Read on, Newquay despite it’s reputation isn’t as bad as you think!

The British Surf Film Festival was entertaining, with a good variety of surf films. Here’s some high points of the weekend.

Kerry Powell shares some shots of the big swell hitting Cornwall.


Surf’s up this autumn as hoards of student surfers, thrill seekers and music lovers a-like flock to the Cornish Coast for three days of surf, parties and unmissable seaside shenanigans for the British University Surf Championships.

This September, The Etnies XPY Pro Junior in association with Tiger24 is set to invade Newquay’s Fistral Beach.

Pro surfer and shark attack survivor Bethany Hamilton to appear when major new biopic premieres at the British Surf Film Festival in Newquay this month.

Running alongside the European Finals of the Quiksilver King of the Groms and the Quiksilver Pro Junior UK 4-Star event this week, world famous shapers; Christiaan Bradley, Mark Phipps & Nigel Semmens, will be making an appearance at the New Quiksilver Store, Fistral Beach, Newquay.

Jennifer Smith (California, USA) 25, won the Women’s ASP Tuaca Longboard Pro 2011 titles in tricky wind affected 3ft peaks while in the Relentless Boardmasters in assoc. with Vans.