British Surf Champion Becomes Make-A-Wish Ambassador

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:30:00 +0000

British Surfing champion Alan Stokes is the latest ambassador for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Alan Stokes discovered surfing at the young age of 6, following his family re-locating to Newquay, Cornwall. Since his first surfing lesson, Alan was ‘hooked’ and he began competing at aged 13. Alan left school at 16 years old and became a Professional Surfer. He then competed on the Pro Junior European Tour in 2001, where he finished 2nd. Following this success, Stokes went on to model for surf clothing brand Animal and has since then gone on to model for Vans, as well as to represent Britain and England in many Pro surfing Tours.

The Make-A-Wish Foundation was established in the UK in 1986 with the purpose to grant wishes to children and young people who are fighting life-threatening illnesses. Since the Make-A-Wish Foundation was first established it has gone on to grant around 5,500 wishes too the many special children who turn to the Make-A-Wish Foundation in order to receive a bit of magic in their lives regardless of whether they wish to become a princess, policeman or even a surfer for a day.

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British Surf Champion Becomes Make-A-Wish Ambassador