Boardmasters announce stage split

Boardmasters 2018 is just months away and to celebrate the biggest five days in the festival calendar drawing ever closer, the stage splits for Watergate Bay have today been revealed. Get ready for an epic line-up packed full of world-class acts bringing sunshine vibes and beachside beats. Boardmasters takes place between Wednesday 8th – Sunday 12th August 2018, tickets are on sale NOW via the Boardmasters website. So grab your flip-flops, we’ll see you at the beach!

Stage splits have been announced for the following stages: The Main Stage, which is set to showcase the biggest names in music and unmissable, iconic performances, the Unleashed stage bringing the best in up-tempo acts and the biggest rave in the South West, and The Land of Saints Stage which has something for everyone. Elsewhere, The Point presented by Relentless is the ultimate beach party with the hottest world-class DJs, and of course The View, the heart and soul of Boardmasters, presents new and exciting artists in an unparalleled setting. Please see the stage splits below and the website for full stage breakdowns. Also, make sure to keep an eye out over the coming months for even more incredible stages and acts still to be announced, including the epic Land of Saints Stage headliner. Boardmasters is also stoked to announce the Thursday headliner for this year’s Beach Sessions will be legendary Fun Lovin’ Criminals frontman and BBC Radio DJ Huey Morgan, who will be bringing his NYC Block Party to the Cornish shores on 9th August. The beautiful Beach Sessions are intimate evening gigs held in the Beach Bar at Fistral Beach. Previously announced as Wednesday’s Beach Sessions headliner is the chart-topping Jeremy Loops with support from the captivating Keir and many more special guests still to be announced. Tickets for the Beach Sessions are sold separately and are on sale NOW via the Boardmasters website.

MAIN STAGE

FRIDAY
Catfish & The Bottlemen
Kano
Miles Kane
Fun Lovin’ Criminals
Raye
Hak Baker
Samm Henshaw
Wille & The Bandits

SATURDAY
The Chemical Brothers
Years & Years
Editors
MNEK
The Sherlocks
Isaac Gracie
Kele Okereke
Wildwood Kin
Newquay Male Voice Choir

SUNDAY
George Ezra
Rag‘N’Bone Man
Fat Freddy’s Drop
Declan McKenna
Becky Hill
Tom Walker
King Tuff
Mahalia
Stereo Honey
The Velvet Hands

UNLEASHED

FRIDAY
MK
Stefflon Don
Fred V & Grafix Live
Audio Bullys
Will Clarke
Light Layers
DJ Zinc b2b MJ Cole

SATURDAY
Annie Mac
Shy FX presents: CULT.URE
Riton & Kah-Lo
Kideko
Kelli-Leigh
Shapes
Cakeboy
Monki

SUNDAY
Craig David TS5
Danny Howard
Disciples Live
Nadia Rose
Holy Goof
Bobbii Lewis
DJ Proof

LAND OF SAINTS

FRIDAY
Everything Everything
ASH
The Amazons
Rae Morris
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis
Phil Taggart
Hockey Dad
Black Futures
West Thebarton

SATURDAY
Special Guest
Feeder
Grandmaster Flash
Nadine Shah
Gengahr
Flyte

SUNDAY
Friendly Fires
The Horrors
Songhoy Blues
Sam Fender
Confidence Man

THE POINT PRESENTED BY RELENTLESS

FRIDAY
Claptone
Idris Elba
Booka Shade
Butch
Shadow Child
Two Tribes

SATURDAY
Steve Lawler
Skream
Monki
Trance Wax
Or:la
Bronx Cheer

SUNDAY
Bicep – DJ Set
Tiga
Denis Sulta
Dusky
Gene Farris b2b Doorly
Krystal Klear
HAAi
Ryan Platts

THE VIEW

FRIDAY
The Beautiful Girl
Kioko
Bobby Alu
Annabel Allum
Lion
Me & The Devil

SATURDAY
Gentlemen’s Dub Club
Joseph J Jones
Sons of The East
Holiday Oscar
Elisa & Sigrala
Low Island
Alex Lleo
Sam Sweeney

SUNDAY
Get Cape Wear Capy Fly
Jade Bird
Paradisia
Adam French
Lily Moore
Charlotte Carpenter
Josh McGovern

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 5-day event is situated across two stunning locations in Cornwall - the surfing mecca of the UK, Fistral Beach, where world class International Surf Competitions take place, and arguably the most stunning location in the country to watch live music, Watergate Bay. Last year the surf and music festival welcomed over 150,000 festival goers to sunny Cornwall. Book your tickets now!

