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Adaptive surfing legends of 2019 are crowned!

The 2019 English National Adaptive Surfing Open has crowned its champions for 2019. Well, what an epic weekend we had down in Fistral Beach, Newquay. The event has grown exponentially since last year & we’re so stoked to let you know how we got on!

Since last year, the competition over doubled in size with 45 entries across 6 divisions. We had adventurous surfers travelling from over 10 countries to compete including Hawaii, South Africa & Australia! We had over 50 volunteers learning key skills on Adaptive Surfing over the weekend. Oh, & whilst the rest of the country basked in glorious sunshine on Saturday, we battled some heavy sea mist – it wouldn’t be an English Surfing Competition without some challenges would it?!

Saturday morning started with our Adaptive Surfing Workshop, led by Surfability UK CIC. Over 40 surf coaches & volunteers came together to equip themselves with knowledge on Adaptive Surfing. Surfing England strive to increase the opportunities for every person no matter what their disability to access the therapeutic properties of the ocean that we all enjoy. We also had loads of surfers turn up to see what we were up to, get involved & give real perspectives on what its like to be a part of the Adaptive Surfing Global Family.

The afternoon saw the official Aloha Welcome for competitors & the opportunity to jump in the water for a free surf. This enabled the volunteers to put their newly learnt skills straight into practise & for some of the surfers to get their first taste of Cornish waters! As the sun finally showed itself, we wrapped up day one & headed to Fistral Beach Bar for a refreshing pint of Korev. A true Cornish welcome!

Sunday saw the pace ramp up as surfers arrived for 08.15am check in, first heat set to roll at 9am. There was a definite competitive energy in the air as global rivals prepared to battle each other in the surf for those much sought after titles! The surf may have been small, but the surfers sure made the best of it & back to back heats ran all day long.

The commitment shown by athletes across the weekend was evident as Spike Kane surfed his death or glory ride onto dry sand in front of an ecstatic crowd. An emotionally charged high tide series of finals ended with Charlotte Banfield claiming the hearts of the crowd as she surfed her final wave and took the win of the Women’s Open.

Jaws dropped in awe all over Fistral Beach as perspectives of disability were challenged as the general public witnessed what some would assume impossible. It truly is all about how you can adapt a sport.

Event commentator Martin Reay kept the athletes informed & beach updated on action on Sunday really got to grips with the event & summarises his feelings as “watching these athletes perform makes you reflect on whether the barriers you think are holding you back actually exist at all”.

Surfing England Director Phil Williams who spent the weekend on the beach volunteering with us summarised his experience “the camaraderie, the smiles and the atmosphere amongst the surfers and volunteers made it a very special day. Add to that the incredible skills, bravery and effort put in by competitors made it the most awesome event”.

This truly has been the most phenomenal weekend.

Results are as follows and more pics if you keep on scrolling:

Women’s Open:
1. Charlotte Banfield 2. Melissa Reid 3. October Hamlyn-Wright 4. Darian Haynes

Men’s Open:
1. Benoit Moreau 2. Pegleg Bennett 3. Spike Kane 4. Miloslav Brzak

Assisted:
1. Martin Pollock 2. Katell Ropert

Prone:
1. Bruno Hansen 2. Spike Kane 3. Daniel Nel 4. Ethan Jolosa

Sitting/Kneeling:
1. Mark Mono Stewart 2. Llywelyn Sponge Williams 3. Laurent Marouf 4. Martin Pollock

Standing:
1. Benoit Moreau 2. Klang Adi 3. Pegleg Bennett 4. Dana Cummings

Additional Awards as follow:

Most Stoked Surfer: Darian Hayes

Highest Single Wave: Mark Mono Stewart

Best Manoeuvre: Spike Kane

Volunteer of the event: Rob Stewart

Most Inspirational Surfer: Martin Pollock

A huge thank you to The Wave for enabling us to run the event & Surfability UK CIC for leading the training & volunteer team all weekend. A further thank you to the events team, the media team & finally to the incredible surfers who travelled from all over the world to be with us!

