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Boscombe beach pods up for sale!

April 21st, 2009, 11:33 am

Savills has been confirmed as the sales agent and has unveiled prices; £64,995 inc. VAT for a single pod and £89,995 inc. VAT for a double.

An exclusive sales event is being organised for the 15th May. A number of pods are available for reservation leading up to and on the day.

The pods are unique in that, rather than the traditional wooden huts seen along Bournemouth’s s...
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Make our beach a village green

April 20th, 2009, 8:08 am

Surfers are trying to have a beach declared a village green.

Dozens of watersports fans have backed their application in an attempt to protect the beach immediately east of Brighton Marina, one of the best surfing spots in the South East.

The move follows a campaign by surfers to stop plans for a four-storey block of offices, flats and cafés to be built on top of 186 concrete...
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Clean water campaigners from Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) welcome the return of full Ultra Violet (UV) treatment for Tynemouth's sewage tomorrow.

SAS will use this opportunity to warn other water companies that reducing sewage treatment can have serious impacts on the health of surfers, waveriders and water users. Any future seasonal UV turn off applications will be met with the full forc...
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The first leg of the Rip Curl GromSearch European surf series kicked-off in Rest Bay, Porthcawl, Wales for the 6th consecutive year on a bright & sunny but rather breezy day last on Saturday 4th April.

2 – 3ft decent swell coming off the Channel was made more challenging for the young competitors by the stiff on-shore breeze.

However, the competitors braved through a ful...
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The UK Kneeboard Surfing team is currently out in New Zealand getting in some last minute preparation for the 2009 Championships.

The Championships will be held in Taranaki, North Island , and start next week. At the last World Championships in Santa Cruz , Britain had very successful results including 7 th in the Open event, a Women's World Champion, a Pro Junior World Champion and a 2 ...
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St George's Day Paddle Board Jousting

April 7th, 2009, 11:49 am

To mark the passing of another St Georges day, Fluid Concept surf shop are holding a Paddleboard jousting competition on South bay in Scarborough. This takes place on Saturday 25th April at 11 o'clock.

We were trying to think of something fun and daft to do for an event and this seemed like the funnest and daftest thing to do. I think if you are goi...
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April 5, 2009 - In a dramatic come from behind victory, Team Australia was crowned the 2009 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Champions today in Salinas, Ecuador.

Australians Dean Bowen and Tyler Wright won individual gold medals for Under 18 Boys and Under 18 Girls. Keanu Asing from Hawaii won the Under 16 gold medal. Team Brazil won the Aloha Cup, an Olympic style ISA specialty tag-team eve...
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April 4, 2009 - The weekend sun and red hot surfing brought out huge crowds and created an electric atmosphere on day seven of the 2009 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship at la FAE in Salinas, Ecuador.

In what has been a marathon of a competition, spanning over eight days are is now in the final stretch. The contest began with a record number of 264 competitors and has now been...
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April 3, 2009 - The world's best junior surfers fought tooth and nail in do-or-die elimination heats on day six of the 2009 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships in Salinas, Ecuador.

Many surfers made the 300 meter paddle out to the lineup three separate times and performances were through the roof.

After six days of competition and 294 heats, only 40 surfers remain ...
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April 2, 2009 - The Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship saw one of its most intense days at Playas de la FAE. The swell continued to hold up throughout the day, delivering solid overhead surf.

This afternoon the Under 18 Boys returned to the competition after a lay day yesterday. Having a little extra rest and fresh legs, these future world champions turned out amazing perfo...
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