Alan Stokes kicked off the 2015 contest season with an impressive win at the Reef Single Fin Classic Invitational at Fistral Beach in Newquay in March. The Newquay surfer took top honours in the retro board surf contest organised as part of the Approaching Lines International Festival of Surf – a curated festival of surf film, […]
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Home-grown Newquay boy, Alan Stokes was crowned British Champion 2012 at the British National Surf Championships on Sunday 18th November. He competed against surfers from all over the world who took part in epic conditions on Fistral beach, Newquay. Stokes attributed his third British title to his Nan, saying, “My Nan is turning into my […]
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Last week’s Sri Lanka Champion of Champions Surf Contest saw two new top winners along with some great weather and perfect conditions. UK Pro Surf Tour Champion Alan Stokes from Newquay and Welsh Champion Beth Mason showed stunning form in 3 to 4 ft conditions to take the top spots on the podium at one […]
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One of the UK’s longest-running surfing competitions returns to Cornwall’s Watergate Bay in May. The Extreme Academy will host the 38th edition of the Protest English National Surfing Championships – an event which attracts some of the country’s best surfers – on the weekend of 1st and 2nd May 2010. Organised by the English Surfing […]
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Reubin Pearce took home the Animal Newquay Open title, and with it cheque for £1000, in a tense final fought out between Spencer Hargreaves, Alan Stokes and Nathan Philips on Fistral Beach. With high tide Fistral providing a chunky 6ft swell the solid conditions meant some high scoring waves from the competitors, keeping the judges […]
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Newquay’s Alan Stokes won the 2009 UK Pro Surf Tour in a dramatic day of surfing at the Animal Newquay Open. Six surfers went into the contest with a chance to take the title. But Stokesy did enough with his second place finish. The Women’s tour was won by Swansea surfer, Gwen Spurlock after a remarkable […]
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The legendary Night Surf contest pioneered at Lusty Glaze Beach in Cornwall almost a decade ago will return to the Newquay beach in 2010 for a celebratory 10th anniversary bash. After a break of one year, the Midsummer Night Surf is coming home to Lusty Glaze Beach on Friday 18 and Saturday 19 June 2010 […]
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The English Surfing Federation (ESF) has today announced the names of the prestigious team members who will represent their country at the European Surf Championships in Jersey from 26th September – 4th October. A range of the country’s hottest wave riding talents will be on form for the event including current English Champion Johnny Fryer, […]
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The third event on the UK Pro Surf Tour will be the Surf Relief Contest to be held at Watergate Bay, Newquay 17th July 09:00 – 17:30, 18th July 09:00 – 20:00. An event which has grown from strength to strength over the past five years and is now included as the third leg of […]
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Arugam Bay was firing for the final day of the UKPSA Sri Lankan Surf Championships. An increase in swell overnight provided 4-6ft barrelling right hander’s for the remaining competitors. In heat one of the quarter finals Micah Lester took full advantage of the conditions scoring the highest wave of the event (9.4) earning him the […]
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