2017 date: 3 & 4 June 2017

Find out what happened last year…

The Extreme Academy at Watergate Bay is super excited to be hosting a new event promoting gender equality in surfing – the first UK surf event to award equal prize money of £2,000 to both men and women riders.

Surfaced Pro at Watergate Bay on 3 & 4 June will focus on equality and showcase the best male and female surfers in the South West. The first event on this year’s UK Pro Surf Tour, judges will be awarding points on skill rather than the amount of waves caught, with each surfer’s two best waves counted and the highest wave score doubled.

The event is being organised by the students from the FdSc Surf Science and Technology course based at Cornwall College Newquay.

Student spokesperson Bethany Osborn said: “We are delighted to announce that we have secured the support of Extreme Academy based at Watergate Bay; an iconic surfing location on the north coast of Cornwall which has an active role within the surf industry and a venue that has hosted many competitions over the years.

Bethany continued: “This is a great opportunity for us to show case the work that we do at the college.”

All images ©Rob Tibbles

The Surfaced Pro 2016 results

The Surfaced Pro 2016 from UK Pro Surf Tour on Vimeo.

Men’s Open
1st – Jobe Harriss
2nd – Josh Ash
3rd – Luke Dillon
4th – Johnny Fryer

Womens’s Open
1st – Ellie Turner
2nd – Keshia Eyre
3rd – Rachel Bonhote-Mead
4th – Emily Williams

Please visit Surfaced Pro’s Facebook page for the full results.

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