2006-06-20 02:33:21 · 8 answers · asked by no1surfer2006 2 in Sports ➔ Water Sports
I think theyre thinking of those people in guiness ads, in shorts and T-shirts and bleached hair rather than shiverin' wrecks with two wet suits on - live the dream!
2006-06-20 02:51:43 · answer #1 · answered by robert m 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The UK has some good surfing when the conditions are right.
Top destination is Cornwall and Devon (far south west) and gets Atlantic swells all along its West coast and when the conditions are blown out on the West coast can get some sizeable waves on the south coast.
Newquay is "surf city" and has dozens of surf shops, hostels, cheap accomodation and nightlife, plus a selection of beaches which work in different ways. Fistral is the competition beach but full of locals with attitude, whereas the town beaches are more mellow particularly out of season. There is an offshore reef called the Cribber which can get huge in a winter swell.
St Ives, Watergate Bay, Sennen Cove, St Agnes, Perranporth, and Porthleven are some of the others in Cornwall but there are literally hundreds of breaks. Up in Devon, Croyde Bay, Putsborough, Westward Ho, and Saunton are some of their best.
Similarly on the South and West Wales coasts there are some quality breaks along the Gower, and round into Pembrokeshire, like Freshwater West (where again there is an offshore reef called the Pole), Manorbier, Newgale and St Davids plus a number fo secret spots which I cannot divulge.
The very north coast of Scotland has a place called Thurso which is slab granite reef, and whilst bloody cold holds a massive wave.
Coming down the North east coast of England and the cold and dirty looking north sea there are a number of breaks around Newcastle and down to Scarborough. Fickle and unnatractive but can work.
The rest of the east coast is no good really except in storm surf.
Finally the south coast can pick up rideable but never spectacular waves all the way from Brighton to a few breaks around Bournemouth and the rest of Dorset.
Finally we do also have the Severn river Bore which delivers a wave which you can ride for about 20 miles!
Water temp in the summer can enable board shorts and rash vest for about five weeks, but the best waves are in the winter.
2006-06-20 09:58:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've found the equivalent of surfing, almost a simulator really, which can be performed in the comfort of your garden.
1. Drink a bucket of sea water
2. Slash your knees & shins with razor blades
3. Rub sandpaper on your belly
4. Get someone to punch you real hard in the arms
5. Go back to work and tell everyone you've been surfing at the weekend.
2006-06-20 09:40:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have seen some pictures in surfing magazines of people surfing the UK -- there was definitely some surf there.
You have to respect the die hard surfers who surf in cold, rough conditions, like the crew that surfs the Great Lakes in the US and Canada, or the folks paddling out in Ireland. That's dedication.
2006-06-20 22:54:07 · answer #4 · answered by HP 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are not many beaches in the uk which consistantly produce good surfing conditions and the water is freezing. true there are some popular beaches up and down the coast but it is still a minority sport done by enthusiasts rather than teens playing.
2006-06-20 09:41:16 · answer #5 · answered by onapizzadiet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an open secret that the living dead make a deafening silence.These are oxymorons.
2006-06-20 09:43:05 · answer #6 · answered by TAFF 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
England is a great country but not known for huge, surf-worthy waves. You know what I mean?
2006-06-20 09:37:34 · answer #7 · answered by songbird 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I HAVE SURFED ON-LINE FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND I DO NOT CARE WHAT PEOPLE THINK.
2006-06-20 09:41:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