Full Circle Movement Angel City Games Recap
We’re halfway through 2026, and aside from enjoying the summer months that means we’ve got another Full Circle Movement under our belts! This time, we headed to LA to take part in the 12th annual Angel City Games, and this was a special one (for a few reasons).
If you couldn’t make it out to sunny CA yourself for the Games, read on to see what the weekend was like then keep an eye on the Full Circle Movement page to find events near you. Spoiler: We’ll be in Tampa this October!
Where it all began
The Angel City Games hosted by Angel City Sports are more or less where it all began for Full Circle Movement. The Games are a three-day, Paralympic-style event where athletes gather for an entire weekend of adaptive sport competition featuring 20+ disciplines: track & field, archery, blind soccer, boccia, powerlifting, rowing — you name it.
For Full Circle Movement, what started off as a few Ottobock clinicians helping competitors when they needed it most quickly became a full-blown event where people of all ages and abilities are welcome to gather and move together.
Since then, we’ve held them all over the country, and it’s partly thanks to Ezra Frech and the Angel City Games crew for being so instrumental in welcoming us to the competition.
All roads lead to Los Angeles
It’s fitting that the journey started in LA because it will continue there too. As the host city for the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games, things have truly come full circle (eh?) as Ottobock officially announced a partnership with the LA28 Paralympic Games at this year’s Angel City Games.
You can read more from the partnership announcement here.
Ottobock Head Running Coach Lucas Crisanti, Director of Clinical and Professional Services Aideen Curran, Ottobock ambassadors and U.S. Paralympians Ezra Frech and Lindi Marcusen, and LA28 representative and former Paralympian herself, Ileana Rodriguez, all took to the stage to share about what makes this continued partnership so special.
See the live news segment Aideen, Ezra, and Lindi did right here.
For 38 years Ottobock has provided technical support for the Paralympic Games, offering adaptive equipment service and repairs to athletes regardless of what components they use. Our presence at the LA28 Games will mark four decades of service, and we couldn’t be prouder of the thousands of repairs we’ve completed in that time.
Looking to the future of adaptive sport
And it’s not just about world-class competition, either. LA as the epicenter of adaptive sport is a dream for Ezra and part of why he co-founded Angel City Sports in the first place. When asked about what the partnership and continued focus on adaptive sports in LA, he had this to say:
“Los Angeles has an incredible opportunity to show the world what inclusive sport can look like from grassroots participation all the way to the Paralympic stage,” said Ezra Frech. “It’s part of the reason I co-founded Angel City Sports because I believed this city could become the center of adaptive sport in America. That’s why this moment matters. Partnerships like this create visibility, opportunity and belief, helping the next generation see what they can achieve through sport.”
As for Ottobock and Full Circle Movement, we couldn’t be happier to be alongside Angel City Sports at the forefront of sharing adaptive sport with the world.
This time around we welcomed 46 people to the field, including 18 participants and 20 volunteers. We conducted 15 running blade trials with six clinicians guiding folks through the process, and we had the joy of witnessing several people run again (some for the first time ever), including Charlotte who you can see at the top of this blog.
Our next event is this October in Tampa, so be on the lookout for more Full Circle Movement stories and registration info on our Instagram and Facebook.
As we continue down the road to LA28, we’ll continue hosting events, supporting athletes at all levels, and working to show people what’s possible when they simply get out there and move. We hope you’ll join us on the journey.
