Harry de Roth and Gabe Llewellyn test the new RipCurl GPS2 watch which gives you real time surf conditions, tracks your surf and seamlessly syncs to you iPhone, iPad or computer.
SWELL, WIND, TRACK & TIDE The Search GPS 2 is not only smaller, lighter and more durable than its predecessor, but now also comes with real-time surf conditions and GPS tracking for all of your activities, from surf to snow, run to swim.
ONE TOUCH AUTO SET Set the time, tide and local surf conditions, with one touch Auto-set & improved location accuracy indoors or out.
TRACK OTHER SPORTS From swim to snow, run to ride, view live speeds and record all of your activities.
SYNC YOUR SESSION Sync your session from your watch to your iPhone, iPad or desktop computer.
WELCOME TO THE WORLD’S LARGEST SURFING CLUB Connect & share with your friends & follow their sessions. Follow the Rip Curl Pro team and see what your favorite surfer is up to. From swim to snow, run to ride, view live speeds and record all of your activities.
Founded in Santa Monica in the 1970’s, Z-Flex has become one of the longest running Skateboard companies in existence. We have partnered up to give one winner a Z-Flex 80’S style Crystal Z-Bar skateboard worth £119.
ABOUT Z-FLEX:
At first an alternative to surfing when the waves were flat, skateboarding soon took priority for a group of skate/surfers eager to prove themselves. Hitting the local schools in an attempt to mimic the big wave surf styles of their idols, the Zephyr team, or Z-Boyz as they came to be known, quickly developed into a phenomenon in their own right.
Riding low, fast and hard, the Zephyr team took the existing version of gymnastic, handstand based skateboarding, fuelled it with the aggression of the streets, and things would never be the same again.
The phenomenon continued as California found itself in the grip of record droughts, causing many residents to empty their swimming pools. The Z-Boyz saw opportunity, and dove right in to these newly exposed playgrounds, sneaking into people’s back yards, skating as long as they could, and then running to avoid the inevitable police presence.
Z-Boy Jay Adams, regarded as one of the best skateboarders ever, eventually broke away from Zephyr and started EZ-RYDER with half of the original Zephyr skaters. 6 months later EZ-RYDER changed it’s name to Z-Flex.
The Skateboard
Up for grabs is a Z-Flex 80’S style Crystal Z-Bar. Worth £119, this board is complete with dazzling blue reflective graphic on an epic 80’s shape, 31.25” x 9.75”, 7 Ply Construction, 60MM 90A Z-Pro Wheels, 6.25″ Z-Flex Trucks.
BOARDMASTERS ANNOUNCES FIRST HEADLINE ACT FOR 2019
FLORENCE + THE MACHINE
GIGGS, DIZZEE RASCAL, JORJA SMITH, FRANZ FERDINAND, WILKINSON B2B SUB FOCUS, DJ EZ, IDLES, MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD, LEWIS CAPALDI, PETE MURRAY, LADY LESHURR AND MORE ANNOUNCED FOR CORNWALL’S OWN SURF AND MUSIC FESTIVAL
Fistral Beach / Watergate Bay, Newquay, Cornwall | Wednesday 7 – Sunday 11 August 2019
This morning, Watergate Bay’s sunrise brought the first wave of acts set to take the stage at Boardmasters in the summer of 2019, including Saturday’s headline act. Cornwall’s own surf and music festival is stoked to welcome Florence + the Machine alongside some of the most rousing and diverse acts in the world right now including Giggs, Franz Ferdinand, Dizzee Rascal, Jorja Smith, Wilkinson b2b Sub Focus, DJ EZ, IDLES, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Lewis Capaldi, Pete Murray and Lady Leshurr. After 2018’s bigger-than-ever Boardmasters, the festival returns to the sun-soaked Cornish coastline for another year of the most exhilarating surf and music action in the UK. Boardmasters runs from Wednesday 7 – Sunday 11 August 2019 across Fistral Beach and Watergate Bay, tickets are on sale NOW via the website from £30 deposit.
Florence + the Machine’s soulful power theatrics will ensure to have spirits lifted to great heights as the sun sets across Watergate Bay. The musical heavywieght oozes credibility with three no.1 albums across the past decade including massive hits ‘You Got The Love’, ‘Dog Days Are Over’ and ‘Hunger’.
Boardmasters has also unveiled 17 more epic acts for 2019. Festivalgoers can expect unforgettable sets from British grime superstars Giggs and Dizzee Rascal this summer. With the 2018 Brits Critics’ Choice award, Mercury Prize nomination and critically-acclaimed debut album ‘Lost and Found’ under her belt, one of the most exciting names to emerge from the UK music scene this year, Jorja Smith joins the Boardmasters line up for 2019, along with prolific indie rock band Franz Ferdinand, having released their first single 15 years ago this year.
