The Slyde Handboards UK Bodysurfing Championships 2017 have a great list of sponsors for their inaugural event later this year. As a result of this everyone who competes is guaranteed to take home some fantastic prizes.

The Championships take place on world famous Fistral Beach, Newquay, over the weekend of 16-17th September. Thanks to Korev Cornish Lager and the Fistral Beach Bar the weekend also includes a Chill Out in the Fistral Beach Bar on Saturday evening (from 7-9pm) where the prizes are likely to be presented. This is in fact a great viewing platform for the event itself!

12 competitors from the UK (along with 4 wildcard entries from abroad) will compete for the honour of winning the trophy, as well as for the top prizes! Here is a rundown of what’s available to win.

Slyde Handboards have donated 2 top-of-the-range Carbon Fibre Bula Handboards for 1st and 2nd place, whilst there are also likely to be special edition red, white and blue DaFin’s for the top three competitors, normally only available in the USA.

Don’t worry though if not in the top 3 because thanks to Satorial Supplies everyone will take home a DaFin mesh fin goodie bag including a mixture of stickers/caps/t-shirts, and thanks to DMC fins (our most recent sponsor) other competitors will be presented with their own pair of DMC Repellor Fins.

37 Bodysurfing Apparel are also very kindly sponsoring the event. They offer a fantastic range of clothing which is designed specifically by bodysurfers for bodysurfers.

Special Championships T-shirts can also be purchased from the website, some of the proceeds of these going towards organisational costs.

UK Bodysurfing Association

The next Meet Up of the UK Bodysurfing Association is this Easter Saturday (meeting at 9.30) at Tolcarne Beach, Newquay. Why not come along for a free taster session, or just join now. It only costs £20 to join and entitles you to come along to regular Meet Ups (which are arranged at various beaches in SW England throughout the year) as well as offering many other benefits.

• All UK competitors for the UK Bodysurfing Championships will need to become members of the UK Bodysurfing Association first. There are only 16 competitors in total this this years event so it is advisable to join as soon as possible.