SurfGirl

Closed…

2010-01-20T14:57:00.002Z

This blog is now closed! Boo!

BUT it's only because we have a red-hot new website powered by WordPress - check out www.surfgirlmag.com. The blog has been integrated into that, and the whole site delivers way more bang for your SurfGirl buck…in fact, no bucks at all…check it out and enjoy!

Lee-Ann Curren

2009-12-22T11:44:00.002Z

Lee-Ann Curren finished the WQS season with 7240 points and earned her ticket for the ASP Women’s World Tour for next year. She finds herself, at only 20 years old, the youngest European surfer ever to qualify.

Check out Roxy's celebratory Lee-Ann Curren vids:

http://static.quiksilver-europe.com/videos/LeeAnn_Curren-Interview-Roxy.mov

http://static.quiksilver-europe.com/videos/LeeAnn_Curren-Surf-Roxy.mov

SurfGirl 24 Online

2009-12-17T12:49:00.002Z

If you missed an issue, live in a country that doesn't sell it, or are just plain curious to see what SurfGirl is all about, click below to open the autumn '09 issue and enjoy flicking through 100 pages of surfing action, fashion, news and more!

http://www.orcasurf.co.uk/surfgirl/current/surfgirl24.htm

Slut!

2009-12-09T09:27:00.005Z

This is bodyboarder and Helston's very own supermodel Alex Wake, snapped by Jack Johns while wearing his new Slut boxers. If you fancy a pair for your man for Christmas, they're £18 and you can get 'em here. Underwear he'll be happy to get for Xmas! And if you send us a nice snap of him wearing them, we'll send you a Reef calendar for him!

naked surfer boys

2009-12-04T16:09:00.001Z

Yay! An antidote to those Reef calendars - check out these surfer boys from the Lizard, who have been busy raising funds for their mate, badly injured in a car accident.

To see more pics and get more info check this out.

Calendars are only a tenner so get one now!

win tickets to Relentless premieres+party of the year!

2009-12-03T15:33:00.003Z

Win tickets to this - two films, one band, one DJ! In Penzance 17 December. It's Mickey Smith and co., so you know it's going to go off...

Check out all the info here >>

And win tickets by registering with Relentless here >>

if you're in cornwall this saturday...

2009-11-26T15:36:00.002Z

London Vintage Fashion Event Comes to Cornwall

Newquay will be the temporary, 'pop-up' home to the fabulous Vintage Affair clothing sale on Saturday 28th November. Following the huge success of the Vintage Affair events held in
Check out this vintage clothing sale in Newquay:

Newquay will be the temporary, 'pop-up' home to the fabulous Vintage Affair clothing sale on Saturday 28th November. Following the huge success of the Vintage Affair events held in London, Joanna Gibbs and Lia Grandi are packing their trunks and bringing their beautiful range of vintage clothing down to the West Country for the local lovers of retro fashion.

Their collection of women's clothing is genuinely sourced from all over the world - from Miami to Melbourne, with beautiful pieces from the 1940's through to the 1970's. "As a part-time Air Hostess and part-time Fashion Stylist, I am so lucky as I can combine my two passions in life by shopping the globe for vintage clothing. I can't wait to come back to Cornwall, one of my favourite places in the world" Joanna Gibbs, My Vintage Affair.

This friendly event will be an afternoon of lots of fabulous vintage frocks to browse and buy. Being held and kindly hosted by Neon, the bespoke wetsuit company and fashion brand, all vintage fans need to head to Unit 11, Wesley Yard, Newquay on Saturday 28th November from 12 - 6pm

SurfGirl issue 25

2009-11-25T15:25:00.004Z

It's out! You should get yours really soon, or find it in the shops from Monday-ish.

As you can see, it's surf AND snow this issue, and we're really loving both.

Check here to see what's in it, and let us know what you think.

Next on the agenda is a relaunch of the website, with loads of new content planned...no rest for us!

sweet vids

2009-11-13T15:14:00.003Z

US V THEM DAY 1 GIRLS SECTION from Surfing Magazine on Vimeo.

Found via Slide Mag and nearly ignored due to the 'Hot girls in bikinis' title! If we're gonna go down that sorta route, the Ozzie Wright one is worth a goggle…

Bethany goes deep

2009-11-13T14:57:00.002Z

Kauai's Bethany Hamilton disappears in a long wall at Padang Padang on Surfline TV. Well worth 60 seconds of your time!
http://www.surfline.com/surflinetv/sixty-seconds/bethany-gets-deep_31990

Heather Clark

2009-10-28T14:16:00.001Z

Heather Clark support group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=159893511450
Heather was hit by a drunk driver last Thursday and faces huge medical bills. More info here >>

Pro Interviews

2009-10-23T14:20:00.003Z

If you've not had a look yet, take a peek at our exclusive interviews with only two of the hottest surfer girls on the planet – World Champ Stephanie Gilmore (video coming soon…) and World Junior Champ (and Rip Curl Pro Search wildcard), French girl Pauline Ado.

SurfGirl has been on holiday! But is now back with a vengeance – we're working hard to make our first winter issue a snow and surf extravaganza, and we're making the most of these wonderful autumn swells, as hopefully you are too. Watch out for new SurfGirl vest tops too!

