The Extreme Academy will welcome Europe’s best longboard surfers next weekend (2 & 3 October) as a new event comes to Watergate Bay. The Cornish beach will host a leg of the European Tour of Longboard (ETL) – the first time a stage of the four year old tournament has been held in the UK. […]
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Cornwall’s surfing superstar, Ben Skinner has conquered Europe with a hat-trick of European titles to round off a dream year. In his latest triumph, he beat the current world champion again to reclaim the ESF European Longboard championship which he won in the event’s first year in 2007. This came in the wake of his […]
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Great weekend of Surfing sees the third Jesus Longboard classic end in style. With a great swell forecast and a full line up of competitors including some of the best longboarders in the country the third ‘Jesus Longboard Classic’, run by Christian Surfers UK, was all set to be the most exciting and competitive to […]
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The Joe Way Paddle for Life is a charity event focused on raising awareness of Joe Way’s story and inspiring people to raise money for any registered charity they want. The event will be held on the 3rd of September from Newquay harbor and is aimed at all levels and ages you can enter a […]
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A hectic intercontinental schedule awaits Cornish surfer Ben Skinner as he prepares for another crack at realising his lifelong dream of becoming a world champion. The Billabong ISA World Surfing Games in Costa Rica from August 1 to 8 are his latest chance to go one better than his landmark California performance of 2006, when […]
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Ben Skinner’s unstoppable run of form continued at Watergate Bay in The Extreme Academy Midsummer Classic on 20th June as the Newquay surfer picked up another competition win with a masterful display on the waves. Skinner, currently Europe’s top-ranked longboarder, was awarded top spot in the final of the Midsummer Classic in a unanimous decision […]
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Despite poor surfing conditions, there were still some jaw dropping surfing. Two of Cornwall's finest longboarders were missing from the line-up; Newquay's Ben Skinner and Sennen's Sam Bleakley, who were both taking part in the European Championships in France. In the interests of representing his country abroad, Ben had to pull-out of a chance to […]
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Longboards are back! Some may say they never went away but few can ignore the renaissance taking place on Cornish beaches. Current British champion Sam Bleakley charts the rise, fall and rise again of the laid-back surf form. Fashions may change but there is one constant in surfing – style. Longboarding encapsulates style better than […]
Read MoreWith RNLI jetski rescue on hand, the handful of invitees tucked into some hefty barrels and slashed the open faces of monster waves. Cornish surfers Grishka Roberts, Ben Skinner and Llewellyn Whittaker all made it through to the finals, but Jersey’s Scott Eastwood won the £1,000 prize with a perfect 10 point ride in the […]
Read MoreIt’s been a phenomenal winter for British surfing, thanks largely to strong performances by Cornish riders. The British Surf Team achieved its goal of reaching the top ten at the World Surfing Games by placing ninth out of 33 countries at the contest held at Huntington Beach, California. Newquay based Alan Stokes and Sam Lamiroy […]
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