Paddle Round the Pier Event

Written by thecolourmill on Sunday 13 Jul 2008

The Brighton “Paddle round the pier” event went down a treat! with glorious sunshine on the sauturday and with a host of tunes floating across the show area from the music stage.

The event was hosted by ‘Custom’ and featured many names and faces from the stand up and surfing world showing the latest gear available.The Oxbow Stand up paddle endurance race had to be cut short to 5 miles from 10 but that did not stop the 20 competitors paddling it out against each other in a very challenging sideshore windy sea.

The event was won easy by Hawaii’s own Ekolu Kalama and in 2nd Wales’s own Elliot Dudley then followed by Mark slater 3rd.

Sunday was a washout unfortuntately with most of the stands packing away by midday because of the strong wind and wet conditions- But we’ll be back Next year for sure- maybe the hawaiian will meet fierce opposition ! then again maybe not !
See the photos of the event below

Oxbow flags flapping in the sunshine

I had a go on the Brush boarding machine which was suprisingly easy and great fun!

What beach event isnt the same without the signature beach buggie

Bill Attlee with his Escape SUP boards.

My good friend olly made an impression with kids and adults at the event – keep popping olly

Bill, Nick and Guts spent most of the weekend sat on their asses chin wagging taking in the sunshine – we all did !