Alexa in Bali

2009-09-18T11:29:00.003Z

Alexa Poppe from Cornwall has a lovely piece about Bali (and how it's not just for experts!) on the Drift website. And make sure you click on the link to the free eBook at the end. Take a squizz

horse surfing

2009-09-17T13:51:00.000Z

Horse surfing - really!

France

2009-09-08T20:05:00.002Z

Beautiful France and its beautiful naked people. Everyday we walked a couple km's to enjoy the quiet and tranquilty of Les Landes beaches. The Surf in France was either small or double over head plus, we loved it all and got to explore some of the points south of Barritz too. We deceided to check into a campsite and have a shower, it felt amazing! My hubby joined the shinanigans and after my sister left we went back into Spain, just couldn't get enough of the diversity of set ups....that was however until we got done over......everything stolen.......van smashed up, it is just lucky that the man in my life loves a bit of wood work. All was not lost the passports and boards remained, so the trip carried on. We however didn't really feel that safe anymore freecamping with a broken lock and a baby onboard, so we spent the last few days hanging out in a quiet French campsite, playing boules, ping pong and swimming at piscine municiple. The trip ended in Brittany with a surf on the last day at La Torche in the sunshine. It felt like we were home a day early hanging out in Godrevy carpark, except no one understood my greeting of 'alright?!'

First few days...

2009-08-30T19:15:00.010Z

Last boarding call. Gate K. I am on the wrong side of the airport, this cannot be good.
Sprinting full pelt across Birmingham airport with my bag. Made it. 1 minutes to spare, lucky, more than lucky I say!
I'm not a good flyer to say the least, with my plan in mind, this would be the only flight I make for the entire trip.
Flight touches down in Trieste, north Italy, 25minutes ahead of schedule. 30 degree heat sears down. Get a bus to the centre of the city to find my only pre-booked accomodation for the entire trip. A kind girl welcomes me, this hopefully is a good omen for the trip ahead.
After food and a look around, go to bed early to get a decent nights sleep before leaving early-sih tomorrow.
Next day. With Trieste being so close to the Slovenian border, I intended to go there straight away.
Bus to Postjna, approx an hour, but by the most beautifully scenic route. Booking into the cheapest room in a hostel (which turned out to be a bed in a "family room" where I was the only occupant) I head to the caves.
Shame photos were not allowed, the huge expanses were so overwhelming, mile after mile of stalagmites and glistening rock formations.
The walk back to my place was just as interesting as inside, tree after tree, vast open spaces and great views, just what I have been waiting to see.
Discover I lost my sunglasses in that cave....how?!

Next day. Train at 10.11. The trains over here, it has to be said, impecable timing. Ljubljana today! Stay at the Celisja Hostel. Awesome!
I didn't ever imagine I would enjoy a stay in prison but this place was incredible. Colourful walls, graffiti, authentic bars over the windows still in place and its all in the middle of teh "alternative" centre of town. Loved it, just my scene. Even with a gig that night.
I had previous got in contact with someone through this website called CouchSurfing. I would definitely recommend it. Its a way of meeting local people and others who may be willing to offer you a place for the night, entirely free!
I had got in contact with a member of the site called Pia in Ljubljana. We met up, had a drink, talked about travel etc and she offered me a place to stay for the next night. Brilliant.
Later that night I had time for reflection. To see what I had accomplished so far, the sense of freedom of travelling alone, no ties, was immense. The days are long, which means i'm so disorientated!

The next day, I met with another member off CS called Tanja, she shows me around and we visit Tivoli...its like a park, but massive!
I see some graffiti which I appreciate quite a bit, as long as its tasteful or interesting!
Visited the castle too, stunning view from the top!

Day 6! How has time passed so quickly? Visited Lake Bled. It was the hottest day by far. I had to change at the train station after carrying my bag there. It was packed full of people but this is only a minor thing. I have never see such pure blue water! I went for a quick dip, you don't get many chances to do that.

Loving the time away so far. Things can't get better than this....

The endless magic of Mundaka

2009-08-24T09:02:00.003Z

So far the road has taken us along the fringe of the Picos de Europa, where the mountains meet the sea and now we are heading towards the Basque country. On the way we stopped of at Bilbao and checked out the Guggenheim Museum which blew us away; a stunning piece of architecture. Getting out of Bilbao had us laughing as we had a taxi/bus escort to the motorway due to our lack of ability to find the Autovia road signs! Finally we got on the N26 heading north on the coast road to Mundaka. It was late in the day so stoped of at Cuchia and found the bar La Parra, a jolly group of lads and lasses from across the world working the season, we had a few jars, a massive pizza and good ol laugh (the word on the street was Mundaka was on for the next day). So up early and the pot hole road lead us through Burmeo to Mundaka. The place was buzzing and the waves were on, the line up however was packed. I guess I have been spolit by the quiet points and beachies of Austurias, but this many people in the water almost made me not get in. As I have passed this wave numerous times before and it was flat, I decided to get amoungst it and enjoy Mundaka magic. I managed to sneak a few long rides and had a laugh with a few other chickaledas in the water. It was well worth the jostle!

The peeling lines of Mundaka and I even managed to sneak a few.

