Detonator Review “Joss Brooks”…Morocco

Detonator Review “Joss Brooks”…Morocco

Detonator Review “Joss Brooks”…Morocco

JOSS REVIEW
Team Rider Joss Brooks has been as SBS Team rider since 2017  and has been surfing around the Newquay area all his life Jose surfs mostly high performance shortboards so was defiantly the man for the job when it cam to reviewing our detonator model. Joss was surfing our 5’9 Detonator in morocco’s famous surf sport Anchor Point last winter when it was firing. full loaded and perfect conditions to test the detonator. Joss surfed this board for 4 days and this is what Joss thought of our Detonator model. 

 

Joss Brooks

Its really good on open faces you get a lot of drive through it, especially if you used a quad set up”

 “The Pin tail goes really well in big waves” 

 

“Really good for drawing out big turns”

“Really good on rail so you can carry that speed through your bottom turn, and sections”

“I would recommend this board for more experienced surfer as its a high performance board for high performance waves”

 

“If you your a more experienced surfer and looking to surf some bigger waves defiantly think about getting one of these” 

 

The Detonator  

The Detonator is our ultimate performance shortboard, designed for fast-paced and progressive surfing. Without a doubt our ultimate all-around high-performance shortboard. Its 5 fin set up offers maximum drive and work on the bottom turns but still holds strong with supreme grip in big carves and hacks off the lip. The Detonator allows you to pick and choose from thruster to quads depending on the conditions making this board extremely versatile in big and small waves.

We have increased the volume in key areas and slightly lowered the nose entry rocker to make this board easier to paddle and catch waves, without losing that instant responsiveness for quick rail to rail transitions.

ABOUT THE SHAPE

Its modern foil and rail profiles help give this board that real high performance feels in bigger waves without sacrificing planning speed in smaller less powerful waves. It has a pronounced concave combined with a medium nose and tail rocker making this an ideal board for intermediate to advanced surfers looking for a board with an instant response that works great in the pocket. The rocker combined with the concave allows it to generate high-speed on the critical sections of the wave, whilst also letting you perform quick turns and amazingly short arcs within seconds. The rail profiles allow for extreme manoeuvrability throughout turns whilst maintaining maximum control.

We recommend the Detonator for Intermediate to Advanced surfers, and best surfed in waist high to well overhead surf. Overall the Detonator is going to be a great board for fast passed surfing, really tight carves and high-performance manoeuvres in good surf. 

After surfing the detonator in morocco Joss started to really love the Detonator for bigger waves, as you can see in the video this board is a perfect surfboard for morocco’s bigger more powerful surf.  

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In 2019 SBS Boards are bringing you the very best in our NEW surfboard range with some brand new construction using our full flex and rapid flex technology aswell as some brand new shapes and designs just for 2019 we have revamped and improved our classic favourites aswell adding more sizes and bigger ranges to our range we know you have come to love. our goal for out 2019 surfboard range is to bring more variety in sizes shapes and styles  as well as more options for advanced and professional riders right to the other end of the spectrum with more choice for beginners.

Our 2019 board have been improved so much that they are now tougher and stronger than ever before using a variety of new construction techniques as well as new materials helping to make our surfboards exceptional quality helping your board last longer and stay lighter with better performance. Take a look at our 2019 surfboard range below and let us know if you have any questions about any of our  surfboards  in the question box below 

New Surfboards 

The Fish Finger

The Fish Finger Is The latest slice of fun in our SBS range and its one of the smoothest fun surfboards we have ever made. The inspiration for this board derived from some incredible retro fish designs we had 10 years back and we wanted to make something just as fun with a more performance element to it perfect for sandbars and beach breaks.

The Fish Finger has a pretty traditional fish outline with its wide point right up front to make catching waves and paddling super easy its then pulled back into a smaller fish tail than most traditional fishes to help with turn quicker and create smoother carves. It’s got a pretty flat rocker compared to most board we make with only a small amount of nose lift which helps this board to rocket down the line in smaller waves.

The main feature of the fish finger is its iconic channel down the centre of the board leaving you with 2 chunkier raised rails helping to channel water towards the tail to generate speed and drive down the line.We would recommend for more skilled surfers they you get a few inches shorter than your traditional shortboard, this should help keep the incredible speed and drive created form the board and still give you that high performance feel when you release in turns.

The fish finger is ideally placed in between your small wave groveler and your performance shortboard for knee Hight to overhead sized surf.

