Sorted Surf Festival

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Posted on 12 February 2010

Sorted Surf Festival

It’s game on for the first Sorted Surf Festival at Boscombe Artificial Reef.

Sorted Surf Shop have announced the first ever Surf Contest to take place at the newly completed artificial reef on the weekend of March 20th and 21st 2010.

The guys at Sorted will be joining forces with many of the surf industry giants including Rip Curl to bring a surf contest and festival to the beach at Boscombe.

The weekend will consist of Surfing and Bodyboarding competitions and there will be loads of activities and demonstration stands with equipment for all to try.

The Boscombe Surf Contest categories will consist of :-

Mens Open,
Mens 35+,
Ladies Open,
and Juniors (under 18´s).

Even more reason to put the weekend in your diary – the contest will also host the first leg of the British Bodyboarding Annual Championships.

Bodyboard heats to be contested on the Reef all other categories will be held at the Pier / Beach.

Rip Curl Sponsors Sorted Surf Festival

Rip Curl are the event main sponsors and they will be providing some fantastic prizes. There will also be plenty of opportunities to come down to the beach and try some of the latest surfboards from Tiki, Rusty and Firewire, BIC will have Kayaks and Indo Board will be be running sessions throughout the day.

Gul team riders Mar “Igor” Harris and Russel Winter will be around all weekend giving advice and signing autographs.

And there’s more ….

For all you party lovers there will be a party at Boscombe´s coolest bar, Urban Beach sponsored by Monster Energy Drink. Contest organizers, sponsors and contest competitors will enjoy a BBQ and live music with a few surprises thrown in to the mix.

Boscombe Surf Festival Competitor Information

Information for all competitors – The Sorted Surf Contest/Festival will be run under the usual guidelines and rules outlined by the British Surfing Association. Any competitor found to be intoxicated will be refused entry into the competition and no refund will be given.

Judging – Will take the usual criteria i.e. ´a surfer performing the most radical maneuvers in the most critical part of the wave´ will receive the highest scoring potential; this is the case for all categories.

Check-in time – for all competitors will be at 0730 on Saturday morning located at Sorted Surf School on the East side of Boscombe Pier on the promenade. Sunday Check-in will be at 0830.

Demos Galore

The first heats in the water by 0800 Saturday and to complete all the round one heats and the quarter finals on day one. Sunday´s first heat will start at 0900 for completion of the semis and the final by approximately 15.30

Categories – Mens Open, Mens over 35´s, Ladies open, Junior U18, and BodyBoard Open

All categories may have up to 32 entrants. Beach entries may be accepted on the day if space is available.

Heats – will consist of 4 competitors with a running time of 20 minutes per heat.

Round 1 will consist of 8 heats, then 4 heats for the quarter finals, 2 heats for the semi finals and 1 heat for the final.

Surfers may catch up to a maximum of 12 waves per heat, at the end of each heat it shall be your top 2 wave scores that decides your position, the 2 highest scoring surfers progressing to the next heat. In the event of a tie between 2 persons it will go to their 3rd wave score or even their 4th wave score and so on if necessary.

All surfers must have BSA insurance or a full membership to Wessex Surf Club. You may be required to prove your insurance on the day.

Prizes will be presented on the Sunday afternoon at Sorted Surf School after all finals are finished.