Also riding the wave towards Watergate Bay in August are drum and bass duo Wilkinson b2b Sub Focus, garage legend DJ EZ, Bristol punk rockers IDLES, funk and reggae outfit Michael Franti + Spearhead, hip-hop artist Ocean Wisdom and vocal powerhouse Lewis Capaldi.
Crowds can also expect unmissable sets from Australian singer-songwriter Pete Murray and grime royalty Lady Leshurr, hotly-tipped DJ Flava D, London electro DJ and producer Dimension, Rhythm Section’s own Bradley Zero, electronic-pop singer Self Esteem and recent Welsh Music Prize-winning Boy Azooga, who will join Florence + the Machine for five unforgettable days in the most breathtaking festival setting in the UK.
Boardmasters will continue its tremendous work to keep the festival and the Cornish coastline, cleaner than ever before. There will be beach cleans in partnership with Surfers Against Sewage throughout the year as well as during the festival. This year’s successful re-useable cup scheme will continue, along with the litter bond to incentivize campers to pick up their litter and recycle, Cornwall’s ‘Final Straw’ scheme and much more in place to make Boardmasters as clean, environmentally-friendly and enjoyable as possible. This is all part of the mission to have eradicated all non-essential single use plastics from Boardmasters by 2020.
Beyond the music, Boardmasters will return with its epic surf competition, part of the World Surf League Qualifying Series as the biggest names on the international surf scene battle it out on the waves at Fistral Beach. More details to be revealed in 2019. Following huge success this year, Boardmasters is bringing back its Zennor Haven Wellbeing Area at Watergate Bay. The perfect place to unwind and relax, there will be yoga, mental health workshops, healthy food offerings, meditation and much more. The UK’s largest Silent Disco will make a hotly-anticipated return on Wednesday 7 and Thursday 8 August as scores of festivalgoers kick start 2019 proceedings at the Watergate Bay main stage.
In 2018, Boardmasters welcomed over 50,000 festival goers to Cornwall. Headliners Catfish and the Bottlemen, The Chemical Brothers and George Ezra entertained festivalgoers against the picture-perfect backdrop of Watergate Bay, while at Fistral Beach, pro surfers battled it out in UK waters over five action-packed days. NME enjoyed “stunning sea views and an eclectic mic of indie, dance, dubstep, rap and soul”, with The Sun describing it as “stellar” and the Daily Star taking in “Instagram-worthy sunsets”. The Cornish Guardian commented, “brilliant Boardmasters returns with a bang” whilst the Newquay Voice summarised it as a “stunning weekend of great music and fun”.
Inspired by the freedom, adventure and creativity of surfing and music, Boardmasters was born in 1981. Expect parties that run late into the night and a beautiful beach to recuperate on during the day. The five-day event is situated across two stunning locations in Cornwall – UK surfing mecca,Fistral Beach, where world class International Surf Competitions take place, and the most stunning location in the country to watch live music,Watergate Bay.
Click here for tickets now, and see you at the beach!
Win a Reef Voyage package; the apparel and footwear for your winter escape, anywhere you go, for any condition. Carve have partnered up with Reef to give three lucky winners a complete Reef Voyage package. Containing apparel and footwear for your next winter escape, whether off to an exotic beach or the rough English coastline.
The Voyage package includes over £350 worth of top Reef product:
THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED.
Reef Voyage High Boots The Reef Voyage Hi Boot is packed with new features to deliver ultimate durability and comfort, including swellular technology, ISA LITE waterproof leather upper, premium corduroy and pigskin lining, gusseted tongue, a medial side zipper for easy on and off, a cork sock-liner for premium detailing and odour management, a rubber cupsole construction, improved traction outsole for wet and dry conditions, a medium density EVA support layer, compression moulded insole with added arch support and heel cupping, and finally a cold shield lasting board.
Reef Discovery Shoe Discover a shoe that surpasses your standards of active wear with an extra facet of style. The Reef Discovery LE has a leather upper with a 4-way stretch mesh tongue to boost your look along with a multitude of athletic support features, including Reef’s free entry construction for easy on and off, cushion bounce drop in midsole and sock-liner with arch support.
Reef Voyage LE Sandal Whether you’re hitting the open road, gearing up for a night out or chasing the perfect wave, your go-to sandals should stand up to every adventure. Packed with the comfort, support and traction of Reef’s Swellular Technology and elevated with a sleek design, the Voyage delivers the perfect blend of style and function. Its innovative construction features environmentally friendly leathers that are waterproof and durable, yet soft enough to eliminate any break-in time.
Reef Crossing Crew This 100% cotton, novelty acid wash piece will prepare you for your adventure.
Reef Boards Tee Celebrate the beauty of each and every surfboard. A classic 100% cotton, slim fit, tee
McClurg Beanie Nothing beats the warmth and comfort of a good cap. The McClurg II Beanie is a men’s hat of soft, cashmere-like yarns.
A state of the art project is planned for Edmonton’s Lee Valley Leisure Complex.
Plans announced today by Lee Valley Regional Park Authority (LVRPA) and inland surfing specialists, The Wave show a £40m project in around 100 acres of land in the Lee Valley Regional Park and it could make London the first capital city in the world to offer an inland surfing destination.
LVRPA, as landowner, and The Wave, whose first inland surfing venue will open in Bristol next year, will work together to develop a planning application for a world-class surfing destination called ‘The Wave London’. The sustainable project will be the centrepiece of ‘an exciting reinvigoration of land’ adjacent to the Lee Valley Athletics Centre in Edmonton, North London.
The concept, unveiled today, will allow people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities to have a go at surfing, whether it’s a child stepping on a board for the first time, or a pro-surfer training for the Olympics. The Wavegarden Cove technology generates up to 1,000 quality waves per hour, with heights starting at 50cm and peaking at almost 2m. The popularity of surfing is growing, and the sport will feature for the first time at the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020.
Engagement with local communities and interested organisations will take place alongside extensive, detailed site analysis – and subject to the results of this, a planning application will be submitted.
If plans are approved by the London Borough of Enfield and the Mayor of London, The Wave London would offer a new purpose-built surfing lake and could feature other elements, such as a high-performance surfing and skateboarding centre, health and rehabilitation, cycle trails, high ropes, and glamping accommodation.
The existing lake in the north of the Lee Valley Leisure Complex will not be affected by The Wave London and the project aims to enhance its biodiversity. Activities at the world-class Lee Valley Athletics Centre would continue as normal.
Shaun Dawson, Chief Executive of Lee Valley Regional Park Authoritysaid: “These proposals have the potential to create a stunning new regional leisure hub bringing health, fitness, sport and outdoor activities to millions of people along with many new jobs.
“This leisure development would complement our existing world class sports venues up and down the 26-mile-long Regional Park, including our three hugely popular London 2012 legacy venues providing the best cycling, white water, hockey and tennis opportunities to be found anywhere.
“Lee Valley Leisure Complex was once a sewage works and rubbish dumps. A generation ago we built what was then Europe’s largest leisure centre. Now we hope to bring inland surfing here to create an outstanding new leisure destination for the capital and the region. This marks another exciting chapter in the history of the Lee Valley.”
Nick Hounsfield, Founder of The Wavesaid: “Surfing is an incredible sport which has proven health benefits – both physically and mentally. The Wave London would give people the chance to try surfing and experience these benefits in an urban environment. Being in the water, catching waves, has the ability to change lives, whilst being so much fun!
“We want to create a space where people can have an amazing time by connecting with nature, each other and themselves. We know we can enhance this space, and encourage more people to get outside in nature and get active.
“We have already started to build The Wave Bristol. From the very beginning we have worked closely with local communities to ensure our project meets their needs and provides world-class surfing facilities for professionals and beginners alike. We look forward to working with local Edmonton residents, organisations and partners in the same way to ensure The Wave London works for both them and visitors to the area.”
About the site
Lee Valley Leisure Complex is home to Lee Valley Athletics Centre, which opened in 2007, the newly refurbished 12 screen Odeon Luxe Lee Valley and a wedding and events venue. Lee Valley Golf Course and Lee Valley Camping and Caravan Park, Edmonton are also on the site and, if the scheme goes ahead, will close. LVRPA is already exploring opportunities with the London Borough of Enfield to provide alternative facilities for golfers. The site is designated as Green Belt and has been used for leisure since the 1970s.
About the technology
The Wave London will use Wavegarden’s Cove technology, which can generate up to 1000 quality waves per hour, with heights starting at 50cm and peaking at almost 2m (6.5ft), allowing people of all ages and abilities to experience the joy of surfing. With the potential to host over 80 users at the same time, the Cove has six different surfing zones that offer waves of different size and power specifically designed to provide ideal conditions for everyone, from professionals to newcomers picking up a surfboard for the very first time.
Pegleg Bennet and John Hudson from Perranporth have peddled the length of the country to raise money for two amazing charities The Wave Project and Handstand – the Appeal for Marshall Janson, the little boy from Perranporth who had his limbs amputated due to meningitis.
The pair took six weeks to peddle the 1,000 miles.