The Fish Finger Features

  • Superfun fish shape  for lose and 
  • High Volume Surfboard
  • Flat rocker/ very stable 
  • Construction is an EPS Foam/Rapid Flex HD Stringer / biaxial Fibreglass and Epoxy Resin
  • Fin system is a Future Fins Twin Fin
  • Highly manoeuvrable,
  • Wide centre point for stability and paddling 
  • Great for intermediate to advanced surfers
  • Ideal Surfed in anthing from2-6 foot waves

Detonator

 

The Detonator is our ultimate performance shortboard, designed for fast-paced and progressive surfing. Without a doubt our ultimate all-around high-performance shortboard. Its 5 fin set up offers maximum drive and work on the bottom turns but still holds strong with supreme grip in big carves and hacks off the lip. The Detonator allows you to pick and choose from thruster to quads depending on the conditions making this board extremely versatile in big and small waves.

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We recommend the Detonator for Intermediate to Advanced surfers, and best surfed in waist high to well overhead surf. Overall the Detonator is going to be a great board for fast passed surfing, really tight carves and high-performance manoeuvres in good surf. 

Detonator Features

  • Hight performance outline
  • Lower Volume Surfboard
  • High performance
  • Full rocker/ ideal for barrels and bigger waves 
  • Construction is an EPS Foam/Rapid Flex/wood stringer/ HD Stringer / Fibreglass and Epoxy Resin
  • Fin system is a FCS II Five Fin
  • Incredibly manoeuvrable
  • Light and very responsive
  • Great for intermediate to advanced surfers
  • Ideal in chest to over head high waves

All Round Surfboards

The Heat Seeker 

The Heat Seeker is our team rider Dan Jeffery favourites boards fasted paced and performance surfing with the added extra of foam makes it ideally paced as a small to median ranage surfboard  is our super fun surfboard for, small to medium sized waves, its fast, light and loose, making pretty much anything surf-able. Ideal for year-round surf in the UK, especially in the 1-5-foot, range. We shrunk down our motivator design and gave it a bit more width and volume, combined with its flatter nose entry rocker and slightly less lift in the tail. The wide point has been brought forward making it like an absolute rocket in smaller waves. The added volume upfront means it can create incredible speed from the get-go and makes the board fly’s over flatter section with absolute ease. Its got a Single concave through the entire board, with tonnes of foam in the center under your chest to help paddle speed and catching waves, as well as giving you the buoyancy and planning speed to get through any flat section.

The outline gives it a really fast, loose and skatey feel,  but when you get it on rail you will feel the board stick to your feet like glue and turn in a moment notice.  Softer rails in the centre move into a harder more foiled rail by the fins, gives you tonnes of traction and control in the turns with enough forgiveness for less than ideal waves.  These features make the Heat Seeker unstoppable in average surf giving you incredible speed and stability but with tighter turns and incredible control in the pocket, This board is really going to progress and push the limits of your surfing. The Heat Seeker is great for any intermediate to advanced surfer looking to have the most amount of fun possible in knee to head high waves. Its perfect for British waves and will be a stable in your quiver all year round. 

Heat Seeker Features 

  • wide and stable/ performance outline
  • Medium rocker and volume
  • Ideal every day shortboard 
  • High performance
  • Full rocker/ ideal for barrels and bigger waves 
  • Construction is an EPS Foam/Rapid Flex/wood stringer/ HD Stringer / Fibreglass and Epoxy Resin
  • Fin system is a FCS II 3 Fin (thruster)
  • Incredibly manoeuvrable
  • Light and very responsive
  • Great for intermediate to advanced surfers
  • Ideal in knee high to just over head high waves

The Motivator 

The New and improved Motivator is better than ever and still our most popular selling board and for good reason. No matter what Day or what conditions, you can almost guarantee the motivator going to be perfect for the job. Designed for beginner to advance surfers as an everyday board for almost any wave conditions we get in the UK.
Its design allows catching waves and paddling to become easy and effortless due to its wider nose, fuller rails and additional volume through the deck. This gives you great speed and momentum, whilst still giving you enough control and sensitivity to perform in bigger surf. Its lightweight construction gives it a speedy yet responsive characteristic providing a level of forgiveness in critical manoeuvres. Its Low entry rocker along with single concave allows the board to really fly through the flatter sections of a wave whilst maintaining masses of manoeuvrability in the pocket and smaller surf.   
The Motivator has areas of hidden volume combined with a slightly wide thinner squash tail creating great stability, making it an ideal small to medium wave board that still performs well in the bigger surf. The Motivator is a great everyday shortboard that catches waves and paddles super easy, with enough speed to make average conditions fun.