Click the link for tickets and info for 2018’s Boardmasters festival of music and surfing in Cornwall

learn to surf with the Boardmasters ambassadors

Above: Luke Dillon in the latest issue, Carve 187, go grab a copy.

UK Professional surfer and Boardmasters Ambassador Luke Dillion is sharing his pro tips, so whether you’re new to surfing and struggling to progress, hopefully, these tips will get you to where you want to be. Featured in the latest issue of Carve, showing us why he’s one of the top UK surfers at the moment, here’s what Luke Dillion has to say:

Above: Luke Dillon driving off the bottom, last light Porthleven Photo: Sharpy

Tips for learning to surf

1: Surf as much as you can and get in the sea as much as possible because that will help you learn.

2: Watch videos of your favourite professional surfer or YouTube channel, and try to pick certain things from them, favourite styles or parts of their surfing that you like to watch!

3: Make sure you pick the right board for you! Make sure it’s the right dimensions for you so you're able to surf with it and catch lots of waves because that’ll help you improve!

4: Try to surf with people that enjoy it because then you can always increase the chance of your ability and also enjoying surfing for what it is.

5: Keep surfing, because that in itself will let you improve. Get in the sea as much as you can, the more you put in, the more you will get out.

For learning to surf better

1: I would defiantly say the most important part starts with paddling and what I recommend is trying to get into the wave as early as possible. Paddle as hard as you can to get into the wave early and give yourself the best possible chance to have a good wave.

2: Once you get to your feet, try to visualise in advance what you plan to do... For example when you’re on your feet focus on when and where you want to start your bottom turn or when you start heading down the line. Make your decisions early.

3: Allow yourself time, rush nothing. If you rush your surfing it won’t work.

4: Pick the best manoeuvres from your favourite surfer; whether that is going down the line or during a turn or air and try to replicate their body positions and timing. You probably can't do airs like John John, or carves like Fanning, but it will help you get closer to what they’re doing, believe it or not.

5: Have fun! Whenever you are struggling or feeling like you’re falling out of love with surfing just remember why you started and why you do it. Surfing is what you make of it, whether it's competitions and trying to progress to the next round, trying get your photo in a local magazine, or just cruising down the line fun is the key to everything.

Rancho Santana, Nicaragua

Nicaragua

Located on the Southwest Pacific Coast of Nicaragua, a two-hour drive from the capital city of Managua, Rancho Santana is a world class resort complete with world class breaks out front.

Affectionately referred to as “the Ranch,” Rancho Santana offers a variety of luxury accommodation options located on 2,700 remarkable acres, surrounded by rolling hills and tropical dry forests.

For those looking for activity and adventure, the Ranch is renowned for its surf breaks, riding stables, hiking paths and for five unique beaches making up over two miles of shoreline along the country’s serene Pacific coast.

Rancho Santana offers the perfect balance of chilled-out luxury and ticks all the surf and adventure boxes. So if you are looking for a surf-trip as a couple, a solo traveller or for the whole family, read on to fall in love Rancho Santana…

THE ACCOMMODATION:

Along with 3 clubhouses, 4 dining venues, 3 pools, on-site market and organic garden, in-home dining facilities, airport shuttle service and on-site rental facilities, the cherry on the cake of Rancho Santana is the amazing accommodation options and varieties….

The Inn at Rancho Santana
The Inn at Rancho Santana is a two-story, 17 room “boutique” inspired oceanfront retreat featuring an art gallery, courtyard, café, and lounge. Located on Playa Santana, The Inn offers a variety of unique and intimate guestrooms and suites complete with spacious, private ocean-view terraces and forward-thinking amenities.

The Residences of the Inn
The Residences of the Inn are newly completed condo units offering the same elegance of The Inn but with three bedrooms, three bathrooms and full kitchen amenities. These units comfortably sleep six adults.  The Inn & Residences are available for private event bookings and personal accommodations.

