Surfing
There has been a lot going on in the surfing world already this year in the UK.
Junior Surf Series
On 26th March Croyde Bay hosted Stage 1 of the Junior Surf Series. Developed to try to encourage more competition opportunities for junior surfers as well as connecting surf clubs this was the first of five regional events.
The event was for Under 12 Girls & Boys, and Under 14 Girls & Boys. According to Surfing England, 'Surfers were greeted with small but highly rip-able clean waves and the juniors showed amazing positive attitudes and approach to their surfing, adapting to the conditions as the offshore wind stiffened and the tide started to hit some of Croydes famous banks.'
Event Two will take place in Newquay (Fistral) on Saturday 18th June
Event Three will be at Widemouth Bay on Sunday 26th June. On 10th or 11th September the fourth event will be at Praa Sands.
The fifth will be held over the weekend of 8/9th October with Tynemouth Surf Co.
There will also be a Finals Day in late October 2022, where the winners from each competition will be invited to compete.
Keep your eyes open for the next generation of British surfing talent!
National Surfing Championships 2022
At the beginning of May, over 155 surfers competed in 16 different divisions for the 2022 Champion titles.
The juniors, U12's, U14's and U16's kicked off the event on the Friday showing some incredible talent.
This was followed by the men's and women's shortboard then the men's and women's longboard on the Saturday.
The Sunday was finals day and the results were as follows:
U12 Boys Shortboard: 1 Joshi James 2 Harvey Waters 3 Seb Whitely 4 Evan Dakin
U12 Girls Shortboard: 1 Lila Skinner 2 Hazel Bennett 3 Coco Arthur
U14 Boys Shortboard: 1 Lukas Skinner 2 Jago Tasker 3 Heath Gillespie 4 Isaac Friend
U14 Girls Shortboard: 1 Taylor Jett Miller 2 Harlyn Sykes 3 Sunny Ingram 4 Willow Smith
U16 Boys Shortboard: 1 Arthur Randell 2 Fynn Gillespie 3 Reen Bowden-Inoue 4 Malakai Hagley
U16 Girls Shortboard: 1 Belle Betteridge 2 Eva Blackford 3 Mia Olivia 4 Boe Howell
U18 Boys Shortboard: 1 Beau Betteridge 2 Alex Townsend 3 Sam Hearn 4 Kieron Smith
U18 Girls Shortboard: 1 Alys Barton 2 Tegan Blackford 3 Charlotte Mulley 4 Eva Moorcraft-Holland
U18 Boys Longboard: 1 Arthur Randell 2 Ted Pearson 3 Noah Strike 4 Syd Randell
U18 Girls Longboard: 1 Lola Bleakley 2 Sylvie Puddiphatt 3 Mali Harbour 4 Tegan Blackford
Men’s Longboard: Ben Skinner claimed Champion spot for a consecutive year.
Men’s Shortboard: Luke Dillon won for a third year running.
Women’s Longboard: Emily Currie was champion of or another year.
Women’s Shortboard: Alys Barton cwon the and also took the double with U18 Girl’s Champion title.
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