Peace and quiet in Austurias

2009-08-14T21:13:00.005Z

Trying to find a internet connection has been tricky and the 'in house' charging system has had teething problems, a bit of a tease when there are multiple drive-by Wifi zones on route in Spain! At the moment I'm sitting in a rasta esq bar sipping a ceverza listening to tunes including Will Smith, the Macarena tune and Greece lightning (random). Austurias is awesome and from the ferry port at Sandanter its only 50km. The coast is spectacular, the stars fill the sky and the line ups are empty. We have made it as far as Gijon, though it was raining when we arrived we decided to explore the city, we got soaked but left a whole lot cleaner (the first fresh water in a while!). Gijon is a pretty cool city, we checked out the old town and partook in the traditional - throw cider over your shoulder and hope to find the glass - drinking antics, the tapas in also supremo here and theres tons of it. The surf hasn't been massive, just typical summer swells, although we have been lucky not to have prelonged flat spells. The one flat day we had was at Meron, a forest lined cove with alot of potential, we are definaltly coming back! The swell picked up and we surfed some of the beachies around vega, at a couple of foot Ella was loving the longboard! We are heading back along towards Los Locos and beyond and will hopefully catch a little wave at Mundaka.....I will be in touch.

unlikely

2009-08-13T13:19:00.001Z

http://www.jettygirl.com/features/unlikely.html
A usually crappy beachbreak in the US serves up some fun waves and a talented crew come together…the most unlikely of places.

Work in the sunny Morocco and surf perfect waves this winter.

2009-08-13T10:58:00.000Z

Morocco's leading surf travel company, Surf Maroc are recruiting enthusiastic, dynamic and qualified female surf instructors for this coming winter. Successful applicant will work amongst a fun and motivate team Taghazout, Morocco.

Position includes:
Weekly wage
Accommodation & food
Travel expenses
Use of all facilities and equipment
World class surf on you doorstep

Applicants need to be sociable, fun and hardworking and hold a full driving license and BSA qualification. Further details available on application. Please send c.v and cover note to contact@surfmaroc.co.uk

Ben O'Hara
Partner
Surf Maroc

Surf Watch

2009-08-12T13:39:00.002Z

There are surprisingly few surf apps around for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and most of them are a bit crap (with the notable exceptions of WindGuru and the Oakley surf report). Enter Surf Watch from Tap Tapas; at £5.99 it’s not the cheapest, but I think that’s probably an accurate reflection of the development time that’s gone into it. From the neat little clicks and James Bond-esque sounds down to the thorough help screens and the seamless, uncluttered interface, it’s quality.

Just pick your buoy/s anywhere in the world and you can then view past data including tides, with your top three buoys displayed dashboard-style for at-a-glance checks. But the beauty is the forecasting and alerts. Enter the ideal conditions for surf nearby, and when your criteria are met, it’ll tell you via an alarm or alert between times you specify. Never miss a surf again!

It couldn’t find tide data for any of my buoys which is a bit disappointing as that’s so important in the UK — maybe they need to keep adding data. It’d be quite nice to have a choice of skins as well, but that’s just me trying to find something less than positive to say — this really is a wicked little app. Also, the developer was super-quick with help and advice, which is always a bonus.

So toss out some of the less-than-stellar freebie apps for tide times, buoy data and forecasts, add this, and I think you’ll probably end up using it more than the rest of them put together.

Here is the link for the iTunes store:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=300739477&mt=8

Website with video:
www.surfwatchapp.com

shake weight

2009-08-12T08:57:00.001Z

All surf girls want nice strong upper body muscles - we're not convinced this device is the way to go about it though!!

Planning?

2009-08-06T22:22:00.002Z

Ok so yeah hey. I'm Louisa. 19. Student.
So I have nothing to do for 3 months...I know semi-spontaneous backpacking trip? Yes please.
Looking for adventure, new things and change, I booked a flight to Trieste, Italy, for 3 weeks in advance, booked an Inter-rail ticket and that was all I needed.
Thats it. Longing to do many of the things I have heard so much about. A little planning. Pack up and go.
Countries I planned to hit where Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland and finally France before heading home. Hopefully try some sports and a bit of random adventure.
So thats it, get out there, do it and live a dream.

Surfing Tribe talk

2009-08-04T10:44:00.002Z

Roger Mansfield, author of best-selling book The Surfing Tribe, will be giving a talk and signing books at the Fistral Beach bar 3pm on Thursday 6 August.

He will give a talk about British surfing legends and when the sport took off in the UK.

More info >>

Northern Spainish Gems

2009-08-01T10:07:00.003Z

We have been on the road for a week, the surf has been pumping and I have even managed a bikini session. The photo below defiantly wins best surf so far, three of us out, a solid left reef surrounded by high cliffs, perfection! We have been checking out some old Spanish towns and siderias tasting the local apple tipple. Van life has taken us to some amazing free camp spots where the evening are spent playing boules, drinking cerveza and making friends with the local kids. Check out more of the tale at http://www.summersessions09.blogger.com/

OceanDaze festival

2009-07-29T09:14:00.002Z

Sennen, Cornwall – 4/5 September 2009
In association with The National Trust, Shelter Box, The Zero Lounge, Penzance, www.cornwallscoolest.com (and us!)

There's a huge and expanding lineup for this festy, and the boys have been working super-hard on it. We reckon £35 is a bargain for a weekend of music and surfing, and the location is stunning. Take a look at the full lineup and info here and grab tickets from www.cornwallscoolest.com.

You want to be able to say you were at the very first OceanDaze!

