Pure Spirit / Ocean Sports Surf Team Triumph at Bournemouth Surf Comp
On Saturday 20th November the Pure Spirit Surf School Groms, sponsored by Ocean Sports Board Riders and O’Neill Wetsuits, travelled down to Bournemouth to the first of a series of inter-club competitions between Brighton, Bournemouth and the Witterings.
"We left at 7:30am on a grey morning and arrived to a 2-3ft easterly swell which was very contestable, but a dumping shore break made it very challenging for the younger kids."
Our team consisted of:
Finn Lightbown (8 years old)
Harrison Chambers (10 years old)
Max Spicer (10 years old)
Patrick Nolan (14 years old)
Annie Warner (14 years old)
Josh Munro (12 years old)
Kieran Munro (14 years old)
Cameron Munro (16 years old)
"Heats took to the water immediately with about 40 kids entering. It was non-stop action - heats were run at the same time on both sides of Boscombe Pier. It was a great sight to see the kids in the contest vests all having fun, for some it was the first comp they had entered to, with proud parents looking on."
"After a long cold day for all, the results were tabulated and after great performances by Cam and the Munroe brothers, Cam won the under 17's and Annie won for the girls! Patrick Nolan also performed well and in all the Pure Spirit Ocean Sports Brighton team triumphed!"
Results:
1st Brighton
2nd Bournemouth
3rd Witterings
Special thanks to Bournemouth for a great event, Cliff for your tireless support and encouragement for the groms. A big shout out to the two Shaun’s, all the judges, Gary Knights and all at O’Neill Wetsuits.
Well done guys.
Team Riders
Ocean Sports and O’Neill are proud to Sponsor the Munro Brothers, we have worked with Cliff Cox, their coach and mentor, to support their surfing and see them as Brightons hottest new talent - maybe one day future UK champs! O'Neill Wetsuits and Ocean Sports have backed the brothers all the way - which is just as well, as kitting out three lads with wetsuits every season was getting costly for Mum Arlene!
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CAMERON MUNRO is 15 years old, and the oldest of the three Munro brothers, Cam is a good-looking, mellow kid. He started bodyboarding at a young age and graduated to surfing aged eleven after a surf lesson while on holiday in Portugal. He was then taught by Cliff and has since surfed all over England. He has turned into a very good surfer in a short space of time and is fearless in big waves.
Hobbies: Skateboarding, trampolining, girls and chilling with friends.
Results: 1st Pure Spirit Comp, 4th Spike Memorial (he beat guys twice his age!)
Surfboard: 6’0 x 18 x 21/4 Dave Maculay West Oz.
Job: When leaves school, hopefully fitness instructor or photography.
Stance: Natural
Favourite Move: Layback Snap
KIERAN MUNRO - age 13, Kieran started out on a bodyboard too and has only been surfing a year or so. He has improved very quickly, he is light on his feet and his stance is goofy foot. Kieran is very talented and whatever he does, he excels
Hobbies: Riding bikes and chilling with mates.
Surfboard: 5’9” x 19 x 21/4 Epoxy
Results: 1st Groms Retro Wittering Challenge, 1st Paddle race at the Paddle Round the Pier Event groms
Favourite Move: Floater
Stance: Goofy Foot
JOSH MUNRO aged 12 is the youngest brother, Josh surfed 4 foot Marina at the age of eleven which shocked many of the locals. Josh has good style and a steely determination; the future for Brighton surfing looks good in Josh’s hands. Great stamina already he will often surf for hours at Shoreham, Witterings and the Marina.
Hobbies: Bike riding, scooter riding
Surfboard: 5’8” x 171/2 x 2 Dave Brown San Deigo
Favourite Move: Going fast
Stance: Natural
Ocean Sports Sponsor Cliff Cox 2 time English Surf Champion and probably the most famous face in the Brighton line up. We are sponsoring Cliff in conjunction with O’Neill Wetsuits and Sex Wax.
Cliff is also the man behind Pure Spirit Surf School – Brighton’s first professionally run Surf School, Pure Spirit catering for all abilities so if you are a total novice, require help with Wave forecasting or specific one to one tuition contact Cliff, he has a high success rate, many pupils have gone on to become confident surfers. For more information on Cliff Cox and the Pure Spirit Surf School visit www.purespiritsurfschool.com
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Paddle Round the Pier
A big thank you to all that came down to see us at Paddle Round the Pier beach festival on Brighton/Hove beach at the weekend (3rd & 4th July) - 2 days of watersports, street sports, live music and glorious sunshine!
We were involved with most of big the skating events this year – including the annual (and very fast) Ocean Sports 'Turn or Burn' Slalom Skateboard Competition, which sees some of the countries fastest skaters go head-to-head from a ramp start through sophisticated ski style timers and off through the cones flat out (check out some of the pics below). So big congratulations to 1st place Louis Selby, 2nd Sam, 3rd Mmedo & 4th place Andy Makeham. Thank you to Ian, Glen and Mike for making it all happen and everyone else on another great event – roll on next year!
Check out previous footage of our 1st place winner, Louis Selby in action below:
Our mobile skate shop went down a storm with the locals, packed with boards from Crayon, Landscape, Powell, Witchcraft, Blind, Real, Vision, Alva, Almost, Enjoi, Dark Star, Death, Heroin, G and S, Comet, Flip, Loaded and more. Big respect to Grant and the boys for building the mini ramp in only 4 days – which of course saw action all weekend….!
Not forgetting our old faithful 1948 Ford Woody that made its annual run down to the event!
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Surf Legend Mark Richards Visits Ocean Sports
Australian surfing icon Mark Richards came to visit Ocean Sports, Hove, on Sunday 23rd May.
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Mark Richards, known as MR, became one of the world's greatest surfing legends after winning 4 ASP world champion titles between the years of '79 to '82. He was famous for branding his surfboards with the superman logo using his own initials! By the mid 70's Mark was winning high profile surf contests and making a name for himself. Mark took to shaping his own boards, and developed his own custom shortboard, with a winged swallow tail and twin-fin. He quickly excelled to the top, and was nicknamed 'The Wounded Gull', due to his 'swooping' turns. By 1979, Mark had mastered his twin-fin board and won the World Title... for four consecutive years. He more recently returned to win the 2001 over 40's World Masters Championship. MR is hugely respected as one of the greatest surfers of all time, the true twin fin pioneer and infamous surf board shaper. MR's tour comes in time for the launch of his exclusive collaboration with Quiksilver which was inspired by MR's legacy in the surfing world.
Brighton Board Girls
We are the founding sponsors of the Brighton Board Girls – Brighton’s and we think the nation’s first Surf Club just for Girls – The BBGS are in the water whenever there are waves, they hold regular meetings and Surf trips to the West Country and further afield. Now the world’s largest Women’s Surf Brand Roxy are working with the BBG's. So if you are new to Surfing or the area and want to find a friendly bunch to go for a Surf or trip with then check out. www.brightonboardrgirls .co.uk
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Photoslags.co.uk
Fed up of seeing shots of epic Hawaii or perfect France…..now’s your chance to get up to the minute pictures of Brighton Surfers riding Brighton Waves online! Local photographer Stef Kerswel is out whenever there’s waves, Pictures are then uploaded to her Site for you to check out all the action. Better still if you see an Epic shot of yourself on the site you can buy it – So you might make that cover of Surfer Magazine after all. Check out www.photoslags.co.uk
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More Friends of Ocean Sports Board Riders:
Surfing Waves - Online surf community & forum
http://www.surfing-waves.com