TWO North Devon surfers have claimed titles at the British National Surfing Championships last week.
Woolacombe’s Stuart Campbell put in a powerhouse performance to win the open division in challenging surf at Newquay’s Fistral beach on Saturday.
With the lead changing constantly throughout the heat, it was Campbell’s final wave that secured the title, making him the first Devon winner since Croyde’s Richard Carter in 1984.
Croyde Surf Club are a hardy bunch and they proved that in spades on Sunday with the running of the Eyeball Surf Classic.
The first challenge of the morning was to get the marquee up and secured against the howling Westerly gale buffeting the bay, a feat that required greater number of heavy duty anchors than at any time in the clubs history, job done the BBQ was fired up the hot drinks flowed. Read the rest of this entry »
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“Heavy weather at the Croyde Surf Club Al Rannochan memmorial contest”
Very busy mixed bag of events this weekend. Started Saturday with the Croyde Surf Club Al Rannochan Memorial contest, held at Downend, Croyde. Read the rest of this entry »
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