2010 Stand Up Paddle Events
Here are the list of the BSUPA stand up paddle events 2010 race and surf events:
- 20th Feb, Free Training Day with Jock Patterson and Neal Gent at West Wittering, West Sussex
- 15th May, West Wittering 12km Stand Up Paddle Race into Chichester Harbour (Series event)
- 29th May, Roadford Lake, Devon, Stand Up Paddle Race (Series event)
- 4th July, Brighton - Paddle Round the Pier, Stand Up Paddle Race (Series event)
- 17th & 18th July, Gwithian Beach, Cornwall - SUP Stock - are free, fun event, hopefully we will get some waves!
- 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
- 11th & 12th September, Windfest, Poole, Stand Up Paddle Race (Series event)
- 16th & 17th October, Watergate Bay, Stand Up Paddle Surf Contest and Race (Series event) The end of series event - not to be missed.
BSUPA Event 2 - Roadford 29th May
BSUPA are proud to be running the next distance race in conjunction with The Environment Agency.
On Saturday 29th May BSUPA are running Distance and Sprint races at Roadford Lake Country Park, between Okehampton & Launceston in Devon. The distance race is being classed as a counting race in the BSUPA Series.
This is our first inland race and we are very excited to be holding it in such a beautiful area. There are great facilities at the lake with camping onsite. Roadford Lake on the Devon/Cornwall border is the largest lake for watersports in the South West.
BSUPA First Instructors Course
Held at X-train, West Wittering on March 22nd and 23rd, the UKs first SUP instructors course was headed up by Simon Bassett BSUPA head coach, Andy Gratwick expert Instructor Trainer and BKSA head Coach, Chris Rea Cornish Surf school owner and Lifeguard trainer and BSUPA chairman Matt Argyle. The coaching team have spent the last eight months putting together the scheme which has been from scratch. To make this work we also had to find and negotiate a new insurance policy for BSUPA, create an instructors manual, certificates and develope the next phase of the scheme the surf section which will follow later this season.
BSUPA Event 1 - 2010 - West Wittering
The first BSUPA event from the 2010 series will be at West WIttering beach on May 15th and 16th. Full details will be released shortly, including the new rules for 2010 (the only major difference is the addition of an open board category to allow all of you with 12ft 6" plus boards to race).
SUPstock - a festival of Paddling
BSUPA in association with Sunset Surf in Gwithian proudly present a festival of SUP on 17th & 18th July.
BSUPA have been keen to hold a fun festival weekend for all levels of Stand Up Paddlers. There are no set races or surf comps its just a gathering of paddlers. There will be demo boards available, plus on water coaching by BSUPA coaches & instructors. Plus Dry land paddle clinics etc.
Saturday evening sees a band & a BBQ at the Sunset cafe. This is the first festival of SUP so come along & join in the spirit on what has to be one of the UK's most stunning beaches. There is no charge for the water based activity & it really is for every level of SUPer, - its a weekend to spread the stoke in a competition free environment.
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