Motivator Features 

  • Wide and stable outline
  • Medium rocker and higher volume
  • Ideal every day shortboard 
  • Medium- High performance
  • Full rocker/ ideal for barrels and bigger waves 
  • Construction is an EPS Foam/Rapid Flex/wood stringer/ Fibreglass and Epoxy Resin
  • Fin system is a FCS II 3 Fin (thruster)
  • Incredibly manoeuvrable
  • Light and very responsive
  • Great for intermediate to advanced surfers
  • Ideal in knee high to just over head high waves

The Predator 

The Predator isn’t just some of our team riders favourites its also our third best seller and probably our go to board for more advance surfers in smaller waves. its one of our favourite all rounders because its designed with the perfect balance of high-performance features and modern comfort so can be used in a large variety of waves.

It has a progressive hybrid outline that is shorter, wider and thicker than your average surfboard. Its got plenty of volume and width upfront under your chest, which is then pulled back into a more refined rounded pin tail, giving the board a really unique riding style.

The volume up-front gives it that ease of use when paddling and pumping down the line, whilst the pulled in tail keeps it smooth, fast and responsive allowing you to be more agile in tighter sections of bigger waves.

The Predator is a really fun, fast and light all-around board that’s going to give you the confidence and speed in bigger waves as well as the paddle power and wave count in smaller surf ideal for intermediates – expert surfers.

Predator Features 

  • Hybrid fast outline
  • Flat rocker and higher volume
  • Fast lose and reactive in turns
  • High performance in smaller surf
  • Flatter rocker/ ideal for small to medium sized waves 
  • Construction is an EPS Foam/Rapid Flex stringer/ Fibreglass and Epoxy Resin
  • Fin system is a FCS II 3 Fin (thruster)
  • Incredibly manoeuvrable
  • Light and very responsive
  • Great for intermediate to advanced surfers
  • Ideal in knee high to just over head high waves

The Big Squid 

The Big squid is our perfromance longboard thats is a favrouit of team rider Lewis Stritch who surfed it since 2017 . Lewis has surfed it in all types of condidions fromUk small rollers to bigger more powerfullw aves in morocco. if perfromance longboarding is you cup of team then this board is for you.

The Big Squid is our new-school long board with all the traditional fun features of that old-school smooth style. It has a low entry rocker combined with a fuller outline to create the perfect stable platform for cross stepping and nose riding.

The thinned out, tucked in tail allows for incredible rail to rail control for more progressive and modern off the lip style surfing. The pulled in pin tail performs effortlessly with the fin set up allowing this board to be ridden as a single  2+ 1 or even a thruster for added versatility in different waves. That added smoothness between transitions makes this board fast and loose in the pocket giving you just enough release on more progressive manoeuvres. The single concave flatter deck and rocker line of the Big Squid provide incredible speed and momentum for paddling and riding and the volume displacement gives you the ability to be highly manoeuvrable while being incredibly forgiving.

The Big Squid is made with a lightweight EPS foam and robust epoxy construction making it highly manoeuvrable and on average 30% stronger and 20% lighter than average polyurethane boards. This combination allows for huge advantages when turning, and incredible versatility in different sized waves. The Big Squid Longboard is going to be great for any surfer from beginner to advanced looking for a small wave board or a real performance Mal that’s going to keep you stoked for years to come.

Big Squid Features 

  • Performance outline for more responsive surfing
  • Flat rocker Medium nose entry flatter in the centre
  • kick in the tail 
  • Thinned out tail and nose 
  • Fast lose and reactive in turns
  • High performance in shoulder high and above surf
  • Construction is an EPS Foam/ wood stringer/ Fibreglass and Epoxy Resin
  • Fin system is a FCS II 4 Fin quad + centre 
  • Incredibly manoeuvrable
  • Ideal for nose riding/ cross stepping
  • Light and very responsive
  • Great for intermediate to advanced surfers

The Smoking Gun  

The Smoking Gun is a great addition to surfers who love fast paced surfing with plenty of spray its a  fast and fun board designed for high-performance surfing with speed, drive and power in mind. It’s flatter rocker makes the most of the speed you have, providing you with a huge amount of down the line drive and speed, making mincemeat out of mushier flatter sections. This combined with its pulled in tail helps keeps it loose and responsive in the turns whilst being very forgiving on rail.

