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Rock Oyster festival
Written by matt on Wednesday 30 Mar 2011
| June 17, 2011 | to | June 19, 2011 |
The festival will be held at one of North Cornwall’s most amazing secret locations by the kind invitation of the White family.
A three day celebration of oysters, local food, music, crafts and alternative performing arts with independent stall holders and of course Stand up paddling on the Camel estuary with COREBAN UK and Wavehunters. There is ample camping facilities and even a ‘pirate’ mooring for the adventurous, (at your own risk and the prevailing tides)
see rock oyster festival for more details
Mumbles Navy days- SUP festival REGISTRATION
Written by matt on Tuesday 8 Mar 2011
| May 28, 2011 | ||
| May 29, 2011 |
In conjuncton with Mumbles Navy days , SUP Gower and Coreban UK will be hosting a weekend of Stand up paddling over May bank holiday 28-30th 2011
The Gower Stand up paddling festival will feature FREE COREBAN demos and fun races for first time paddlers and families. The main event will Include the distance competition ‘’The Bay 6k’’ and Paddle sprints.
The following day will feature a Stand up paddlesurf comp which will be fun based and give riders an opportunity to try the new Coreban boards out in the surf !
Each event will occur on consecutive days over the weekend (conditions pending) Entry to the main events will be £15
£5 will go to Alzheimer’s Society and donations on the day.
View Gower stand up paddling festival in a larger map
REGISTRATION DETAILS PLEASE READ BEFORE COMPLETING BELOW HERE
SUP Gower -Lairds Laws
Written by matt on Tuesday 15 Dec 2009
I found this whilst SUP surfing the Web! on outside online mag
Laird’s Laws
Seventeen commandments from water god Laird Hamilton, who says fear is good, failure isn’t bad, and you should treat your body like a truck, not a temple
By Michael Roberts
1. I base everything on how I feel. You can tell me, if you’re 43 years old and six foot this, that’s going to do that to you, this will do this—but your body is the best instrument for reading how things affect you.
2. You want strength that you can actually control and apply. When you sit down on an exercise machine, with your back against a chair, you tend to shut down the rest of your body. When you stand up and your body has to hold a position to actually support the weight, you’ll have a hard time. So you need to incorporate other elements. I’ll do machines where I hold my legs up, or stretch while I’m on them, or add leg lifts while I’m doing presses.
3. It’s really about keeping in shape for life. Think about your body like a car. Once you park a car, it might not start again. But if you just keep driving it, it’ll keep going. It likes to be driven.
Stand UP Paddlesurf Holidays
Written by matt on Monday 16 Nov 2009
If Getting cold and putting that wet winter suit on is getting you down, then why not join SUP Gower and Wavehunters for some Warm winter surf exploration to Morocco this coming february 2010.
Morocco has warm winter sunshine (sometimes 22 degrees) and you can easily surf in a shorty on a SUP at this time of year. If you fancy feeling some sunshine in your face and warm water between your toes then come on a surfing holiday this winter with stand up paddlesurfing Gower and Wavehunters who have been surf guiding for 4 years. We have built up good local knowledge & experience taking trips out to the famed surfing villages surrounding Tagazoute. We have all the equipment to introduce you to the fast growing sport of Stand Up Paddleboarding or Surfing.
Transport usually is by 4×4 or mini van
Accomodation is a villa which offers western style bathrooms, sea views
Day to day consists of :
- Breakfast after which you will have the choice to stay in the villa or taken on surf safari
- Morning Surf
- Lunch- (usually baguette and bottle of water)
- Afternoon surf – where we will either stay or move on depending if everyone is enjoying.
- Transport back to the villa
- The evening is up to you ! (there are plenty of traditional clean restaurants in the area)
Extras
- Stand up paddlesurf / surfing lessons are priced at 25 GBP per hour
- We will rent SUP boards for 40GBP per day
Flights
- Easy jet fly to Agadir DIRECT -where we will pick you up from the airport
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BSUPA round 3 Swansea results
Written by matt on Tuesday 22 Sep 2009
align=”center”>Well, again Stoked with the conditions, seems like my prayers were answered again this time, akin to the BKSA event in May.
Saturdays BAEFEST went off superbly with a Finale of the BSUPA Bay 6k and the surfers chain world record attempt
The conditions were overcast with a Light to moderate NW breeze which slightly hindered the 16 strong Paddle crew as they Paddled across swansea bay from Mumbles, heading towards Swansea Baefest festival site approx 6.7 k away at 4pm on saturday afternoon.
The race soon spread with Jock patterson Charging ahead of the pack followed by Adam England on a unofficial 15ft Starboard, by BSUPA rules. The conditions looked still from shore but reports from the safety boats mentioned a side Chop from the massive 13m tide that day.
As paddlers came to shore Jock Patterson still lead and decided to put in a few extra paddles in past the last marker – but even this was not enough to allow unofficial Adam England to gain 1st .Andrew Wickens officially 2nd and Matt Argyle put in a great paddle finish for 3rd.
Unfortunately The race was overdue to start at 4pm and 3 paddlers were unable to start the race on time -(Nick watt, Mark slater and Jon parker)
Mark put in a fantastic performance catching the crowd 4 minutes after the official start and finished a amazing unrated but timed 5th.
See results below
SUP GOWER BAY 6K BSUPA DISTANCE results (timed over 6.7 k)
1st -Jock Patterson – 48:00 mins
2nd Andrew Wickens- 51:48
3rd Matt Argyle- 54:39
4th Mark Slater-56:48
Ladies Race
Two ladies entered the race, Claire Blacklock and Wendy McGee
1st Claire Blacklock
2nd Wendy McGee
Llangennith SUP Gower/BSUPA surf Comp
The surf on the sunday was a great little 2-3 ft clean swell which gave the competitors a Really fun little selection of left and right beach break waves to SUP on!
Late afternoon brought on a slight onshore which slightly messed the conditions, but a great day of Small SUP action was had on Gower.
Results were-
1st – Matt smith- stoked !
2nd -Jock patterson
3rd – Matt Argyle
4th -Mark slater
BSUPA Champs Round 3 – SWANSEA
Written by matt on Wednesday 26 Aug 2009
Come and join the fun and contact www.bsupa.org.uk for details
For entry fee to compete in the Distance and Surf series of the event please see this link
http://www.bsupa.org.uk/news/1-event-news/39-round-three-swansea-enter-online.html
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