Amy Brock-Morgan travel-blog

2009-07-28T11:20:00.005Z

SurfGirl has scored a guest blogger or two recently - here's the first of them, Amy Brock-Morgan from Penryn, Cornwall.

Amy says: "I am off to Europe in a van with my little one and covering the antics and surfing we get up to in my blog. I am sponsored by Gul and the Eden Project and ride their ecoboards and also Leven boards shaped by Jason Mather."

Here's Amy with Mark 'Egor' Harris testing out one of the amazing new Eden Eco Boards:

Check out her blog and see direct updates here as Amy travels.

CARVE + SurfGirl reader poll

2009-07-21T16:21:00.001Z

Once again it's time to tell us what you love and hate about the world of surfing and our mags. Prizes to be won!
Go do it >>

SAS/Howies movie

2009-07-21T15:44:00.001Z

howies – Surfers Against Sewage movie message from howies on Vimeo.

Volunteer - The Surf Relief Festival Needs Help!

2009-07-16T11:07:00.001Z

Organisers of the Surf Relief Festival are seeking volunteers to be part of country’s only surfing and live music festival on a beach. Help is needed to manage the site and ensure the smooth running of the event on Friday 17th and Saturday 18th July 2009.

Event organiser Phil Williams of Christian Surfers UK said: “We’re looking for people who can contribute some of their time to help us with a wide range of functions across the site, from marshalling traffic and pedestrians, assisting with car parking duties, and helping with beach-based sports activities. Volunteers can pick the times that they are available to help in what will be a really fun and different event.”

Volunteers are needed to help between 7am and 6pm on Friday 17th July, and from 7am to 9pm on Saturday 18th July. Anyone interested in taking part should contact Phil Williams on 07774 138143 or e-mail phil@christiansurfers.co.uk

blogged

2009-07-10T08:43:00.001Z

steph

2009-06-16T13:13:00.003Z

ASL have a pretty cool interview with Steph Gilmore on a trip to Lakey Peak, Sumbawa, with a crew of surfer boys. 'Stephs’ thoughts on the women’s tour, being a celebrity, and much, much more.'

Holly Beck and Go Pro camera

2009-06-12T16:22:00.000Z

Funny forum

2009-06-09T15:36:00.002Z

There's a funny debate going on about how surfer girls are hot on the Surfing Waves forum. Some interesting ideas…weigh in girls…we know we're all super hot ;-)

Euro Hot

2009-05-28T15:00:00.003Z

Shamelessly posted because he's hottt.

Aritz in motion: The latest episode of the 2009 exclusive documentary (Euroforce 2009 series).

Boobs' Blog

2009-05-27T15:19:00.001Z

Just found Megan Abubo's blog on Surfer mag, worth a look!

sharks

2009-05-18T16:37:00.001Z

'Wanted to share with you a short film I just programmed as part of an online series I currate for the public tv station I work at. The film is called "Devil's Teeth" and it's a beautifully shot super 8mm and video film about the last sea urchin diver at the Farrallones, which is a group of notorious islands 10 miles off the coast of SF. Famous Great White breeding ground. Not a surf film but a beautiful and different ocean related film I thought you'd all enjoy it. Only 10 minutes long.' - Elizabeth

http://www.kqed.org/arts/programs/trulyca/shorts/episode.jsp?essid=24625

Rip Curl Girls Tour

2009-05-14T11:22:00.001Z

As part of Rip Curl’s ongoing commitment to women’s surfing in the UK, they have launched the 2-star Rip Curl Girls Tour pro/am series, a £1,000 accumulator tour. The contest events run alongside the Rip Curl Hawaiian Tropic Girls Tour which kicks off in June. Check out all the info here >>

Dear & Yonder

2009-04-28T09:41:00.002Z

More Surfing >>

About time there was another girls' surf movie produced. Roxy stepped into the funding breach - why is there no money for real girls' surfing projects??

carissa moore

2009-04-20T11:03:00.001Z

The third ever female to grace a Surfer magazine cover - 15-year-old Carissa Moore. Nice one bird!

'Surf Stronger' with Serena Brooke

2009-04-08T11:57:00.001Z

A new DVD on our site and featured in SurfGirl - this one is REALLY good so have a look and buy here if ya like it!

Candice and co in Byron Bay

2009-03-25T16:52:00.000Z

More Surfing >>

Powers of Three

2009-03-05T16:46:00.000Z

Relentless Revolutions part two, coming soon. Supported by CARVE magazine. Mickey Smith, Fergal Smith and Tom Lowe in massive Irish waves. Just a taster of what's to come!

Roxy Pro Trials Highlights

2009-03-05T10:36:00.000Z

Wade Goodall

2009-02-23T16:48:00.003Z

Hands up who likes cute Aussie surfer guys. That's all of us then.

Addicted to yoga

2009-02-20T17:30:00.004Z

Check out Taylor Knox telling the Yoga For Surfers crew why he's addicted to yoga. We've actually done the Yoga For Surfers DVDs all the way through! They're really, really good.

We've also got copies of Serena Brooke in the new Surf Stronger Core Training DVD. Sounds tough! We'll review it in the next issue and have at interview with Sauce herself.

Dot explains stoke

2009-02-17T11:57:00.002Z

Awarded 'Most inspirational film' at Cornwall film festival's Board Shorts event by Mark Kermode. A short tale of enduring stoke catalysed by prone surfing on a ply board. Dot is about 60-odd years old. Please visit http://pronetobelly@blogspot.com for more details. Features the music of 'The Loose Salute', amongst others.

