The hottest (coldest) event of the year!
Newquay, England is 279 miles from London, near Cornwall, and the heart of the island’s super hot scene. “Once a sleepy pilchard-fishing village…” Britain’s Guardian newspaper writes “…Newquay has reinvented itself as Britain’s premier surf destination. The British Bondi is Newquay’s Fistral beach – where surfers speak reverently of its huge hollow waves and impressive swell.”
And right now the British Bondi is having its annual “Boardmasters” six-star WQS event which is more “festival” less “QS.” It is pouring rain and the people are miserable. Just like they like it! The surf is weird slop, everybody is soaking wet, keeping their skin as pale as possible for the upcoming year/decade, and the food is fried and the water is freezing cold. Paul Evans, editor-in-chief of Surf Europe said, “Why are you calling it Corn Wall? What is Corn Wall?” when reached for comment.
What do you think people in England think Bondi is like? Do they imagine it as a grey town filled with tracksuit-wearing Caesar cuts? Would you rather go to the British Bondi or the Australian one?
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This nails it – http://www.vice.com/en_uk/r…
socks in one suits? or the british are well -packed!
Some top class journalism there!
Having a bad day or could you just not be bothered… “Australia has better weather and surf shocker!” Blah blah every other pommie cliche…
Newqauy is actually in Corn Wall as well not near it. Have you ever been to England let alone Cornwall?
They got bowled out for 60 bruv. Their only comeback is weather and warm beer.
I know this and I’m French.
It’s still low rent journalism…
If he had actually been to Newquay he would know like most places it’s shit in summer and pumps in winter.
How many 6star QS events attract 1000s of people and have a full on festival attached.
Having only been to Newquay a handful of times it’s a place that seems to suffer from not quite knowing what it is. That Vice article got under the skin and portrayed it pretty well bang on.
Heaven only knows what they’d make of Newcastle on a Friday night in mid February. But that left reef up the road…. Such brown delight…
There are some really nice breaks on the north Cornish coast but like most places you need to know where to go and not be a dick when you get there.
It’s actually works well that it gets projected as cold gray and fried.
well, the cat is out of the bag now.
i wasn’t going to go but now that funky gibbon has posted the delights for all and sundry i’m on my way
yewww
mevagissey has a sick wave… You should get on it
Shit I must have dyslexia because at fulirst I thought that said megavagina
oh come on badger. there are no waves on the east coastlines of the uk and you know it. stop spreading rumours and lies.
there’s only one brown delight and it involves a fake tan and geordie accent.