Events: The Big Chill
added to the website on Jun 22, 2011
This summer sees an exhibition exploring the roots of surfing where the North Sea meets the English Channel – East Kent. Put together by one of the area’s pioneers, Paul Knowles, ‘The Big Chill – East Kent Surfing History‘ will celebrate the area’s surf history between 1966 and the present day. The Museum of British ……»
Print: Bude guide 1967
added to the website on Dec 04, 2010
1967 holiday guide for Bude on the north Cornwall coast, describing it as a “surfing resort” with a photo on the cover showing a woman joyously holding her traditional wooden bellyboard aloft. Lots of surfing content inside, with the town and its businesses really trying to attract surfers in the mid 1960s.
Photographs: “Fuzz” Pridham 1966
added to the website on Dec 04, 2010
The late “Fuzz” Pridham from Bideford in perfect trim at Putsborough in North Devon in May 1966 – one of the early crew of locals in the early to mid 1960s. Photo by Tony Cope.
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 ……»
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 ……»
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. ……»
