Posts Tagged ‘Paddle Round the Peir’

Standup Paddle Board Endurance

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 Hamberg Germany
Jever SUP World Cup in Hamburg

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Mini-Groms take to the Waves

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

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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.

A1 Surf Groms
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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Paddle Board 20 Mile Endurance

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 SUP Race
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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Paddle Round the Pier 2009

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

Paddle Round The Peir

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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