Category: Surf
CORNWALL’S WATERGATE BAY HOSTS 40TH SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Extreme Academy, Watergate Bay will again play host to one of Europe’s longest-running surfing competitions in May. The best surfers from across the country will flock to the famous stretch of Cornish sand to compete for the title of English champion over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend of 5-7 May 2012. Now in its [...]
WORLD CRAP SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS HEAD TO CORNWALL AGAIN
While the rest of Britain will be celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee this summer, in Cornwall wellwishers will be celebrating the crowning of the king and queen of crap surfing. The date for the World Championship of Crap Surfing 2012 has been set for Sunday, June 3, at Praa Sands, Cornwall – the same weekend [...]
247 MAGAZINE SPONSORS THE CRAP SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Substandard surfers from across the globe will be packing their boards this summer to head to Praa Sands on the 24th of this month. Renowned poet and wretched wave rider Murray Lachlan Young said: “The idea of a world championships for bad surfers was hatched when, after years of practising, I realised I was still [...]
QUIKSILVER PRO JUNIOR UK 4* IN CORNWALL THIS AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND
Newquay is hosting the European Final of the Quiksilver King of the Groms and the last event of the ASP Pro Junior Circuit, the Quiksilver Pro Junior UK 4-Star this month (August 25-29). The Champions of tomorrow will be at Fistral Beach 25-29 August to take on the waves at England’s most famous surfing beach. [...]
KITE SURF CHAMPION KIRSTY JONES DEMONSTRATES SEA SENSE IN CORNWALL
Perranporth saw British World Champion kite surfer Kirsty Jones tackle some of Cornwall’s most impressive waves – and win. As ambassador for Sea Sense, the water safety campaign launched by leading online travel insurance provider, Essential Travel, Kirsty explained how simple steps can help reduce the risk of watersport accidents. Commenting on her commitment to [...]
NEW QUICKSILVER STORE OPENS AT FISTRAL BEACH, NEWQUAY
The Newquay Quiksilver Store on Fistral Beach is now open. Situated in the surf capital of the UK, the 400m2 space offers the very latest products from all the group’s leading brands; Quiksilver, Roxy, Moskova, and a full technical range of surfboards, wetsuits and accessories. Neighbouring the Newquay Quiksilver Store is also the new UK [...]
WORLD RENOWNED PHOTOGRAPHER TYLER CUDDY TO VISIT BRISTOL AND PLYMOUTH
Californian photographer Tyler Cuddy will be making an appearance and providing a signing opportunity at Two Seasons Bristol store on Wednesday 20th July and in the Billabong Plymouth store on Thursday 21st July between 12 noon and 3pm. The event, In association with Billabong Girls Europe, is open to the public who will have the [...]
RIDER SLIP SLIDER PRO SURF COMP
The Rider Slip Slider Pro Surf Competition was an invite only surf competition run from Porthmeor, St Ives on 21st May 2011. The winner from the 16 top UK surfers would walk away with £1000 prize money. A clean 3ft swell groomed by offshore winds and flip flops freebies greeted the cream of British surfing [...]
NATIONAL SURF CHAMPS AT WATERGATE BAY AT END OF THE MONTH
Cornwall’s Watergate Bay will decide national surfing champions over the Early May bank holiday weekend in the 2011 Extreme Academy English National Surfing Championships. In a new development for the 39th edition of the competition, just three divisions will be contested in a single day of competition, with surfing taking place from early morning through [...]
UK SURF AWARDS 2010 RESULTS
The 7th annual UK Surf Awards in association with UK Pro Surf Tour took place last Sunday (14th November), at Fistral Blu, Fistral Beach in Newquay. Surfers, media and industry professionals alike sat down to a sumptuous three course meal before heading downstairs to the beach bar to watch Nick Williams unveil the winners of [...]
XYP SURF CONTEST REVIEW
The UK’s biggest Junior surf contest recently took place in Newquay in Mid Sept, check out the highlights below.
PRO JUNIOR SURF CONTEST THIS WEEKEND
All preperations are set for this weekend’s Oakley XPY Pro Junior at North Fistral Beach, Newquay. The XPY Bus is all set to go, a top-notch judging panel, good weather and fun surfing conditions, its going to be a great weekend! The 2010 Judging Panel will consist of 2 ASP Europe Judges alongside the highest [...]
GREENWAY PRO 2010 WINNERS LIST
Despite being greeted by small conditions, the 100 strong field of Men and women surfers were as keen as ever to get in the water and battle it out for the huge cash prizes on offer and the title as the 2010 Greenaway Pro champion. The small and bowly conditions offered contestants rides with enough [...]
SAS AUGUST BEACH CLEAN TOUR
This August, Surfers Against Sewage, in association with the Quiksilver Foundation & myGames (powered by v), will be hitting the road with the biggest beach clean tour in our history. Since 1994, the volume of marine litter on UK beaches has increased by 146%* and SAS is helping combat this tide line of trash through [...]
GREENAWAY PRO 2010
This years Greenaway Pro, held annually in memory of Tom Greenaway takes place on 18 – 21 August at Porthmeor Beach, St Ives. A range of events including the infamous surf contest with a prize purse of £3,500, acoustic, film and after parties that all take place over the three days across St Ives. The [...]
FREE SURF LESSONS FOR GIRLS: RIP CURL TOUR HITS NEWQUAY AND BOURNEMOUTH
The Rip Curl & Hawaiian Tropic Girls Tour 2010 is ready to turn up the volume this weekend at Fistral Beach, Newquay before heading to Boscombe Beach, Bournemouth on the 13-14 July. The popular annual events are set to rip up 5 countries and 11 mythical spots across Europe for 2010, with Newquay being the [...]
CROYDE SURF OPEN
Supporting the up and coming surfers, the Newquay based Groundswell crew covered the recent Junior Surf Tour in May, held at Croyde, North Devon. Check out the video review of the event below and we’ll aim to bring you updates from each round as they happen, working in conjunction with www.hollaboxxtv.com
SURFERS AGAINST SEWAGE FILM
Surfers Against Sewage began in Cornwall back in 1990 campaigning against sewage pollution on the beaches of St Agnes, Chapel Porth and Porthtowan. From these humble beginnings, SAS has grown into a nationwide force fighting for clean and safe recreational waters across the UK. See more about their work and join the cause at www.sas.org.uk [...]
EDEN LAUNCH ECO SURFBOARD
In a world where being ‘green’ is on most people’s minds here in the UK it is good to see that British surfers can now take more of an active part in this movement right at the core of their sport. When being asked to review The Eden Project’s environmentally friendly surfboard my first thoughts [...]
DEVON SURFER SURVIVES SAMOAN TSUNAMI
Surfer Tom Gogola’s mother has told national newspaper The Times how he survived the recent tsunami that hit the South Pacific last week. Tom, who is from East Allington in Devon, was surfing off the south west coast of Samoa when an earthquake struck. Sea levels started to drop and he and his friends knew [...]
