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Europe's First Artificial Surf Reef in Boscombe (Bournemouth) Dorset

  • Bournemouth Air Festival Times
    Thursday 19th 2:00 – 3:00pm PWRR Parachute display team “The Tigers” RAF Tutor RAF Tucano RAF Hawk RAF Beech King 2000 3:00 – 4:00pm Battle of Britain memorial flight Breitling Wingwalkers RN Black Cats display team RNAF F16 The Blades 8:20 – 9:00pm Miss Demeanour Hunter Jet and RR Spitfire RNAF F16 PR freefall team – Red Devils Friday 20th 1:30 – 3:00pm PWRR Parachute display team “The Tigers” RAF Tutor RAF Tucano RAF Hawk 3:00 – 4:00pm Battle [...]

  • Boscombe Surf Reef Documentary
    A 6 minute factual piece on Boscombe Reef, and how it has affected the local area; in particular local surfer and Guest house owner Danny Chilcott.

  • Bournemouth Surf Reef Won’t Be Dismantled
    Claims that Bournemouth surf reef could be dismantled were yesterday ruled out by Bournemouth council’s executive director Tony Williams. Following a meeting at the Town Hall to discuss ASR’s new proposals to rectify the reef’s faults, Mr Williams announced that a group had been formed to develop a technical solution to the reef’s performance. He stressed that this [...]

  • Rip Curl & Hawaiian Tropic Girls Tour
    July 13th & 14th 2010 sees the return of the ever popular Rip Curl Girls Tour with free surf lessons by qualified instructors from Rip Curl & Sorted Surf School. A complimentary goody bag is available to all that take part plus all equipment required is provided completely free of charge. New for 2010 is a [...]

  • Surf Reef Performance Under Fire
    Experts from Plymouth University have given Bournemouth surf reef a score of just four out of ten in a scale of its success. The findings were presented on Monday by Dr Mark Davidson after a six month examination of the surf reef since completion. Dr Davidson has said: It’s a bit of a mixed bag. The reef has [...]

  • Indoor Surfing Facility For IMAX Site?
    Bournemouth’s Daily Echo have obtained email records under the Freedom of Information Act, which appear to suggest that a water park is a frontrunner for the waterfront IMAX site. The records show that a company called Moirai Capital Investments approached Bournemouth council last May with the idea of opening an indoor surfing centre in the controversial [...]

  • Boscombe Wins Top Regeneration Award
    The Boscombe Spa Village regeneration scheme has won a top national award, celebrating the success of the council’s regeneration goals. The award was announced by the Local Government Chronicle Awards in recognition of the multimillion-pound redevelopment which includes the restored pier, improved public open space, restored Victorian Gardens, beach pods, restaurants, shops, a surf school and [...]

  • Boscombe Spa Village Celebration Day
    Local businesses in Boscombe Spa have organised a ‘Celebration Day’ to mark the completion of the seafront regeneration. The event will take place on Saturday 24 April, 11am – 4pm, and activities include surf lessons, paddle boarding, kite surfing, beach volleyball, a sandcastle competition and street entertainers. For more information, call the Bournemouth Seafront Information Centre on 01202 [...]

  • South West Trains Surfboard Ban
    According to the National Rail conditions of carriage, surfboards are not permitted aboard South West Trains. Bournemouth East MP Tobias Ellwood has recently raised the issue in Parliament in order to try to lift the blanket ban on surfboards. In the process, he’s discovered that changing the rules and allowing individual train companies to determine their own [...]

  • First Surfing Contest Announced at Bournemouth Surf Reef
    Sorted Surf Shop have announced the first surfing contest to be held at Bournemouth surf reef. They will be bringing the event to the beach at Boscombe with the help of main sponsor Rip Curl. The dates are March 20th and 21st and the weekend will consist of surfing and bodyboarding competitions, as well as activities and demonstration stands [...]

  • DVD Competition Winners
    Congratulations to the following readers, who have each won a copy of the surf documentary “Bustin’ Down the Door” featuring Wayne ‘Rabbit’ Bartholomew, Shaun Tomson and Mark Richards. The answer to the question was ‘Oahu’. If you are a winner, you will be contacted shortly. Suzanne Sendell, Cardiff Lucy Pugh, Bristol Richard Sutherland, Edinburgh Andy Joyce, Bournemouth Paul Allen, London Click here to [...]

  • Bournemouth Surf Reef Report Due In March
    The performance figures for how well Bournemouth Surf Reef is performing are due on 3 March 2010. Plymouth University, home of the UK’s first marine academy, is currently assessing the quality of the waves and the number of days suitable for surfing. Experts at the university have been conducting site visits and collecting data from on-site cameras [...]

  • DVD Giveaway Competition
    We’re giving away FIVE copies of the soon to be released “Bustin’ Down the Door” surf documentary featuring Wayne ‘Rabbit’ Bartholomew, Shaun Tomson and Mark Richards. All you have to do is answer the following question: The notorious and famous reef break ‘Pipeline’ is located on the North Shore of which Hawaiian Island? a) Oahu b) Maui c) Kauai Please email [...]

  • Bournemouth 2010 Celebrations
    Celebrations to mark the town’s 200th Birthday begin on New Year’s Day with the ‘Bicentenary Launch’ in Bournemouth’s Lower Gardens. Events will continue throughout the year to celebrate Bournemouth’s distinguished past, with various sporting spectaculars, dance, music, and historical festivities, as well as literary, food and flower festivals. Entertainment will be in the Lower Gardens between [...]

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  • Bournemouth Reef Review
    Aussie surfer Ben Mondy, an ex-editor of Tracks magazine and contributor to Surfer, Carve and Surf Europe, was one of the first to surf the new reef at Bournemouth. Here he gives his take on it.

  • Your Reef, Your Pictures
    According to surf reports, Monday will be a great day to experience the newly opened surf reef in Boscombe. Send your images and video and we’ll publish them here at BournemouthSurf Reef.com. Remember to state how, if at all, you would like to be credited if your submission is published. Let us know what you think of the reef, [...]

  • Here Come The Waves
    Yesterday, RNLI lifeguards completed their training ahead of the much anticipated surf reef launch. Divisional lifeguard manager, Barry Heathfield acknowledged that although recent high winds had made the sea “a bit messy”, the weather this week looks set to provide the right conditions – possibly even as early as Tuesday. If the swell is right, [...]

  • Reef Opening Delayed
    Weather conditions are being blamed for the continuing delay to the official opening of Bournemouth’s new artificial surf reef. A tourism spokesman has told the Bournemouth Daily Echo: The surfing conditions are still not right for the launch, we can only get a prediction for the next few days and it now looks like the reef won’t [...]

  • ASR Announces Completion of Bournemouth Surf Reef
    We are excited to confirm the official launch of Bournemouth Reef in Boscombe, England. It is just one of four artificial reefs worldwide: Narrowneck, Queensland; Cables, Western Australia and Mt Maunganui, New Zealand. ASR Ltd (Amalgamate Solutions and Research) are responsible for the creation and execution of the reef. They were enlisted to help Bournemouth improve [...]