The Smoking Gun has a low entry rocker that feeds into a single concave that helps the board get up to planning speed quicker. This concave feed through into a double in the back to help get the most out of your turns and keep your board gripping in bigger surf. We pumped it full of volume to make paddling smooth and easy, with its wide point a little further up the board for more stability under your front foot helping plaining speed and landing Ariel manoeuvres.

When it comes to creating spray and landing aerials the smoking gun is faultless and you will love the instant forgiving feeling you get when laying in to a hard turn or big air. The smoking gun Works well as a thruster or quad in varying conditions and can be surfed in knee high to well overhead surf.

Overall the smoking gun is going to be perfect for intermediate to advanced surfers who like fast passed surfing on small to medium sized waves.

The Smoking Gun Features

  • Small wave shape – Very stable
  • Easy to paddle
  • Flat rocker and higher volume
  • Fast lose and reactive in turns
  • Swallow tail
  • High performance in smaller surf
  • Flatter rocker/ ideal for small to medium sized waves 
  • Construction is an EPS Foam/ Wood stringer/ Fibreglass and Epoxy Resin
  • Fin system is a FCS II 5 Fin 
  • Light and very responsive
  • Great for intermediate to advanced surfers
  • Ideal in knee high to just over head high waves

Small Wave Surfboards

The Bull

The Bull is our most fun shortboard in our range for small waves its alos one of our top sellers last year this board expolded in 2018 when we developed our range and hade over 10 sizes avaiable  which means more option for all surfers

The Bull is going to thrive in whatever wave condition it’s in, anything from knee to head high waves and especially perfect in those smaller “mushier” days.

The width and the thickness of the bull means maximum stability while also giving you unparalleled paddle power in the line-up, resulting in you catching more waves easier & faster. It has a slightly narrowed and foiled tail, so it will retain that high-performance responsive feel in the turns, whilst gliding over flatter sections with ease. The Bull is really going to make those smaller days a whole lot of fun.

This is going to be a great transitional board for beginners or anyone who wants to downsize from a longboard to something a bit smaller. This board is also going to be great for surfers that don’t surf so much on a regular basis as well as advanced surfers who want that little extra speed, power and stability in smaller waves. A great all-around entry-level small wave board. 

Overall the Bull is going to be Simple fun and easy to ride, we guarantee this board will make you smile. The Bull comes standard as a 5-fin option because it works well as both a thruster fin and a quad fin setups. This board tends to be ridden most often in the smaller surf, but the versatility in the 5-fin setup allows the bull to work in more powerful waves from anything from knee-high to head high waves

Bull Features

  • Small wave shape – Very stable
  • Easy to paddle/ catches waves easy
  • Quick entry in to waves 
  • Flat rocker and higher volume
  • Fast lose and reactive in turns
  • Squash tail
  • High performance in smaller surf
  • Concaves to help funnel water towards the tail
  • Flatter rocker/ ideal for small to medium sized waves 
  • Construction is an EPS Foam/ Wood stringer/ Fibreglass and Epoxy Resin
  • Fin system is a FCS II 3 Fin (Thruster setup) 
  • Light and very responsive
  • Great for beginner shortboarders -intermediate & advanced surfers
  • Ideal in knee high to just over head high waves

The Spud Stick 

The spud stick  would be a great addition to anyones quiver in 2019  especial for smaller waves and typical summer surf we get in the UK New construction and refined design mean the spud stick is even better and last longer than ever before 

Those Summer day’s with weak messy surf are tough to get motivated for but the spud stick will fly in anything, it’s designed to catch everything and anything that’s moving. It’s going to make any small surf day super fun and super ripable. It has a low entry rocker allowing it to plane quickly and pick up speed whilst also making paddling super easy. it also has a lot more lift in the tail rocker to allow for hard tight turns without losing speed. The boards wider outline combined with a double concave helps to provide lift in the centre, meaning it’s going to be really fast in small waves but when you get it on edge it’s going to turn just like a normal shortboard.

The wider template also means that this board can be surfed by almost any rider, because of the high volume and performance features it could be surfed by a beginner in One-foot waves, or an advanced surfer in anything up to shoulder height.Really ideal for beginners looking to shortboard or the heavier surfer looking for a little more float and FUN, This board is a must for anyone who loves fast-paced performance surfing !!!    Best surfed in ankle to head high surf and can be surfed as a quad or thruster.

