Cornish eyes are crying.
But what would surfing’s long and important history be without its rivalries? Its famous blood feuds like Mark Occhilupo vs. Tom Curren, Kelly Slater vs. Andy Irons, Laird Hamilton vs. Father Time and perhaps hottest, North Devon vs. Cornwall?
The United Kingdom’s two premier surf regions have been locked in terrible battle since four Australian teens brought the sport of kings back to the motherland in 1929. Cornwall, and its rugged rights and lefts, its Fistral Beach and cold water flair, shaking its balled up fist north, shouting oaths at North Devon and its rugged right and lefts, its Croyde and cold water flair.
Pure hatred.
Well, in a move few saw coming, North Devon landed a knockout blow against its arch nemesis as, days ago, it was announced as the U.K.’s first “world surfing reserve.”
Per Auntie Beeb:
It joins a list that includes Malibu and Santa Cruz in California, and the Gold Coast and Manly in Australia. The WSR recognises the quality of the surf as well as the sport’s importance to the wider community. The WSR programme was launched in 2009 in California with the aim of “protecting surf ecosystems around the globe”.
The reserve covers about 30km (19 miles) of coastline.
A WSR spokesperson said: “Its high density of outstanding surf, at iconic breaks such as Croyde, Saunton, Woolacombe, and Lynmouth, caters to wave-riders from beginner to expert and a variety of surfing styles.”
Cornish residents, still reeling, are not the sort to take the shame lightly and authorities are worried about guerrilla tactics grinding the southern pendulum to a halt.
Waxed windscreens etc.
Dark days.
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England has surf?
No wonder Jamie ran to the mountains to hide.
Slow news day then
Fun FAKT!
Cornwall was so named because in 1896, a local resident called Tina Pirate-Dancer was so impoverished that she was forced to look for building materials amongst the local sewage works to construct a dwelling for her and her aged father who’d gambled-away all his money on betting on new-fangled local surf contests.
The main surviving items amidst the sewage rakings, was CORN kernels, which she quickly glued together as the first vertical construction of her house. This amazed the locals people so much that they re-named the area after her feat of cereal-based engineering, hoping to attract wealthy visitors from Londinium, thus ushering in a new era of ‘CORNISH’ tourism.
edit: I love Cornwall. Been there twice. Not surfing.
A mate of mine was giving it to his GF up the ass and pulled out with a piece of corn on the end of his dick. We were just grommets and both horrified and impressed!
Now see… this is what legends are made from.
I’m not convinced by these TBH. They look too modern with that nose rocker, and all that gloss resin!
But WTF do I know. I’m not an expert.
…IN MORE IMPORTANT SURF ADJACENT NEWS…
‘Rosie’ (an Australian museum’s famous preserved monster great white) has been relocated and given a new glycerol filled tank after her old aquarium containing formaldehyde was found vandalised and leaking at the abandoned wildlife park where she’d been on display since the 1990’s.
The question that needs to be asked here is, “was she named in honour of Ms. Hodge, or not ?”
Is that the one that Vic Hislop caught at Phillip Island? I remember seeing it in a refrigerated truck somewhere on the Hume Highway.
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Slough v Swindon
https://youtu.be/6qk4d8lfTxk
Top Ramen, Top Ramen did you mean what you say now? Are you sketti skanking?
I wonder what happened to that Reubyn Ash kid from over there. He was the most impressive surfer I had seen come out of that region. Nothing has changed my stance on that since.
https://www.youtube.com/wat…
Eddie wood go!
I hope the tens of thousands of post-covid soft top marauders don’t neglect Cornwall and instead aim for the world-class peelers of N.Devon…we’d hate to lose out!
So impactful that despite this award the High Court has just overturned a local planning department refusal of an application to allow the local mobile home park to build over the dunes behind Croyde. Epic on its day but the place is a complete circus. The epitome of post covid, ironic soft top sprinter van rinse kit surfing.
They can now cover the area in red with holiday homes https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
which one’s the high street? 😀
It was two Hawaiian princes, David Kahalepouli Kawanaankoa and Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole, who introduced surfing to the United Kingdom in 1890. This is well documented in the Braunton, North Devon surfing museum. The two princes were cousins of expert surfer Princess Victoria Ka’iulani, the half Hawaiian/half Scottish heir to the Hawaiian throne who was educated in the south coast resort of Brighton in 1892 and also surfed the chilly waters of England during that period.
Prior to that, in 1885, the Hawaiian cousins had introduced surfing to California for the first time in Santa Cruz.
Get it right Chuck.
Yawn
Buuurrrppp …
So, if I understand this correctly, surfing was introduced to England by Scotland, yeah?
Should’ve taken it fucking back again.
It’s not always about you
You’re right my little Pommy princess.
It’s all about you.
Racial slurs, classy.
Hu Knew!
“Get it right Chuck”
Hahaha.
What, you mean Chas actually do thorough research for an article… and maybe even proofread what he writes? Don’t hold your breath. Pua’a will fly before that happens.
Looks like they’re trying to cancel Captain Cook in Kealakekua near you Occ. Wats the scoop ova dea? I really like that area esp Teshima’s restaurant for ono Japanese grinds.
Teshima’s rocks! Just ate there last month.
Ka’awaloa… yes, just read about the proposed name change. It makes sense to change it to a Hawaiian name, although most will always refer to the town as Captain Cook. If you are ever in CC, try Black Rock Pizza. Best pizza I’ve had in the islands.
You must be proud.
Celebrate royal privilege!!!!
Spin Doctors https://youtu.be/wsdy_rct6uo And I apologize in advance for this horseshit song
You could always just write an article that says there was nothing to write about today, as opposed to writing this.
Chas can always go lower it seems. Pretty impressive skill I think
Less posts or an open post, go ahead and bitch….
In response, Surfers of Cornwall release their latest rap album….
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Cock the Hammer!
*Arch-rival
sheesh, Choz
Beach Corn