Roxy trip

2009-02-12T17:21:00.002Z

Check out Candice O'Donnel's blog from the recent Roxy trip to Morocco with Sally Fitzgibbons, Lee-Ann Curren, Jen Smith and Kassia Meador.

Ouch!

2009-02-12T12:39:00.003Z

Help Sarah out with her dissertation and answer a few simple questions about any surfing injuries you've ever had. SurveyMonkey

Soul in your Face

2009-02-10T16:53:00.002Z

Soul Face is a new online surf mag from Portugal with lush photos and art. Some of the translation might give you a bit of a headache trying to follow it, but basically they're all about the soul of surfing. And there's not too much text, which is ideal for an online mag, and it's not too bandwidth heavy either. Well worth a look.

French surfer girl clip

2009-02-04T14:07:00.002Z

'SURFER GIRL is a clip on surfing. More specifically, the atmosphere in a small group of 5 surfer girls on a road trip. Born of the desire to make beautiful pictures, this clip to play with all the aesthetic environment brought by surfing.'

Pretty cool, if you can stand the for-the-boys rubbing of suntan lotion/wax and getting changed shots… Stars Emmanuelle Joly, 6-time European Champion (who seems to be pretty much the only one who actually surfs). Also has a serious message, so watch to the end.

Snow and surf!

2009-02-03T09:57:00.002Z

Well…not really. As you can see, the surf is pretty poor, but there is definitely enough snow for a snowball fight. Only three people in the office today, but I don't mind being here, it's a lot warmer than my house, and nice and peaceful.

iPhone fitness apps

2009-01-30T09:37:00.004Z

For anyone lucky enough to have a lovely shiny iPhone, here is a brilliant article to help you leverage it to get surf-fit: 100 Fabulous iPhone Apps for Your Health and Fitness By Jessica Merritt includes tracking, nutrition, dieting, yoga, meditation and calculating apps.

SurfGirl's favourites are 101 Cookbooks with 'great healthy recipes' (shown is the Seaweed Risotto, mmm), and the Blood Alcohol Concentration Calculator, which will 'help you figure out your level of inebriation' — because, let's be realistic, work(out) has to be balanced with play!

CARVE blog

2009-01-29T14:57:00.002Z

Our big brother CARVE magazine has decided to copy us and get in on the blogging action – it won't be as cool as the SurfGirl blog! But if you want to check them out, go here: CARVE blog

In There Like Swimwear

2009-01-20T11:48:00.002Z

Anyone want out of this British winter? Apply for a six month contract living rent-free on Hamilton Island just off Queensland, Australia. All you have to do is blog and video your experiences…diving, snorkelling, fish-feeding… To apply, create a 60 second video about how ideal you are for the post. It sounds too good to be true, but it's real, we've checked! More details here…

volcom comp

2009-01-14T12:01:00.000Z

www.volcomeurope.com/photocontest

SurfGirl e-mag

2008-12-12T11:35:00.003Z

We've put together an online mag to keep you stoked…all the usual SurfGirl contents…check it out…

iphone surf reports

2008-12-01T12:58:00.001Z

Now if someone would just get me an iPhone contract for Xmas!

'The initial release of the free downloadable mobile iPhone application will provide continually updated information on surf and weather conditions, as well as information on the surf community and culture including news, photos and videos.' From Oakely and Surfline.

www.surfline.com/iphone

calendrier

2008-11-20T10:24:00.000Z

From Surfeuses mag.

surf stories

2008-10-13T09:43:00.004Z

Ah, the perfect surfing weekend is over, and it's back to grey skies and onshore waves...

Check this website out for stories and images from a Cali surfer girl - be warned, you will be jealous.

Article on Layne

2008-10-07T15:19:00.001Z

Layne Beachley says it's time for real job

Check out this interesting article – what a surf star does next. Layne's bringing out a biography too – hopefully we can review it soon and let you know what it's like!

Keala Kennelly

2008-10-03T13:19:00.001Z

Interview with big wave surfer and professional freesurfer KK.

small and clean

2008-09-26T12:37:00.001Z

It's a lovely day today and there's even a small clean 2ft or so wave at Fistral. Fingers crossed for all the comps and events going on tomorrow that it stay that way!
Hope to see some of you at the Cornwall Surfer Girls event, all-dayer with coaching, fun, food etc. at the Sandsifter, Godrevy.

Surfstock

2008-08-15T12:16:00.004Z

Remember to cast your vote for the girls in the Surfstock CARVE H30 British Isles Big Wave Awards - Gwen Spurlock, Holly Donnelly, Kathleen Spears, Beth Mason and snapper Lucia Griggi are all up for awards, so come on, don't let the boys have all the fun! Vote here.

SurfGirl Reader Survey

2008-08-15T12:13:00.000Z

Win shit >>

Boardmasters 08

2008-08-06T09:43:00.002Z

Fistral this morning, looking good.

There's no girls' competition this year, but with clean four foot waves today and four of our GB boys still in the running, it's a good event. You can see live action on mpora.com.

If you're going to the beach, say hello at the Carve stall, and if you're going to Unleashed fest, check out the Carve chillout tent…might be invaluable with the rain forecast on Saturday!