Spud Stick Features

  • Small wave shape – Very stable
  • Laid back smooth style 
  • Easy to paddle/ catches waves easy
  • Wide outline – Quick entry in to waves 
  • Flat rocker and higher volume
  • Keeps speed – Quick in flatter sections
  • High performance in smaller surf
  • Concaves to help funnel water towards the tail
  • Low entry rocker to flatt rocker/ ideal for small to medium sized waves 
  • Construction is an EPS Foam/ Wood stringer/ Fibreglass and Epoxy Resin
  • Fin system is a FCS II 5 Fin  
  • Light and very responsive
  • Great for beginner – intermediats  as a first shortboard
  • Great small wave shortboard for advanced surfers
  • Ideal in knee high to just over head high waves
  • Very durable and strong 

The Pea Shooter

The peashooter is a great bigginner surfboard for anone looking to get in to surfing in 2019 with its beginner friendly width and length aswella s a high volumme this board is perfect for most beginners looking to progress from a foam board.

The Pea Shooter is our classic new longboard shape with its emphasis on performance and speed, we guarantee it will turn a few heads and keep you smiling. Designed to be a perfect balance between ease of use and performance Pea Shooter is an excellent board for almost any surfer. It’s a great all-rounder making it suitable for all abilities and levels.

A smooth and easy laid back style with tonnes of float making it an absolute dream to paddle and a beauty to cross step. You will find yourself hanging ten with ease.

Pea Shooter Features

  • Very durable and strong 
  • wide and stable/ cruising single fin outline 
  • Flat – Medium rocker and volume
  • Ideal Beginner longboard every surfboard 
  • High volume 73 L
  • Catches waves easily 
  • Great For cross stepping and nose riding
  • Construction is an EPS Foam/wood stringer/ Fibreglass and Epoxy Resin
  • Fin system is a 2+1 setup with FCS II  and a 6-10 inch center fin
  • Light and very responsive
  • Ideal in knee high to just over head high waves

Mr Whippy  

The Mr Whippy is a great option for beginners and first timers looking for an easy board to learn the surf basics lower volume than a longboards, our Mr Whippy is a minimal shape that is great to progress from a longboard or softboard and start to get to grips with the basics of carving

The Mr whippy is ment to be fun to ride  that why we designed it with two things in mind: paddling and stability. Mr Whippy is going to be a great entry-level board for beginners to intermediates whilst also being really fun as a progressive board for intermediate to advanced surfers in weaker waves.

This board is a lot of things the main one being fun, with a wide outline template and relaxed nose entry rocker, making it incredibly fast and smooth to paddle with practically no effort.
Its flatter deck creates great stability and bucket loads of speed, allowing it ride over flatter sections like nothing else, giving you that silky smooth style of a performance mal. Perfect for those summer days, this board is going to catch anything you throw at it.

Mr Whippy Features

  • Strong Durable construction  
  • Wide and stable/ cruising single fin outline 
  • Medium length -more nonrecoverable than a longboard
  • Flater Rocker and High volume
  • Ideal Beginner  board to progress on to unbroken waves 
  • High volume 40-52 L
  • Catches waves easily 
  • Construction is an EPS Foam/wood stringer/ Fibreglass and Epoxy Resin
  • Fin system is FCS II  3 fin (Thrister)
  • Light and very responsive
  • Great for Beginner to intermediate surfers
  • Ideal in knee high to shoulder high waves

If you are looking for a new surfboard in 2019 you cant go wrong with one of these from our SBS Range  boards of all shapes and sizes designed for every ability from totally beginner to surfing veterans surfing a t an advanced level. if you have any questions about our range of surfboards or want to know more about sbsboards or details of shipping just message us in the box below and will will get back to you as soon as possible.

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The world of surfing has many myths and legends, it is rife with superstition, so how can you separate the myths, from the facts?Whether you’re just getting into surfing, or you’re a seasoned pro, you might have heard some of these myths.

People that don’t surf have stereotypical opinions of surfers, full of misconception, based on ‘The Beach Boys’ music, or Hollywood movies like ‘Pointbreak’ and ‘Blue Crush’; that we all have blonde hair and shout ‘calabunga!’ every day. Aside from a small minority, it couldn’t be further from the truth.

