Archive for the ‘Local News’ Category
Monday, July 6th, 2009
This years Paddle Round The Pier was the biggest it has ever been… With fantastic weather all weekend and record crowds in the region of 20 thousand to see all the action and soak up the atmosphere, Brighton beach was set for one of the UK’s biggest surf festivals… it was like Hawaii had landed on the South Coast of England for the weekend.
There where surfers there just for the fun of the events and others who where the to compete in the UK’s first ever 20 mile stand up paddle board endurance race from Brighton’s West Pier to Worthing Pier and back again which is no small venture..
Endurance Race Line Up
All the competitors of the Enduro Race would need a game plan to negotiate the tidal currents, the warm weather along with the potential for a head on seabreaze for the first leg of the race… This was no ordinary race with dedicated amatures racing next to seasoned professionals but the one thing that put them together was the fact none of them had raced this distance before.
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Tags: Endurance Race, Paddle board, Paddle Round the Peir, SUP, Surf
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Friday, July 3rd, 2009
This year’s Paddle Round The Pier, sponsored by Feelfit, sees many surf paddle races for those who really want to push themselves and raise money for three great charities, plus two very different surf comps.
The Errant Surf Holiday Pier to Pier race will see competitors paddle boards over 9’ from the Brighton Pier to the West Pier – a distance of over two miles and against the current.
There are two categories for the race – ‘Pros’ which takes place on Saturday and ‘Amateurs’ which takes place on the Sunday.
The winners of each category will receive a week’s holiday to northern Spain, courtesy of Errant Surf Holidays. Previous winners of this race include Elliot Dudley, Nick Thorne and Richard Balding.
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Tags: indo board, Paddle board, Paddle Round the Peir, SUP, Surf
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
This year we have seen some of the best summer weather that we have had for a long time in fact I struggle to remember a year that has been this good… With this good weather comes great seabeazes and people pouring out of the town towards the coast, so why not take a look at one of the best sports there is Kitesurfing… yep I can tell you like that idea… but stop.. you dont just want to learn anywhere you want to make sure that you learn with a kitesurf school that will help you learn in a safe and fun environment with the very best equipment… thats where the Bracklesham Boardriders team come into it. BBR’s Kitesurfing Store and Training Centre is a British Kite Surf Association approved school.
Bracklesham Boardriders near West Wittering and Chichester is one of the countries leading kitesurf shop and kite school’s, Bracklesham Boardriders (BBR) are Authorised dealers for North, Best, Ozone, Slingshot, Wainman, ION, Flexifoil, Prolimit, Mystic, Peter Lynn, ABoards, and many more…. they are able to bring you the choice of the very best kitesurfing equipment available.
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Tags: BKSA, Bracklesham BoardRiders, extreme, Kitesurf, Kitesurf School, kitesurfing, Surf
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
As always we at the Airhead Blog want to bring you information about the very best products, events and sports that we can… passing on “The Stoke” is something we feel we need to do… With a product like the Loaded Skateboard range we just feel we have to give you the low down.
The Loaded Skate range is an inspired product from the desire to keep that snowboard feeling throughout the summer months, the technology in these boards is born from the fusion of skate and snowboard industries aiming to give the very best quality… infact the quality of the boards is paramount to the team behind the creation of the Loaded longboards.
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Tags: extreme, Loaded, Longboard, Skate, surfing
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
Surf More XM has a reputation for making great quality products that are designed to help the surfer and make life safer on the water from the Power Clip to the SUP Big Wave Coil Leash or the deck grip… XM have a tried and tested range of products but the latest offering is a real gem the “Tangle Free Leash”.
Image from SurfLine.com
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Tags: extreme, Paddle board, SUP, Surf, surfing
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Thursday, June 4th, 2009
This information has come to the attention of Airhead please make sure you read it… The place in question is near Bognor Regis in West Sussex.. You can find out more at WSCC Pagham Harbour or British Kitesurfing Association
IF YOU DO NOT COOPERATE YOU MAY LOOSE THIS LOCATION OR FACE A FINE .
Pagham harbour Local Nature Reserve, West Sussex holds most top national and international designations and is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, being protected by various wildlife legislation. It is especially famous for birdlife.
In recent years it has become attractive to Kitesurfers who use the sea at the harbour entrance, but often access the Reserve via a private unadopted road (Harbour Rd) and then park in the free car park owned by West Sussex County Council (WSCC) who manage the reserve.
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Tags: BKSA, Kitesurf, kitesurfing, Pagham, Windsurf
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Friday, May 29th, 2009
With the sports we all do the one thing to keep an eye on is the weather… will it be windy? will the sun shine? what’s the surf like? well you know what I’m talking about.
The latest weather site to get Airhead’s attention is BigSalty.co.uk. This site has some great features like where is “going off” near you… in their words “Big Salty is a hybrid weather service that aims to identify which locations will provide the best conditions for a given forecast”… I can hear you all saying… at last just what I have been waiting for…
Here is the low down on the the Big Salty story
Big Salty is a new weather service dedicated to watersports enthusiasts in the UK and Ireland. It has been created with the aim of trying to get you on the water as much as possible and at the right location. The reason for this is simple. The team behind Big Salty are heavily immersed in the watersports scene and are keen windsurfers and surfers. Reading forecasts and weather conditions right is something that is key to heading to the beach at the right time and Big Salty is designed to make this as easy as possible.
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Tags: Kitesurf, kitesurfing, Littlehampton, Paddle board, SUP, Surf, Weather, wind, Windsurf
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Friday, May 15th, 2009
A1Surf.com teams up with Groundswell to help young British surfers..
A1Surf.com has become one of the founding partners of Groundswell, a new not-for-profit organisation for young surfers in the UK.
Groundswell was set up with the aims of inspiring and educating young surfers aged 13 -21 in Britain.
With surfing as the backbone of the foundation, Groundswell will provide education in many areas such as marketing, business management, entrepreneurship, video editing, beach lifeguarding, surf coaching and PR to name a few.
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Tags: A1surf, Groundswell, Kitesurf, Surf
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
The past few days have seen great conditions for the local kitesurfers… Littlehampton has always been a great kitesurfing spot and when the wind and the tide work together it is the perfect place to hit the water.
Oli Sweeney
The local riders have been taking full advantage of the weather so we took the camera along to capture some of the action…
Peirz taking it in his stride
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Tags: Kitesurf, kitesurfing, Littlehampton
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Monday, May 4th, 2009
May bank holiday Monday started at Littlehampton with no wind but as the day progressed the wind picked up enough for some kitesurfing action and three local riders where ready to take full advantage of the conditions.
Local kitesurfer Toby Raw has been spending some of his free time putting together a slider and today was the day to put it to the test… Toby Raw, Oli Sweeney and Dan Sweeney would be the test Pilots.
Dan, Toby & Oli
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Tags: Kitesurf
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