Surfing, People and the Planet

2008-08-05T08:28:00.000Z

Skewjack

2008-07-30T10:11:00.002Z

http://timesonline.typepad.com/surf_nation/2008/07/portrait-of-a-s.html
From Alex Wade's Times Online blog.

A post well worth reading - a romantic, idealistic bit of our surfing history. I've driven by the entrance a few times and wondered, what's down there now…?

Roxy Jam on TV

2008-07-29T09:36:00.002Z

Girls surfing on TV! SG Editor Louise Searle went along to the Roxy Jam and this should be a good programme. Watch out for our writeup in the next issue of SurfGirl, out at the start of August.

Boomerang+, a leading independent TV production group, teamed up with Roxy Jam and Channel 4 to film the annual Women’s World Longboard Championship at The Biarritz Roxy Jam Festival in Côtes de Basque, France from 11 to 16 July.

Boomerang+ is producing a 1 x 30min programme for Channel 4 as part of the Freesports on 4; a flagship freesports programme. The Company was in charge of daily coverage of the competition, with satellite news feeds to Roxy Jam website, and daily pod casts of interviews with the surfers. The programme is presented by Ed Leigh, Freesports on 4 presenter and professional surfer, Cassia Meador. The show will be aired on Channel 4 on Sunday 3 August at 8:30am (repeated on C4+1 at 9:30am). The programme has been produced by Dylan Davies.

The Biarritz Roxy Jam Festival combines surfing, art, and music and celebrates the best of women’s surfing from across the world. The Women’s World Longboard Championship saw the world’s top 48 female longboarders competing for the crown. Joy Monahan was crowned this year’s champion and won the $30,000 prize money.

summer swell

2008-07-24T10:11:00.000Z

Fistral yesterday morning. A sweet little swell, hope you all got some waves!

Magma wax

2008-07-07T10:47:00.002Z

Most people stick with Sex or Palmers, because it works. I wanna try this stuff out - it's got a good rep and they're really thinking about what they're doing. Anyone seen any?

Magma Wax Made with organic soy

Here are some of the things we are doing and the reason we are doing them:

Our first big decision was choosing to pour our wax into RPET (recycled and recyclable containers) containers instead of hand wrapping in paper. There are several important reasons for this. One reason is that pouring into a container removes the need for refrigeration thus reducing our energy and floor space consumption and thereby reducing our carbon footprint.

We chose the use of recycled material instead of other options such as biopolymers (organic plastics) for two important reasons: 1. There is an abundance of plastic waste in the US that is destined for landfills, rivers, beach and roadsides and recycling as much of our waste is very important of the near term solution. 2. While biopolymers are the future of plastics currently the manufacturing processes of the materials cause their own environmental problems. We look forward to working with these materials in the future as they improve.

Another step in our approach has been the addition of natural ingredient into the formulation of our wax. We have chosen to begin replacing much of our paraffin with 100% organic U.S. soy.
The main assumed problem with paraffin in that it is petroleum based which maintains our reliance on the petroleum producers and all of the associated problem therein.

Soy has proven to be a great substitute and has actually brought unforeseen traction characteristics that have proven beneficial to the MAGMA formula.

Vitality MOT

2008-06-26T10:27:00.003Z

Check out what kind of person you are with the Vitality MOT…pretty accurate and fun! Brought to you by Neal's Yard, one of SurfGirl's favourite places to buy heavenly goodies.

Cornwall Surfer Girls update

2008-06-26T10:23:00.004Z

Cornwall Surfer Girls now has a website and Facebook group and a meeting scheduled for FRIDAY 18 JULY at Perranporth - come and meet us around 7pm at the Freeride Surf School premises (by Seiners Arms) for a BBQ, surf and camp, weather permitting. It's £15 to join (£10 under 18); come along and see if it's for you!

Cornwall Surfer Girls

2008-06-14T04:51:00.003Z

A new, BSA affiliated club for surfer girls of all ages and abilities, with the aim of supporting and promoting progession in girls' surfing and creating a network and community of girl surfers in Cornwall.

The first General Meeting for 'Cornwall Surfer Girls' will take place on Monday 16th at the BSA Head Office on Fistral Beach at 7:00pm.

The meeting will be to elect the club's committee and decide on the club's constitution and direction.

To get involved, please come along and bring anyone you think would be interested in joining. Joining fee will be £15 for adults and £10 for juniors (under 18). All fees will go towards the club and BSA affiliation.

Check out the Facebook page

Surfstock and Tilted Disco

2008-06-06T13:23:00.002Z

Surfstock update - they've got Tilted Disco booked, the upside down disco experience who are also appearing at this year's Glastonbury! Find them on MySpace and NME: Check it out

Get in a Chopes barrel

2008-06-06T10:57:00.000Z

http://www.immersivemedia.com/

Click on the barrel on the right hand side, you can control the camera with your mouse, about one minute into the Teahupoo vid you get barrelled and can control the cam!

