Olivia "Liv" Stone
Hometown: Oceanside, CA
Years para surfing: 3 years
Division: Para Surfing Stand 1
Quiver: Fish - 2 performance short board - mid-length - longboard
Things I love: surfing - reading - social media - anything ocean - painting - Spending time
Instagram: w@itlhiv sfatomniely and friends
Favorite quote: "Someone told me not to bite off more than I can chew, but I would rather
choke on greatness than nibble on mediocrity."
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Liv Stone is a two-time ISA World Para Surfing Champion in the Stand 1 division — clinching Gold in 2020 and 2021!
She is a spunky 18-year-old, congenital, bilateral, above the elbow amputee born in Pennsylvania. She grew up not knowing anything different with her arms, just adapting and managing challenges along the way, always pushing hard to do her best. She has been an active athlete growing up, playing many sports: soccer, basketball, field hockey, cheering, horseback riding, and rifle.
Liv surfed for the first time in Bethany Hamilton’s 2017 Beautifully Flawed Retreat in Del Mar, California. She loved catching waves with Bethany and when she left, she living in Pennsylvania, she wasn’t sure if she would ever surf again.
The next summer, she was invited to her first Challenge Athletes Foundation surf clinic in San Diego. She received a week of coaching the fundamentals of surfing and participated at the Bro-Am Festival at Moonlight Beach. While there, she was partnered with surfing pro Rob Machado. She knew by the end of that week, that she had found her true passion and wanted to pursue surfing.
After returning home, she was determined to overcome her distance from the ocean, purchased her own board, and began driving two and a half hours on the weekends to get in the ocean. She worked hard training in the gym and water over the next several months.
After getting more water time with her mentor Bethany Hamilton and competition experience, she was invited to be a member of the USA Adaptive Surf Team to compete in the 2018 Stance ISA Para Surfing World Championships, where she helped the team win a team gold medal!
In April 2019, Liv and her mom moved to Carlsbad, California where she started competing in the Western Surfing Association events, USA Surfing Championships and won the first ever female adaptive heat in the WSL Super Girl Surf Pro.
Liv’s long-term goal is representing her country in the Paralympics, hopefully in 2028, and continuing to pursue her passion for surfing and inspiring others to pursue their dreams.
Years para surfing: 3 years
Division: Para Surfing Stand 1
Quiver: Fish - 2 performance short board - mid-length - longboard
Things I love: surfing - reading - social media - anything ocean - painting - Spending time
Instagram: w@itlhiv sfatomniely and friends
Favorite quote: "Someone told me not to bite off more than I can chew, but I would rather
choke on greatness than nibble on mediocrity."
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Liv Stone is a two-time ISA World Para Surfing Champion in the Stand 1 division — clinching Gold in 2020 and 2021!
She is a spunky 18-year-old, congenital, bilateral, above the elbow amputee born in Pennsylvania. She grew up not knowing anything different with her arms, just adapting and managing challenges along the way, always pushing hard to do her best. She has been an active athlete growing up, playing many sports: soccer, basketball, field hockey, cheering, horseback riding, and rifle.
Liv surfed for the first time in Bethany Hamilton’s 2017 Beautifully Flawed Retreat in Del Mar, California. She loved catching waves with Bethany and when she left, she living in Pennsylvania, she wasn’t sure if she would ever surf again.
The next summer, she was invited to her first Challenge Athletes Foundation surf clinic in San Diego. She received a week of coaching the fundamentals of surfing and participated at the Bro-Am Festival at Moonlight Beach. While there, she was partnered with surfing pro Rob Machado. She knew by the end of that week, that she had found her true passion and wanted to pursue surfing.
After returning home, she was determined to overcome her distance from the ocean, purchased her own board, and began driving two and a half hours on the weekends to get in the ocean. She worked hard training in the gym and water over the next several months.
After getting more water time with her mentor Bethany Hamilton and competition experience, she was invited to be a member of the USA Adaptive Surf Team to compete in the 2018 Stance ISA Para Surfing World Championships, where she helped the team win a team gold medal!
In April 2019, Liv and her mom moved to Carlsbad, California where she started competing in the Western Surfing Association events, USA Surfing Championships and won the first ever female adaptive heat in the WSL Super Girl Surf Pro.
Liv’s long-term goal is representing her country in the Paralympics, hopefully in 2028, and continuing to pursue her passion for surfing and inspiring others to pursue their dreams.