Thanks to Fistral Beach for hosting us & Fistral Beach Bar for keeping us entertained in the evenings. Korev for re-hydrating us with a cold beer. Also to The Wave Project & Surfers Against Sewage for joining us & sharing with the wider community your work. Further thanks to Stance who were onsite keeping us cool with ice-creams & perpetuating the stoke with giveaways of the coolest socks around.

Thank you to sponsors The Wave, Caravan & Motorhome Club, Korev Lager, Surfdome, GoPro, Pacsafe, Dryrobe, Stance, Quiksilver, Roxy, 100% Surfing Techniques, Gul & Jolly Brown.

There And Back Again, The Adventures Of Nathan Florence

His Brother may be on the injury bench but Nathan Florence is on a roll at the minute, this movie is proof of it. There And Back Again" follows his adventures through Tahiti, Mexico, Panama and Nias from 2018 chasing waves and having fun. There are mega kegs galore that you could drive a bus through. Hit play and enjoy.

2019 Rip Curl Cup at Padang Padang lineup confirmed

Rip Curl has officially announced the 16 surfers invited to compete in the 2019 Rip Curl Cup at Padang Padang.

Among the invitees this year is Defending Champion Jack Robinson, CT legend Taj "Retired' Burrow, Mason Ho, and young guns like Benji Brand and Barron Mamiya. Indonesia will be represented by 2 x time Rip Curl Cup Champion Mega Semadhi and former Champion Garut Widiarta, among others. Joining the heavy hitters are the 4 local winners of the Local Trials, held in 6-foot spitting tubes at Padang Padang on Friday: Raditya Rondi (Kuta, Bali), Agus “Dag Dag” Sumertayasa (Bingin, Bali), Koki Hendrawan (Uluwatu, Bali), Mustofa Jeksen (Kuta, Bali). The four Trials winners were awarded their tickets to the Main Event on stage Sunday.

All 16 surfers received a personal GoPro HERO7 Black camera as part of the RipCurlxGoPro Challenge. The Rip Curl Cup surfers will have from now until July 26th to capture their best GoPro footage while surfing the best waves around Indonesia during the waiting period – and at Padang Padang during the main event. With a USD $2,000 prize purse up for grabs for the best GoPro waves captured, there is sure to be some amazing content created. Fans can follow #RipCurlxGoPro to watch the latest entries as they are submitted by the athletes. The winner of the RipCurlxGoPro Challenge will be announced at the Rip Curl Cup Closing Party at Ulu Cliff House on July 26th.

2x Rip Curl Cup Champion and pride of Balinese surfing, Mega Semadhi, said he’s looking forward to a rematch with the big names, no matter how it plays out.

“Padang Padang is one of the most amazing waves in Indonesia,” Semadhi said. “It’s the perfect spot to surf with some of the best tube riders in the world. When you get that combination of perfect waves and good surfing for one special day, everyone is always going to leave stoked no matter what result they get.”

A series of Indian Ocean swells are forecast to reach Bali in the coming weeks and contest directors are monitoring them closely. The first significant swell will reach Bali on July 3rd-4th, and another backup swell is currently on the charts for July 6th-7th.

Contest directors are monitoring these swells closely should they develop into potential contest swells to run the Rip Curl Cup.

The complete lineup of 16 surfers invited to the 2019 Rip Curl Cup:

INTERNATIONAL SURFERS:
Benji Brand (ZAF)*
Taj Burrow (AUS)*
Mason Ho (HAW)
Barron Mamiya (HAW)*
Kai Otton (AUS)*
Sheldon Paishon (HAW)
Jack Robinson (AUS)
Matt Wilkinson (AUS)
Note: * Mick Fanning Pick

INDONESIAN SURFERS:
Made "Bol" Adi Putra
Koki Hendrawan
Mustofa Jeksen
Raditya Rondi
Mega Semadhi
Agus “Blacky” Setiawan
Agus “Dag Dag” Sumertayasa
Garut Widiarta