Surfstock

2008-06-05T10:06:00.002Z

Tickets are now on sale for Surfstock, 29-30 August at St Agnes. The lineup includes The Gossip, Supergrass, the Go! Team and The Likes with 60+ acts on four stages. There’s also the Cult Energy Drink Tag Team Surf Challenge and Tow-At Challenge with a £10,000 prize purse (the largest in the UK). This year’s festival also includes the first annual Surfstock H30 British Big Wave Awards in association with CARVE magazine, with six categories and £3500 prize money. Surfstock ticket holders will vote for the Surfer Of The Year and Photo Of The Year. Tickets and more info available from www.surfstock.co.uk at £80 (including two nights camping). Kids under 14 go free! To enter the Tag Team Challenge, register your team of four as soon as possible: crewchallenge@surfstock.co.uk.

Cool article on Surfer's Village

2008-05-30T08:53:00.001Z

ASP Women's Top 17 talk about Billabong Girls Pro Rio

Brush Ramp

2008-05-14T11:55:00.002Z

This weird thing is The Brush Ramp and it's coming to Devon and Cornwall. (Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park on Tuesday 27th May and Cornwall’s Crealy Great Adventure Park on Thursday 29th May.)

Found on Surfer's Village.

Masked Ball and Surfstock Challenge

2008-05-02T14:21:00.002Z

The Masked Ball 2008 returns due to popular demand on 20 June in Porthleven. Shit Disco and Friendly Fires (amongst others) will whip up a strictly limited crowd of 500 from six ’til six. Champagne, strawberries and cream and a hog roast will be served, there’s free camping and Mickey Smith will snap you an exclusive free photo on entry. Glamour and masks the order of the day. Tickets are £35 (to include a donation to Love Music Hate Racism) from the usual outlets; check out www.getmaskedup.com.
Also, if you want to enter the Surfstock Challenge (29-31 August) tag team surf event, you need to register your team of four (all from the same beach, please) as soon as possible. With £10k prize money on offer, you best get those entries in to crewchallenge@surfstock.co.uk; there are only 24 team places available. See www.surfstock.co.uk for more info on this premium Cornish festival.

Beth Mason on Swansea Leisure Centre waverider

2008-04-30T09:05:00.000Z

Doesn't look much fun to me…or to Gwen Spurlock, who suffered a nasty head injury there. More info in the next issue!

longest surfboard in the world

2008-04-25T11:26:00.001Z

Is it me or does this seem a bit pointless? Anyway, they don't actually surf this weird thing until 2.28 so skip the waffle.

Lidl!

2008-04-24T16:20:00.003Z

We love Lidl! From 1 May they're selling tons of sea-going gear including boots, wetties (maybe not), snorkles, swimfins, dive torches, dry bags, underwater cameras, and even a Sea-Doo Sea Scooter?! Usual great prices and just in time for stocking up for summer.

SurfStock - It Ain't Over Til The Fat Lady Sings

2008-04-24T09:10:00.004Z

SurfStock were granted their license yesterday and we hear rumours of a 'cracker of a theme' and headliners to include a band fronted by a larger lady…

The boys have been celebrating their lawyer's awesomness all night, so if you see a couple of boys drinking rose in Truro today, give them a yell. And yep, those are girls' jeans he's wearing…he had a little accident in his own. Bless.

Maya Gaberia wins Billabong XXL

2008-04-12T10:38:00.005Z

Brazilian Maya Gabeira has won the Billabong Girls XXL award for monster waveriding, netting a $5,000 prize. If the website was a bit more user friendly I'd give you more info…here's what the press release on Surfer's Village says:

‘Maya Gabeira, 21, took back-to-back titles in the Billabong Girls Best Performance Award after notching up a collection of giant rides in Tahiti, California, Hawaii and Mexico over the past twelve months. Gabeira proved without doubt that she is the world's premiere female big wave surfer.

“It is such and honor to be here again, two years in a row,” said Gabeira. “All my friends are here and my mom flew out from Brazil. To see those waves on the big screen here and listen to everyone scream is such a good feeling.”’

Maya features in this issue of SurfGirl, riding one of the Teahupoo bombs that won her this accolade.

Check out the webcast of the awards ceremony here – hotties Shane Dorian and Greg Long feature!

Issue 17 of SurfGirl is out now!

2008-04-08T09:04:00.004Z

It's out! SurfGirl's goes solo. We've got Steph Gilmore the rookie World Champ, Easkey in the Carolines, how to surf forecast, all the trends for this season, how to be a surf writer, SurfGirl in Morocco and a bumper summer wetsuit guide. Everything you need to get you stoked up for a surf-filled summer.

Plus if you subscribe you can get four issue and a pair of Skullcandy headphones for just £16.99.

Ommmmm

2008-03-26T09:42:00.003Z

OM Surf International exists for the purpose of funding world changing projects. Project OM is the main beneficiary of 10% of the profits from OM International products.

Project OM serves disadvantaged teens. The program teaches history, anthropology, ecology and environmental awareness. Participants visit different locales around the world and participate in the process of learning and teaching different cultures, human awareness and love for all of humanity. Teens learn language, cooking, resourcefulness, teamwork, and global awareness. In return the teens participate in community service projects at the locales visited.

Sounds good to us! They have a range of cool tshirts as well and we hope they'll expand to the UK in the future.

Rough Guides on the iPod

2008-03-23T22:13:00.003Z

I'm surprised it's not been done before: Podscrolls are free travel guides for your iPod (one of the fancy colour/picture ones) from the people at Rough Guides. Nothing surf-useful just yet, but keep your eyes peeled, I'm sure there's more to come. Would you lot like The Surf Directory to be available like this? (Er, do I love making more work for myself?)