If you surf at your local break there is probably an abundance of people, talking about the legends of that surf spot and general surfing myths. Anything from saying “you’re going in”, when you’ve finished your surf, riding a yellow board, to wearing green boardies in Bali could bring bad luck and no waves. 

We are going to take you through our Top 10 Ultimate Surfing Myths, separating the honest truth, from the outrageous fantasy once and for all!

Here are our Top 10 Surfing Myths…

MYTH 1. SURFING IS EASY.

If you think surfing is easy, you are wrong.

Even a pro surfer knows it’s not just the ability to surf that is hard, it’s the fitness, the experience and the knowledge of the ocean, that has to be built up over years of practice to make it look so effortless. As the old saying goes ‘If something looks easy, it’s probably hard’ and the best in the world definitely make it look easy, but what they do is incredibly hard.

MYTH 2. YOU CAN ONLY SURF IN THE SUMMER IN THE UK.

If you’re not a surfer, you may think that surfing is strictly a summer activity…but if you surf in the UK, you know that is not the case!

The number of people I meet that say “Ooo you surf, what do you do in the winter?”, or “You can only do that in the summer.”. You can imagine their face when you say the best time to surf is the winter, it almost makes me laugh every time.

In the UK the water of certainly does get a lot busier in summer but mostly with tourists and retired locals enjoying some rare sunshine. You may have tried surfing for the first time in the summer, with ideas of catching waves in board shorts under the hot sun. Surfing doesn’t often conjure up the idea of 5mm wetsuits, gloves, booties and hoods, venturing out into freezing cold weather, and freezing water to catch a few mushy waves.

Surfers who wish to surf in the UK have to invest in a half decent wetsuit; gloves boots and a hood are optional but definitely recommended to surf year-round in the UK.

If not there is always the winter surf trip to find warmer climates like, southern Europe, Bali and Morocco.

MYTH 3. SURFERS ARE LAZY / DON’T HAVE JOBS.

Depending on who you speak to, they might confirm this! But surfing in its earliest conception, was a counter-culture lifestyle, rebelling against the traditional norms and expectations of people. Embracing the idea of a free, easy life with no worries, some saw this as surfers being lazy bums and sometimes associated it with antisocial behaviour.

This beach bum stereotype has long been attached to surfers, but in the present day and age, surfing has transcended its counter-culture roots and now you will find everyone from doctors to dentists and CEO’s of companies joining you on the waves. Hollywood movie stars such as Mathew McConaughey and Chris Hemsworth are both fond surfers and are definitely not lazy!

Not only can anyone now take part in it or call themselves a surfer, but there has been a cultural shift with surfing becoming a professional sport and making real career opportunities for younger surfers, as well as surf brands like; Quicksilver, Billabong, Hurley and Rip Curl, becoming huge corporate giants, employing masses of people in the surf industry.

These days the surf lifestyle might not be so nomadic, but more along the lines of a quick surf before work or a cheeky session just after you’ve dropped the kids off at their after-school activities. It can fit in with the 9-5 world and you don’t have to be a lazy bum to surf.

MYTH 4. SURFING ISN’T A SPORT.

Now this is a debate for the ages, as a lot of people believe that surfing is a way of life, living for the swell and your only focus is when you’re going to catch that next adrenaline pumping tube. Surfing being a competitive sport just isn’t a thing.

If you’re new to surfing, you might just think it’s something you do for fun and you’re not wrong. But surfing is a legitimized sport and has been for some time, having governing bodies like the ‘International Surf League (ISA)’, as well as the ‘World Surf League (WSL)’ where surfers can compete to be the best on the planet within the set-out guidelines.

The very definition of a sport is: “an athletic competition requiring skill or prowess that is often competitive in nature.” Through the criteria set out by judges, surfing meets all the requirements and for the last 50 years, there have Surfing competitions all over the world. Try telling 11-time, World Champion and millionaire, Kelly Slater that surfing is not a sport he might suggest otherwise.

MYTH 5. SURFING ISNT A CAREER PATH.

For most surfers surfing will always be a joyful leisure activity that we all love, but in an ever-changing surf world, surfing is now becoming a more viable option as a promising career. I’m not just talking about the top 50 or top 1000 surfers in the world, who have full sponsorships and get paid to go surfing every day. Most of the top 25 guys are all millionaires these days and even if you’re not, it’s ok because you can still make a career out of surfing. Surf instructors all over the world, as well and board manufacturers all do it, not to mention the crazy new world of wave pools bringing a whole new dimension to surfing in the UK, especially since we are on course to have 3 built by 2022.

