BSUPA are pleased to be invited back to organize the Paddle Board events at the 2010 Animal Windfest.

As in 2009 the main distance race around Brownsea Island on the Saturday morning will be a points scoring competition that counts towards this years title. With Animal Windfest being the last competition to be held before the series final at Watergate Bay, Cornwall in late October, it's likely that all the top distance racers in the UK will be there competing to secure their ranking placing ahead of the finals.

Read more: BSUPA - Animal Windfest Round Brownsea Island Distance Race 2010

Here are the stand up paddle instructor course dates:

Read more: BSUPA Instructor Course Dates

BSUPA's Simon Bassett and Matt Argyle have been working with the RNLI and other national bodies to develop a safety leaflet for people thinking of stand up paddle surfing. You will be seeing this leaflet at shops, beaches and activity centres all over the UK, but it is also available here.

If you go out into the surf you need to read this, especially the sections about etiquette in the lineup and wave priority.

Please view the full leaflet here (3Mb pdf).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read more: BSUPA and RNLI Safety in the Surf leaflet

Here are the list of the BSUPA stand up paddle events 2010 race and surf events:

1. 20th Feb, Free Training Day with Jock Patterson and Neal Gent at West Wittering, West Sussex
2. 15th May, West Wittering 12km Stand Up Paddle Race into Chichester Harbour (Series event)
3. 29th May, Roadford Lake, Devon, Stand Up Paddle Race (Series event)
4. 4th July, Brighton - Paddle Round the Pier, Stand Up Paddle Race (Series event)
5. 17th & 18th July, Gwithian Beach, Cornwall - SUP Stock - are free, fun event, hopefully we will get some waves!
6. 4th & 5th September, Gower, Wales, Stand Up Paddle Surf Contest and Race (Series event) - DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL THIS EVENT IS CHANGING - MORE INFO ASAP
   
7. 11th & 12th September, Windfest, Poole, Stand Up Paddle Race (Series event)
8. 16th & 17th October, Watergate Bay, Stand Up Paddle Surf Contest and Race (Series event) The end of series event - not to be missed.

Read more: 2010 Stand Up Paddle Events