Under the Sun

2008-03-18T15:08:00.004Z

Under the Sun

The Gold Coast vs Byron Bay as two faces of modern surfing's commercialisation and exponential growth. A nice few minutes of waves and opinions from luminaries. Hopefully it's available over here, and hopefully SurfGirl will get a review copy!

Rochelle Ballard interview

2008-03-18T09:54:00.003Z

It sucks when your favourite pros retire from the Tour and disappear off the radar, so it's great to see Surfermag doing an interview with legend Rochelle Ballard. She's still as stoked as ever!

National Trust gets cool

2008-03-14T17:24:00.003Z

The National Trust own half the coastline (or so it seems!) and Porthleven surf girl Robyn Davies has just got a job with them to promote surfing and the National Trust together. If that sounds a bit confusing, well, we're confused too, but rest assured we're going to get to the bottom of it! We hope to get some more info out of Robyn and will let you know all about it in the next SurfGirl.

The next issue is due out in the middle of April and we're slaving away on it now. It's going to be amazing!

Work in Indo

2008-03-13T14:26:00.004Z

How miserable has it been? How much are you wishing you could be in Bali? Check this out:

Surf Guide Wanted
The surf travel company Kima wants to expand their team of surf guides and is looking for a surfer with some experience of teaching and working in a surf camp. If you are free for 3 months, have been in Indonesia before and maybe speak a bit of Indonesian, send us a picture and some information about your surfing experience. Email info@kimasurf.com.

Doesn't it look a million miles away?! It is!

Wisdom

2008-02-29T14:01:00.000Z

'You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land, there is no other life but this.' - Henry David Thoreau

Studentsville

2008-02-28T09:58:00.004Z

The students are arriving for the BUSA competition this weekend. Fistral was a zoo at 8am! It's about 2ft and pretty weak, but looks quite fun anyway. Good luck to all of you girls surfing this weekend, it's amazing to see so many girls in the water here at this time of year!

Explorer Girls

2008-02-27T10:17:00.003Z

Check this out - looks like a great way to make some travel friends. There are already loads of Aussies and Americans on there, so jump on to get free VIP membership. Ideal for travelling SurfGirls!

'Explorergirls.com Connects Women World-Wide Travelling For Adventure and Sport

Free VIP Membership - Explorer Media is giving away 1000 free VIP memberships to their newest website, ExplorerGirls.com, an online community for women traveling for adventure and sport.

ExplorerGirls.com is a social networking site combining both travel and sport. It connects like-minded women for friendship and travel. Members get the opportunity to create a personal page with their own profile, travel blogs and interactive world map, while VIP members can upload unlimited photos, chat online and arrange house-swapping!'

SurfGirl Blog Rated Excellent!

2008-02-14T18:55:00.001Z

We got a 9.3 'excellent' rating for the SurfGirl blog from Blogged.com and we're on the front page of their watersports directory! Pretty cool, we think. There's more to come from the SurfGirl blog!

Dominican Republic over!

2008-02-13T11:41:00.005Z

It's all over! We flew back yesterday from palm trees and sunshine to coldness and…well, there is sunshine at least. And good clean waves!

A beautiful place, good waves, warm water and such friendly people. We'd all agree that it's not a classic surfing destination because the waves aren't consistent enough to surf, surf, surf all day every day, but if you want to sunbathe, explore, kitesurf and enjoy a cheap sunny destination, it's ideal. That's the roundup, if you want more you'll have to check out SurfGirl.

Thanks to Hooked Cabarete, a perfect place to stay next to the beach at Encuentro - check them out.

Dominican Republic Day 13

2008-02-09T21:30:00.001Z

Phew it's a hot one today!!

Pictured is El Barco, my favourite wave here. It's down the coast from Encuentro (about and hour and a half over more potholes than you can count) which is a pain, but it's surfing heaven. Barco means boat - there's a shipwreck just outside of the peak. There are two peaks with lefts and right breaking over pretty shallow reef in the clearest blue water. The water's as warm as the air, I'm not sure what temp it is but it's perfect. We surfed here a few days ago. It rained and the local boys spooked the girls with shark tales (well, seven surfer girls crowding your slice of paradise, can't blame them) and they got out. Then we had to climb back up the muddy ravine and jungle path, and some spongers nicked the girls' flipflops! So it wasn't all good, but it was worth it. 2-3ft waves but so much fun.

Lots of other waves and fun, I'm off to get ready to go out to a traditional Dominican restaurant tonight. Only one full day left!

Dominican Republic Day 11

2008-02-08T15:39:00.000Z

Today and yesterday have been really fun. The weather has been really nice and there is still plenty of waves. We went down the coast yesterday to a beach break, myself, Tassy, Robyn and Kath went in for some waves. After the surf at the beachy we went back to Eceuntro for a little session. The waves were so much fun when we first got in, the waves were about head high and cleanish. Today the waves have dropped a bit but Eceuntro is still breaking so we had a surf in the morning for about an hour. It wasnt as good as yesterday due to the crowds and lack of power in the waves but we are all still having loads of fun!!!

love gwen

Dominican Republic Day 8

2008-02-04T22:01:00.000Z

Email problems mean a shortage of updates, sorry, but here's a couple to show you how hard we're working!

Surfed a nice hollow beachie today, got some water shots. Heading down the coast tomorrow to Playa Grande for more beach action.