Given a sporting chance
Diverse range of niche and regional disciplines find favor on a global stage
China Daily |
Updated: 2025-08-15 10:24
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The trend extends to water sports, where Chinese wake surfer Zhuang Tiancai's silver-medal finish in the men's skim final on Aug 10 highlighted the trending outdoor sport's booming popularity. His Guangdong surfing club, founded in 2022, now has more than 100 members.
"Three years ago, there were hardly any surfing clubs in Guangdong," Zhuang said. "Now there are more than a dozen. My partners and I are planning to open another branch."
Official figures show China now has more than 300 water-surfing clubs with hundreds of thousands of participants.
