Events: Surfing art up north
added to the website on Feb 21, 2011
The North East has some of Britain’s best waves, and a dedicated and growing surfing community – now it’s to be the focus of two major surfing art exhibitions. Our last showing of ‘An art history of British surfing’ runs from March 10 – April 10, 2011 at The Dome, Spanish City, Whiteley Bay NE26 ……»
News: Clean Bowl
added to the website on Feb 04, 2011
Volunteers from the Museum of British Surfing spent Wednesday afternoon litter picking at Braunton skate bowl. The team worked for more than two hours filling 10 sacks of rubbish from the site in the village centre and took them to the recycling centre in Barnstaple. A spokesman said: “Braunton Bowl is really popular, but it’s ……»
Events: Cornwall Surfing Style
added to the website on Jan 24, 2011
This coming Saturday we’ll be at the opening day of the season at the Trelissick Gallery near Truro for the launch of ‘Cornwall Surfing Style’ – an exploration of the work of artisan James Otter. James creates hand-crafted wooden surfboards and furniture that are sculpted to perfection – a true work of art – inspired ……»
News: A private view
added to the website on Oct 09, 2010
We’re working flat out at the moment putting together the design & build contracts for our new exhibition & event space at The Yard in Braunton, finalising all the legal stuff and getting stuck in to some serious fundraising to add to our existing Leader 4 grant. So while we’re bashing away at the laptop ……»
News: Revealing our new home
added to the website on Sep 15, 2010
Work is set begin to create the UK’s first surfing museum following confirmation that a £250,000 core funding package and building has been out together. The Museum of British Surfing, the national registered charity, will be based in Braunton, North Devon and will open soon. The museum has a vast collection of surfboards and memorabilia ……»
Events: National Interclubs Surfing Championships
added to the website on Sep 14, 2010
Croyde Surf Club will again be hosting the National Interclubs Surfing Champs this Autumn. Teams from around the UK are invited to compete in this much loved grassroots event which pitches pros and amateurs into heats together; with Open, Womens and Junior Team trophies up for grabs and the coveted BSA British National Club Champions ……»
News: 8th World Bellyboard Champion crowned
added to the website on Sep 06, 2010
The skies may have been leaden, the rain driving, but the main ingredients of pumping waves and stoked competitors kept the chill at bay and delivered a truly wonderful & typically British seaside day of surf and smiles. Jack Johns wowed the crowd with his accomplished ply riding to be crowned 8th World Bellyboard Champion ……»
Events: The Magnificent Severn
added to the website on Aug 25, 2010
When Lieutenant Colonel ‘Mad Jack’ ill slipped his handmade 14 foot surfboard into the River Severn in Gloucestershire in 1955 he set surfers on a unique path, and the effects of his extraordinary feat continue to ripple out around the world today. Already a surfer, he had spotted the phenomenon of the tidal bore – ……»
Events: World Bellyboard Championships
added to the website on Aug 18, 2010
We popped down the Atlantic Highway from North Devon to Chapel Porth beach in Cornwall for the 8th annual World Bellyboard Championships on September 5th, 2010. In the back of our VW combi Mobile Museum we took a selection of classic British wooden surfboards from the last 100 years. The art of surf riding has ……»
Surf History: The Australian 1928
added to the website on Aug 13, 2010
In 1928 Australian champion surfer & swimmer Charles ‘Snow’ McAllister gave a demonstration of surfing in England on his way home from the Olympics in Amsterdam where he’d been competing. Although people had been surfing in Britain for a while, it had mostly been done prone on short wooden surfboards – but our brother from ……»
Events: Surf Northumberland
added to the website on Aug 03, 2010
We made the 8 hour trek ‘up north’ from Devon to give talks on British surfing history & our surf museum project for the Surf Northumberland event on Saturday August 21st, 2010. It took place at Woodhorn, Queen Elizabeth II Country Park, Ashington, Northumberland NE63 9YF – a stunning venue on the north east coast ……»
News: UK surf museum plans move forward
added to the website on Jul 19, 2010
The Museum of British Surfing is on target to open in North Devon, following the news that its major grant application has been approved and an agreement reached on a building. The funding through Leader 4 will allow the museum to start recruiting staff from October this year, begin work to design new exhibitions, and ……»
News: Dick Pearce – an unsung hero of British surfing (April 12 1929 – July 10 2010)
added to the website on Jul 15, 2010
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Dick Pearce, who shaped traditional wooden surfboards in North Devon for the last fifty years. Thousands of British surfers got their first start on one of Dick’s famous ‘surf riders’, and it’s a fitting tribute to him that they’re now going through a revival ……»
News: Uncovering the past; building the future
added to the website on Jul 09, 2010
Britain’s surfing history always continues to delight and surprise – just check out the two photos from our archives with this story of surfers in the mid 1920s. In a snapshot it shows how much has changed over the last century, but again how little. You can tell they’re stoked to be surfers, proud of ……»
Surfboards: Infinity 1971
added to the website on Jun 25, 2010
Infinity was one the surfboard brands created by south coast legend Bob Groves – and this is a very special Rod Sumpter model. The story Bob tells is that Rod had left his long term sponsors Bilbo and needed a board to compete in the 1968 World Championships in Puerto Rico. Bob shaped him a ……»
Events: An art history of British surfing
added to the website on Jun 08, 2010
It’s time to pack your surfboard and get on the road with the Museum of British Surfing! From June 12th to September 19th, 2010 our exhibition ‘An art history of British surfing history’ is at: Woodhorn, Queen Elizabeth II Country Park, Ashington, Northumberland NE63 9YF. It’s a stunning venue on the north east coast of ……»
News: New website and branding
added to the website on Jun 02, 2010
We are stoked to launch our new branding and website for the Museum of British Surfing – part of our development work funded by Leader 4. We hope our new identity will let the world’s surf community know how proud we of our surfing and heritage here in Great Britain. The emphasis on the ‘wave’ ……»
Events: Braunton School & Community College
added to the website on Jun 02, 2010
Our mobile surf museum took part in its first ever schools event in North Devon on May 28th, 2010 & it was a big success! ‘Ruby’ the lovely splitty trundled down the road to Braunton School & Community College to take the beach to the classroom for a group of 11 to 14 year olds. ……»
Events: The Blue Mile
added to the website on Jun 02, 2010
Our Mobile Museum was at the ‘Blue Mile – Race for the Environment’ in Plymouth on July 3rd & 4th, 2010 – the UK’s newest mass-participation event designed to get the nation immersed in our wonderful watery environment and encourage everyone to take some steps to look after it. This inaugural event took place in ……»
Events: North Devon Show
added to the website on Jun 02, 2010
We had our mobile surf museum at this year’s North Devon Show on August 4th, 2010 – thanks to everyone who dropped in to say hello. It was a massive event & despite the poor weather in the more than 18,000 people turned up at Umberleigh Barton Farm on the A377 near Barnstaple, and we ……»