It is vitally important to the sport of professional adaptive surfing to have a recognized governing body of the sport, to keep track of the world rankings and keep the integrity of the sport intact.

To achieve this goal, each of the events on the A.A.S.P.’s tour roster has agreed to a letter of recognition. The letter recoginzes the Association of Adaptive Surfing Professionals as the governing body of PROFESSIONAL ADAPTIVE SURFING separating the platform from amateur adaptive surfing or PARALYMPIC adaptive surfing events and rankings.