Croyde Bay is honoured to be hosting the 2015 British National Surf Championships. These were due to take place over the weekend of the 26th and 27th of September, but due to lack of forecast surf they will now take place on the 24th and 25th October 2015.
Highlights from last years competition at Fistral Beach, Newquay:
Andrew Cotton, the legendary Croyde big wave surfer, had the premiere of his new film “Behind The Lines: Deeper” at the Landmark Theatre in Ilfracombe last week. As well as being attended by people from the surfing community, another legendary athlete joined the screening in the form of Victoria Pendleton, the Olympic gold medal winning track cyclist.
The film documents Andrew (aka “Cotty”) and his quest to catch some waves at the famous big wave spot at Nazaré in Portugal, it’s a must see for all serious surf fans.
It’s been a long time in the making, but the official trailer for the 2015 remake of the classic 1991 film Point Break has been released!
In case you somehow haven’t heard of the original film, it’s an action crime film directed by Kathryn Bigelow, starring Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Lori Petty and Gary Busey. Reeves stars as the improbably named Johnny Utah, a rookie FBI agent, who is investigating a string of bank robberies suspected to be committed by surfers. The gang of surfers is led by the charismatic Bodhi (Swayze), Johnny goes undercover to infiltrate them and develops a complex friendship with the group.
The 2015 remake stars Edgar Ramirez, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer and Ray Winstone, and is scheduled to be released on December 25, 2015, let’s hope it does justice to the original!
Good Friday may have been a bit of a washout but the rest of Easter 2015 saw Croyde basking in sunshine, with warm weather and a series of colourful sunsets over the bay. Surfers and body boarders were out in force, with small but clean waves over the whole weekend. Some surfers combined the best of everything by enjoying an evening surf against the spectacular backdrop of the sun setting over Lundy Island. Fingers crossed the fine weather and clean waves will continue throughout Spring!
Croyde based surfwear clothing company Saltrock have just opened a new store in the High Street of Exeter.
This means the old store in the Princesshay Centre has moved to the middle of the High Street next door to Jones Bootmakers.
“The interior of the store is attractively styled to reflect the Saltrock love of the Great British coastline with original artwork and photography, hand made wooden fittings and a skylight letting natural light in to the back of the store.”
Sounds good, so if you’re in Exeter why not drop in, the address is: Saltrock Exeter, 237 High Street, Exeter, EX4 3NZ.
Belated congratulations are due to Gabriel Medina for winning the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) 2014 World Tour at the Billabong Pipe Masters at Oahu, Hawaii. Unpredictable surf conditions over most of the days resulted in many frustrating waits for the surf conditions to improve. However, Gabriel held his nerve to hold off challenges from defending World Tour champion Mick Fanning, and surf legend Kelly Slater to become the first Brazilian to win the title. Cue crazy scenes of Brazilian fans on the beach at Pipeline, I’ve never seen so many selfie sticks!
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