Stand up for your surfing rights.
Join the Kimmeridge protest this Saturday from 10am.

Protest will be from 10am for two hours and you will need stuff to go in the sea with (wetsuits / Boards etc)

Find out more at www.broadbench.co.uk

According to http://www.surfersvillage.com Bournemouth will be hosting 1st stage of a 3 stage Rip Curl Girls tour.
Organisers are hopeful the event which is scheduled to take place on 28th June will be held on the artificial reef.

Full story: http://www.surfersvillage.com is below.
Tass Swallow : photo Jason Feast

Rip Curl Girls Tour

Stop No 4 of 10 on 2009 UK PST
Bournemouth UK
28 June 2009

Rip Curl Sponsor the biggest Women’s Event on the 2009

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 8 June, 2009 : – - The Rip Curl Girls Tour will this year feature a series of Women’s surfing contests in England and Wales. Three of these events; Bournemouth, Croyde and St Ives will combine to make a two star event on the Women’s UK Pro Surf Tour, with £1,000 prize money available. The surfer who accumulates the most points over these three competitions will win the only two star women’s event on the UK Pro Surf tour

In addition to the Pro events each venue will host a Newbie event. If the girls have not competed in a surf contest before they will have the opportunity to compete for the first time against surfers with the same experience as themselves. The finalists of these events will be put in the draw against the top Pro Surfers in the UK along with winning prizes from Rip Curl and the other sponsors.
The first event will take place at Bournemouth 28th June, at the location of the UK’s first artificial reef. There will be many activities taking place throughout the day to entertain the competitors. World Champion Stephanie Gilmore of Australia will be in attendance giving advice and supporting the development of the sport for Women.

The second stop on the Rip Curl Girls Tour will be Llanglennith on the Gower Peninsula, 23rd July. This event will not be part of the Pro Tour Series, due to the expected number of Newbie entries for the first timer’s competition. For the last 3 years over 200 female surfers have taken the opportunity to attend this event.

Stop three is at Croyde Beach, North Devon. Widely recognised as one of the best beach breaks in the country. It will give the best surfers a good opportunity to show their skills in quality surf.

The final stop is Porthmeor Beach in St Ives, situated below the Tate Gallery; Porthmeor is possibly one of the most popular beaches in Cornwall. In addition to the First time and Pro Event there will be a Women’s Longboard Event, the only Women’s Longboard event on the UK Pro Surf Tour. At this event we will crown the winner of the Rip Curl Girls Tour and give away £1,000 prize money.

Bournemouth 28th June
Llanglennith Wales 23rd July
Croyde Devon 26th July
St Ives Cornwall 28th 29th July

Surfing News Centre have just published the below story on their website regarding Toby Player joining Cartel Board Co Team.

(Actual Source: http://www.surfertoday.com/bodyboarding/1473-toby-player-joins-cartel-board-co-team)

Toby Player joins Cartel Board Co team

Written by Editor at SurferToday.com

Saturday, 30 May 2009 16:55

Cartel Board Co are pleased to confirm the signing of Aussie bodyboarding legend Toby Player to the team. Cartel Board Co was established in the USA in 1996 and continues to play an important part in the sport of bodyboarding. Toby joins DK legend Paul Roach among many others in a truly impressive team of hardcore riders. Cartel Bodyboards are distributed by Turbo Surf in Australia with a niche offering of high performance Signature boards. The board range includes the Paul Roach DK and Versatile Signature Boards along with the new Toby Player Signature Range.  Toby worked with experienced Australian shaper Glenn Taylor to design his new signature model. The Cartel board range will be officially launched in Australia in July 2009 when the one and only Paul Roach comes to Australia for the DK Sessions event at Tiona. A series of instore promotions with Paul Roach and Toby Player will also be undertaken. Keep an eye out for further details. Toby had the following comments in regard the recent signing: “I’m stoked to be joining Cartel, It’s a fresh take on an established brand. For the first time ever I’ve been able to work with a shaper in Australia (Glenn Taylor) to come up with a sick template for my Signature model.You’ll be seeing a lot more of Cartel in the future!” SOURCE: IBA Australasia