Puerta del Mar Villas
These charming two-story beachfront villas are located just steps from the sands of Playa Santana, providing easy access to one of Nicaragua’s best beaches. These villas offer incredible ocean views and are a short stroll away from all of the amenities at the Clubhouse at Playa Santana.

Garden-View Casitas
The Casitas (“Little Homes”) at Rancho Santana form a picturesque village of 21 two-bedroom villas delightfully landscaped with tropical flora. Each villa is fully furnished and has all the conveniences of home including kitchen appliances, and the community atmosphere is perfect for socialising with other travellers.

Ocean-View Homes
A collection of 20+ privately owned and stylishly decorated ocean-view homes situated in six neighbourhoods across the ranch — each offering its own unique decor, personality, stunning Pacific views and many offering pools as well.

MORE ACCOMMODATION INFO

Away from your luxury abode, there are plenty of activities on offer to keep you as active or relaxed as possible including SUPing, daily complimentary and private yoga and fitness classes, the riding stables, hiking, biking, bonfires, monkey scouting, off-site excursions and of course the surf camp Surf Rancho Santana.

THE SURF

The southwest coast of Nicaragua is renowned for some of the best uncrowded surf breaks in Central America; three of which are on the five beaches of Rancho Santana. The Ranch’s two miles of perfectly angled coastline provides world-class waves formed by consistent off-shore breezes and that surf rarely drops below two feet.

We caught up with the Rancho Santana surf team to find out more about the surf on offer….

What are the surf seasons?
The surf season typically starts in late April and early May and goes all the way up until November. The Ranch offers off shore winds almost year round though so even in the middle of the low season there are still fun waves at some of our more exposed breaks. For example Playa Los Perros works year round with chest-shoulder waves.

How big are the swells?
It's usually a minimum 3-5 ft and offshore all day. Which for the beach breaks is well overhead. Normally 4-6 with swells sometimes into the 6-8 ft range or bigger. With the bigger swells the reef breaks and the point breaks really start to fire, over head to double over head is common.

Who can surf in the area:
Beginner – Advanced

Any big names out-and-about in the surf?
The ISA World Games have held their championships here multiple times, the most recent being at Playa Popoyo. The Rusty team visited the Ranch in 2017, Josh Kerr was getting ridiculous barrels off first peak in front of the hotel and ending with 5-10 ft airs. Plus we have spotted Tia Blanco, Ryan Sheckler, Anastasia Ashley, Rob Machado and all the boys from Hawaii come to surf the outer reef when it gets big.

UPCOMING RETREATS

Along with a Lux Surf Package which includes 5+ nights at any of the accommodations options, transportation, equipment rentals and daily breakfast, Rancho Santa also offer a number of retreats though-out the year:


August 6th-10th: Yoga Retreat with Tawny Sterios
December 2nd-7th: Yoga Retreat with Fiji McAlpine
February 23rd-28th: LEVITYOGA Retreat with Peter Sterios

For more information and to book, head to www.ranchosantana.com
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Albee’s Alley oop 540…

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Alley Oop 540, or is it an ally oop 360 to revert? I dunno. I’m just making this shit up.

‘Probably the best feeling air of my life. Thanks for being there to capture @takeshelterprod even though we spent two hours thinking the clip was corrupt haha.” says Albee

That’ll do…

17-year-old Brazilian prodigy Mateus Herdy signs to Quik

Born to a well-known surfing family in Florianopolis, Mateus has earned a reputation of his own in the surf world. He’s won a varsity of international events, including the 2015 TCT World Championships at Lower Trestles, and released a handful of must-watch edits from trips all over the globe. His surfing is fast, fiery and futuristic — and it keeps on getting better and better.

“I’m super excited to join the Quiksilver team,” Mateus said. “The brand has such a deep history in surfing and I look up to a lot of the guys that are currently on the team. I’m stoked to do some trips with everybody and represent Quiksilver in Brazil and around the world!”

According to Mateus, the future of surfing is going to be all about going bigger, higher and deeper. That he’s determined to contribute his very own part to this future strikes you pretty clear when watching him surf.