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Saturday, July 18th, 2009
Stand Up Paddle Boarding comes in many forms… Recreational, surf, flat water and river but one of the big emerging trends in the world of SUP is the endurance or marathon paddle board event and for those of you who follow the Airhead Blog you will know that we were involved in the Paddle Round the Pier 20 mile Endurance race, the event was a first for the UK and it proved a huge success with all the competitors.
The next event on some of the riders calendar was the Jever World Cup in Hamburg Germany, with some 143 participants including world surfing legend Robby Naish in the different races and with over 27,000 spectators throughout the weekend you could say that Germany is embracing the sport of Paddle Boarding.
Jever SUP World Cup in Hamburg
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Tags: Cape Cod Challenge, Endurance, John Hibbard, Paddle board, Paddle Round the Peir, SUP, SUP World Cup
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Saturday, July 11th, 2009
Just had an Email from a young local kitesurfer.. he has not long been kitesurfing off Littlehampton, normally with his North Rhino or his Best Yarga and his Bang board.. He has lost his board today Saturday 11 July.. his kite ripped.. and he could not body drag out to the board..
This lad knows most of the local kitesurfers and he is going to be completely lost without his board, his Mum tells me “its a great board and it suits him just fine… with chance it will turn up.. I hold out a small amount of hope”
The Lost Board.. Can You Help ??
So if you find it please let us know and help this young guy out… if you kitesurf you know what loosing your board would do to you so please keep you eyes open for it when your at the beach.
Thanks for your time and help on this one… the Airhead team…
Tags: Kitesurf, kitesurfing, Littlehampton, Lost
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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Mini-groms take to the waves for A1 Surf & Alder Under 8s Groms Comp
Saturday 4th July saw the A1Surf.com & Alder Under 8s Groms Comp take place on the beach in Brighton. It was just one of the events that made up the huge Paddle Round The Pier beach festival. Run in association with local Brighton legend Cliff Cox and his Pure Spirit Surf School, the comp saw six local kids (aged 3 – 8 years) battle it out in a ‘anything goes’ final.
Left to Right: Fynn Lightbown (3rd place), Tyler Samuel (2nd place), Alexander Taylor (1st place), David Somerville (A1Surf.com) and Cliff Cox (Pure Spirit Surf School)
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Tags: Paddle Round the Peir, Surf, Surf Groms
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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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Saturday, June 13th, 2009
Have you ever thought there has to be a better way of getting your surf board and all the gear you will need for the day from the car park to the beach ?… well it would seem that at last your prayers may have been answered in the form of Curve Surf Accessories…
Curve is a surf accessories brand that has innovation at it’s heart… cool ideas out of function making your life easy.
Curve Surfboard Sling
Chris Thain of Thain Leisure has in the past lived and worked in California Huntington Beach, which is where he first got interested in surfing and other board sports, then having relocated to the UK, he found himself in North Devon, home of some of the best surfing in the country where his kids got into surfing and one day on a trip to Croyde he found himself having to carry two boards over the dunes and down to the sea, he said to himself “there must be an easier way to do this” on returning home and with much searching on the internet and came across the Curve sling, perfect for the job of carrying boards and kit to the beach, so one thing led to another and in April this year Thain Leisure received it’s first stock of Curve products.
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Tags: Board Bag, Curve Surf, Paddle board, SUP, Surf, Surf Leash, surfing, Thain Leisure
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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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