Today with a better standard of surfing right from the grassroots and more competitions happening every year, there is a lot more money in surfing than 20 years ago. For those with a talent, it can be a real money earner that sees you through your entire life

MYTH 6. YOUR TOO OLD TO SURF, SURFING IS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

Surfing is for everyone you might have visions of 20 somethings, surfing in board shorts, in a far-off location, catching beautiful blue waves and living the dream. Or your ideas of surfing might be a fit, young, women surfing in Hawaii, in a bikini, without a care in the world, but this isn’t the only reality of surfing. Surfing is for everyone. Sure it helps to learn it young, like any sport the earlier you learn it, the more likely you are to become better. Obviously, the more practice you have, the better you get, if you start at 45 years old don’t expect to be the next big thing. But if you start young and practice consistently, you’ll end up being pretty good. Today lots of people take up surfing in there 30s, 40s,50s and even 60s as a great way to stay in shape, along as you enjoy the surf there is no upper age limit to catching waves, period.

MYTH 7: SHARKS LIKE TO EAT SURFERS

If you’re not a surfer, you may feel pretty strongly about this one and it doesn’t take much to connect the two together. With surfers entering the shark’s habitat, there is always going to be some locations were surfer and shark meet, and it doesn’t always end well for the surfer. But Hollywood and the media’s obsession with portraying sharks as a vengeful, poised killer, hell-bent on chowing down, on a surfers leg or two is totally false.

Films like ‘Jaws’ and ‘The Shallows’ created this false perception that has stuck with many people to this day. If it were a percentage game, you are more likely to get struck by lightning, than come in to contact with a shark.

Studies show that surfers in California have a 1 in 17 million chance of being bitten by a shark “Your odds are higher of winning the lottery,” the scientists wrote in their open letter.

But that does depend on when and where you surf, California is one thing, but if you head over to Jay Bay, South Africa and fancy paddling out at dusk, you may see a few seals swimming around in the line-up. In that case, that statistic mentioned earlier might be a little more in the shark’s favour. 

Now there is some truth that surfers can resemble a seal from a distance and there have been a lot of exploratory bites in places like South Africa and Australia. More often than not, however, as soon as the first bite is taken, the surfer is left alone.

In high profile events, like the time Mick Fanning got attacked by a shark in the middle of a competition, the footage went viral and gave a fresh wave of fear and misconception about sharks. Luckily, surfers, for the most part, won’t even encounter a shark, let alone get bitten by one.

If you surf in the UK, you can consider yourself pretty lucky as we don’t even have the big fellers roaming around.

Ultimately it boils down to the shark’s bad rep, but believe us when we say that sharks are not the surfer hungry predators they are made out to be. 

MYTH 8.  IF YOU DON’T LIVE IN CORNWALL, HAWAII, CALIFORNIA OR AUSTRALIA YOU CAN’T SURF.

As a surfer in the UK, who lives outside of Cornwall and Devon, telling people, not in the know, that you surf is kind of another language to them, they just don’t understand it. Many think you can only surf in hot countries or have heard that you can only do it in places like Newquay.

The funny thing is the UK is filled with some of the most epic surf spots you could ever find, and with wave forecasting websites giving over 300 surf spots around the UK, there is no shortage of places to surf and that’s just the main ones. On any given day there are thousands more with secret spots and undiscovered local waves you will never know about.

It’s not just the South West coastlines that have all the fun, any coastline has the potential for waves, even on the South Coast in places like Bognor Regis there are unknown waves that break all through the winter. As well as world class waves in Scotland, Wales and Ireland making the UK a real World class venue in the winter months, if you can handle the cold.

MYTH 9. YOU HAVE TO BE FIT TO SURF

You don’t have to be fit, but it helps like lots of activities and sports it requires a basic fitness level to be able to perform the manoeuvres. If you’re super overweight and can’t do any exercise for more than 20 seconds, you might struggle at surfing. Surfing requires athletic-like fitness, including aerobic endurance – especially in the upper body for paddling, strong core, good balance, strength and endurance elements too.

Most people can pick up surfing if you get a super long, wide, buoyant board and surf in small waves. You can get almost anyone surfing waves within a few hours, even if you’re not the fittest person you can still learn to surf.

MYTH 10. SURFING IS A NEISH SPORT.

