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Big wave surfing video at the Cribbar Newquay

December 3, 2011

Share The Cribbar breaks rarely…perhaps a few times a year… if you’re lucky. Unless you live close to Newquay and keep a keen eye on the surf reports the chances are, you could miss it. The reason it breaks so rarely isn’t (as far as I’m aware) about voodoo or spells, it is just that [...]

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Uk Surf competitons: Dates for 2011

August 28, 2011

Share SurfingGB have put together a handy PDF with all the UK & Ireland surf comps for 2011 listed. There are quite a few surf competitions coming up in September through to November in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. The next event after the King of the Groms, at Fistral beach in Newquay is the [...]

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Russell Winter wins Nike 6.0 night surf

July 10, 2011

Share The Nike 6.0 night surf attracted a huge crowd tonight on Fistral beach for the finals. The big news was Russell Winter’s victory and Ben Skinner – who managed to land a fantastic air on a longboard during the finals! The organisation and planning of the event by Nike was pretty impressive. A large [...]

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‘The Hunks’ TV Show: 10 more vain ‘kooks’ holiday in Newquay?

May 3, 2011

Share Love em or hate em reality TV shows are everywhere these days, so its come as no big surprise a new one has been made in Newquay, and its called ‘The Hunks’. The show features 10 single guys (Andy, Dom, Florian, Idris, Jamie, Marc, Sam, Samy, Sean and Vaughan) aged from 18-30 who were [...]

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Sunset & Surf – Fistral Beach, Newquay 17/4/2011

April 17, 2011

Share With some nice clean waves, offshore wind and sunshine…there’s some pretty nice light at the end of the days too. Here are some pictures from this evening taken at Fistral beach. The first one was one of those ‘happy accidents’ when sunset, low angle shot and the surfer sort of aligned – haha. In [...]

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Finding Good Surf Shops in Newquay

April 12, 2011
Thumbnail image of map of Newquay

Share Finding a shop that sells a decent wetsuit or surfboard can be a tough task in many cities inland. Try buying a wetsuit and surfboard in Birmingham city centre and you’ll certainly have your work cut out. And when it comes to buying a wetsuit in particular, its important to be able to try [...]

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Justin Lee Collins Learns to Surf – Sky TV show

April 12, 2011

Share JLC becomes a pro -surfer? Well sort of! Some folks may have seen this when it was originally broadcast on Sky TV in 2009. Its Justin Lee Collins / JLC’s brave attempt to learn to surf from scratch and then enter a UK PST surf comp a few weeks later (having spent some time [...]

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Photos of Surfing at Fistral beach 27th Dec 2010

December 27, 2010

Share After over a month of pretty flat and very cold conditions Boxing day and the 27th of Dec 2010 saw a decent swell finally hit the North Cornwall coast combined with offshore winds. Inspite of the icy cold water and solid head high + conditions plenty of surfers were out braving the cold waves. [...]

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Photos of Snow in Newquay, Cornwall – Snow on Fistral beach

November 27, 2010

Share The temperatures have dropped a fair bit in Newquay, Cornwall this week. On Saturday morning even those of us living on the coast woke up to a blanket of snow. By mid morning a fair few surfers were in the water as some fairly clean waist – chest high waves rolled in at Fistral. [...]

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Photo Gallery – Fistral Beach, Newquay – Winter Sunset Pics

November 23, 2010

Share In spring and late early winter time the light can get very dramatic here in North Cornwall and tonight was no exception.  It’s a pity the surf has been flat… because having some bigger waves and surfers to photograph in this light could have been pretty sick – but nevertheless this Winter sunset still [...]

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Fistral Beach full of barells – Surfing in Newquay Video

September 10, 2010
Fistral Beach Surfing Barrels Video

Share On the evening of Wednesday Sept 1st Newquay saw the first of 4-days of epic surfing conditions which saw overhead waves and offshore winds combine with plenty of sunshine, that made Newquay’s surf spots look more like Hawaii’s North shore than a UK seaside town. On Friday evening on the 3/9/10 the tide dropped, [...]

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Quiksilver British Surf Championships 2010 – Surfers Photo Stills

August 30, 2010
Still images from the 2010 Quiksilver British Championship

Share Below are a selection of stills rendered from film footage shot at the British Championship this year. The images include Newquay’s Oli Adams,  Sarah Beardmore, Nicole Morgan, Johnny Fryer, Jayce Robinson , Toby Donachie and more. Hey if you have a blog or surf news site and your stuck for a pic for a [...]

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Surfer Johnny Fryer surfs in rain, onshore wind & mist at the Newquay Boardmasters 2010

August 11, 2010
Thumbnail linking to video of Johnny Fryer at Boardmasters in 2010

Share Newquay Surfer video footage of a 2010 Boardmasters surf comp heat at Fistral beach Newquay which includes slow motion video of Johnny Fryer surfing some small waves. There was wind, driving rain and mist during some of the qualifying heats but the sun came out for the final between France’s Marc Lacomare & Jay [...]

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Newquay Boardmasters – NUTS bikini babes contest 2010 – Fistral Beach

August 9, 2010
Nust Bikini babe competition featuring Brandy Brewer

Share Video footage of the NUTS bikini babe competition on Fistral Beach, Newquay on the 7th August 2010. Part of the Relentless 2010 Boardmasters surf and music festival the bikini babe comp was held on Saturday afternoon on the beach. With a huge crowd in attendance the finalists did not let the grey skies put [...]

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Photo gallery of Surfers Surfing Waves at South Fistral, Newquay

July 21, 2010
Gallery Surfing South Fistral

Share On a Wednesday in July some decent sized surf rolled into Fistral beach out of the blue. When the wind started blowing a moderate cross/offshore the waves really started holding up and taking a nice shape – especially at the South end of Fistral. In spite of a lot of rain and getting soaked [...]

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