The British SUP Club Championships now in it’s 4th year was the biggest yet. 11 clubs and 190 competitors hit the waters of Bray Lake to compete in everything from a 6km distance race, technical races, Novice racing as well as sprints and team events to see who would come out as the UK’s top club.
The weekend of October 1st and 2nd 2016, will see many of the UK’s leading exponent’s of Stand Up Paddleboard surfers head to Watergate Bay’s shore to compete in this years BSUPA National SUP Surf Championships.
On Sunday the 14th August 2016 at Southbourne Life Saving club is running a race and fun event at Southbourne Beach, Bournemouth. The event takes place between 0830-1300 hrs and consists of a range of fleets and taster session that will encourage everyone to get involved.
For attention of all waters including those involved in SUP, wind sports and diving:
Offshore piling of the Rampion wind farm, off the Sussex coast is due to recommence on 1st July (weather permitting) and the purpose of this communication is to raise awareness of the Project and associated construction activities once again, and re-communicate the potential risks to the diving community.
At around 6am on Thursday the 12th of May, three adventurers set off to paddle the full 150km of the Argyll Sea Kayak Trail which spans the coastline of Argyll and Bute.
‘There can be only one’, has always been the tag line for this unique competition.
Hosted by the Extreme Academy, Watergate Bay. Legend of the Bay is a one day kite & one day SUP Surf competition. Individuals proficient in both kitesurfing and stand up paddleboard compete head to head, for the title. With both Dom Moore and Josh Coombe, last year’s joint winners not able to compete this year, a new Legend of the Bay would be crowning this year.
We hope this finds you well, on the verge of another exciting season of watersports in the UK. Stand up Paddleboarding is going from strength to strength in the UK with a record number of people stepping on a board and becoming instructors during 2015. The public demand for stand up paddleboarding is significant for 2016, if the weather holds its going to get busy. Read More
British Stand Up Paddleboard Association, are pleased to announce dates for this years 2016 Sup Surf Series.
The three venues will make up the points series starting at Putsborough, on to Gwithian, before culminating at the BSUPA National Sup Surf Championships Finals at Watergate Bay.
Dates and venues will be as follows:
April 16th/17th – Putsborough, North Devon
June 4th/5th – Gwithian, Cornwall
October 1st/2nd – Watergate Bay, Cornwall
“It’s great to be able to put together a Sup Surf Points Series for the coming year. It is positive for the development of this side of the sport here in the U.K, and I would like to thank both Marc and Jason for their time and commitment to assist with its creation.” Commented Richard Marsh, Events Director of BSUPA.
He added, “Over the past few years we have created a every successful National Championships at Watergate Bay, but I know many of the competitors would like to see more Sup Surf events on the calendar. This year we have had individuals express interest in developing events of their own, in which we can now create this series. Richard Marsh continued by saying “Three events, three very different locations will also create more rounded champions across each of the main divisions and will undoubtedly assist with generating strength in individuals representing this country at International competition’s such as the I.S.A Stand Up Paddle Board World Championships.
More information such as, divisions, rules, entry fee’s etc will be available on the BSUPA website by end of February.
For more information on the individual events please contact the following:
Puttsborough – Marc Hambridge: [email protected]
Gwithian – Jason Sawyer: [email protected]
Watergate Bay – Richard Marsh: [email protected]
Matt Barker-Smith and Holly Bassett, both twice winners & reining BSUPA National Surf Sup Champions, confirm their attendance at this year Championships to stage over the weekend October 10th & 11th at Watergate Bay, Cornwall.
Information related to the BSUPA Nationals Selection event: