Photos John Millard photography
28 years ago Mark Ward started the Surfballs in Tynemouth and this year he decided to run it as a beach party and BBQ raising £2,000 for the Mind Charity.
“It was one hell of a party with young mixing with old, real family do, where fathers and daughters were on the dance floor ( the beach in this case), a total sell out in four weeks”, says Mark
“Our Djs Mark Armstong and Simon Hetherington who make up our collaboration Surfball1991, came together to host the party of a life time at the Tynemouth Rowing Club on Haven beach here in Tynemouth, and we raised an incredible £2,107.27 for the charity MIND which is very close to us all.”
“We were absolutely stoked to receive raffle prizes from the Sunset Sons, Adventure Parc Snowdonia, Sam Fender, Tynemouth Surf co, HUSH art (look him up), the Prodigy, and several other businesses locally.”
The lads have two other events coming up this year.
Louis Thomas Hudson is hosting a comp 5th October2019 on the Longsands Tynemouth in memory of his father, Stephen Hudson who Co founded Tynemouth Surf Co and surf school along with Mark back in 1995.
The next charity Surfball will be held in the Park Hotel Tynemouth on Saturday 21st December 2019. For more information please join Tynemouth Surfball.
Good work lads!
The Mad Max wave pool is back in action after snapping its shaft in the first round of testing back at the start of the year. Shots below, more as we get it…
PRESS RELEASE
We are pleased to announce that our full-scale R&D facility in Yeppoon is back in operation. Repairs, upgrades and improvements were completed in late June and since then our engineering team has been undertaking further testing. They are working through a detailed process to refine the machine, systems and software in order to maximise efficiency, which will continue for several months.
Eighteen months ago, we commenced construction of this full-scale prototype in order to test all aspects of our “5 Waves” technology – from construction methods, commissioning process, drive system, CWD (wave machine), through to reef design and wave surf-ability. Using concentric waves for surfing is a totally new technology, therefore our engineering team are following a rigorous testing process.
Although full scale, the Yeppoon R&D facility is a prototype only and is not open to the public. It is being used to work through the design changes and improvements that need to be made, in order to deliver a commercial product to clients. We are also reviewing the wave shape results at different sizes in relation to the current reef bathymetry. This information is being fed back into our Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling program in order to make further improvements.
To date, the five-wave types are breaking with great promise, (whilst not yet perfect). The wave types include Level 1 and 2 fun beach breaks for those starting out, through to Level 4 and 5 waves, which are more challenging for experienced surfers. We have successfully run sets of 4 consecutive waves and achieved wave face heights of 1.8m (6ft). Adjustments to reach 2.4m (8ft) are being made in the coming months.
We anticipate all testing to be completed in late 2019, with the commercial design ready for licensees in early 2020. We are also in negotiations with several potential licensees in various countries and hope to make announcements relating to these projects in the coming months.
A selection of images from the latest round of testing can be viewed below.
When wave pools go bad. “So what happens when you turn it up to 11?” I think we have all asked this. Along with “Will Ai try to kill all humans…”
Well here is the answer in one wave pool; Yulong Shuiyun Water Amusement Park
Reports and rumours that “Water world Tsunami injuring many in Yanbian, Manchuria. The operator got drunk and turned the wave magnitude to maximum level” have been denied by the officials stating to the Beijing Times that “accidental breakdown in machinery” caused the incident.
According to Metro and other sources 44 people were injured, but the wave park are claim “Only around 10 people were injured,”
The incident was caught on camera as the original video posted to Twitter has accumulated around five million views.
A short movie about C-Skins told through the eyes of team riders Adam ‘Bearman’ Griffiths, Megan Webb, Corinne Evans Otis Perry and a few C Skins patrons.
CREW
Producer / Director: Olly Fawcett
Producer / DP: Matthew Ham
