
Division: Para Surfing Vision Impairment 1
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Barbie Pacheco has been a member on the USA surf team for three years, earning a Bronze Medal in the 2021 ISA World Para Surfing Championship after earning a Silver Medal in 2020 and placing fifth in 2019.
She started surfing in 2017, when she was the first completely female blind surfer in the ISA World Adaptive Surfing Championship.
She says what she loves most about surfing is being able to experience the freedom of riding a wave. “It lets me escape from having to worry about missing a curb when walking the street or bumping into coffee tables,” Pacheco said.
Division: Para Surfing Vision Impairment 1
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Barbie Pacheco has been a member on the USA surf team for three years, earning a Bronze Medal in the 2021 ISA World Para Surfing Championship after earning a Silver Medal in 2020 and placing fifth in 2019.
She started surfing in 2017, when she was the first completely female blind surfer in the ISA World Adaptive Surfing Championship.
She says what she loves most about surfing is being able to experience the freedom of riding a wave. “It lets me escape from having to worry about missing a curb when walking the street or bumping into coffee tables,” Pacheco said.