Maybe in the 60-70s surfing was niche, but today surfing is a multi-billion-dollar operation, bringing a huge amount of wealth to surf communities all over the world. It’s estimated that worldwide there are a massive 23 million people that surf at least once a year! With more media coverage and attention than ever before, surfing is going to continue to grow, especially with the developments of wave pools in inland areas, allowing for more participation that was never available before.

Currently, the surf industry generates over 7 billion dollars every year and that’s still growing. In the UK alone, we currently have half a million surfers making an economic contribution of up to £1.8billion a year in direct spend. That’s massive!

This once counterculture is now mainstream, more and more surf competitions are being broadcast live via Facebook and other major sports news outlets, you know it’s just going to become more popular every year.

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Do you want to get sponsored in surfing? Have you dreamed about slapping those corporate stickers on your board and living the pro lifestyle? Well luckily, today we are going to talk about just that.  How to get sponsored in surfing!

For most surfers, the dream of becoming a pro, slapping a few Quicksilver, Billabong or Rip Curl stickers on your board, jetting off around the world in some far-off location, surfing perfect waves and having a blast seems like an ideal career.

You’ve probably thought “Could I do that?” “Could I get a sponsor, travel the world, surf and get paid for it!?”

That’s the dream right…

So, what does it take to get sponsored these days?

Well, unfortunately, today is a little different to a few years back, before the financial crisis of 2008 really messed with the surf brands cash flow, just as they were becoming mainstream and the money was flowing.

Companies like Quicksilver had a huge roster of pro surfers repping their brand, as well as the talented, young groms with great potential and even half decent surfers, was of epic proportion. After the recession, most companies had massive cuts to their sponsorship teams, a lot of talented pro surfers struggled to find a main sponsor. Even world champion CJ Hobgood faced a challenging last few years on tour barely breaking even and funding himself for the tour.

The glory days of being a sponsored surfer had gone and for good reason.

Why Sponsors will sponsor you?

 If you think of sponsorship as a company’s investment in you, that investment needs to have a return. Giving a surfer discounted gear, free surfboards, clothing and a paycheck all costs money. So how does a sponsor get their money back?

  • Direct sales – Sponsors can help promote the company in the form of direct sales.

Utilising your audience or fans to gain your sponsor new customers, by promoting clothing, boardshorts, surfboards, or wetsuits. This is usually monitored through customers using your discount code (often these discount codes allow for a small percentage of sales made via your discount code, to be paid to you).

  • Advertisement – If you’re a good surfer you will help them advertise their products just by using them and performing well on them in competitions.

Getting video clips helps to advertise their products, so the company can make more sales. But in today’s instantaneous world, if you think competing in a few local events, or even winning, will make a big difference to your sponsor… it probably won’t.

Sponsorship as you once knew it, is a very different game today. If you want to be sponsored, have your boards and wetsuits paid for, you’ll need to seriously rip.

Read through this next paragraph, ask yourself these questions and maybe, just maybe you might get that sponsorship you have always been looking for.

Why do you want to get sponsored?

– Is it just for social status, that you want free stuff, discounted prices, maybe you want a few free surf trips through the year, or want to make surfing your everyday job? Don’t we al

Are you good enough to get sponsored?

– Maybe the easiest one, but a lot of people miss-judge their talents and overestimate their skill level in relation to getting sponsored. If you aren’t the most skilled but have the work ethic and dedication of a champ, they may still consider you as an ambassador.

What can you do for your sponsor?

– It’s great for getting boards, wetsuits, all expenses paid trips and living the sponsored lifestyle, but what makes you worth your sponsor’s investment in you?

 

If you can answer those you are half way there to knowing your answer and what type of sponsorship or ambassador role you could get.

“If you take away anything from this blog, it should be our next set of tips, on how to get a surf sponsor, as we talk about all the things you should do to make a potential sponsor want to have you on their team”.

 

Become a self-promoter.

If you want to be sponsored, a big part of that in today’s world is being a self-promoter or an online personality. Become someone people like to watch, creating interesting content and keeping current. Creating content like videos, pictures, or even just daily vlogging, using social media channels such as; Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to put out your latest edit of surf clips will all help. There’s nothing more important than promoting yourself online and Instagram is a real surf, self-promotion hot spot.   

In surfing Instagram is such a perfect tool to advertise yourself, vlogging via Instagram stories and IGTV can create great engagement with your following because everything is so visual, and surfing is a visual sport. Talking about surfing, posting out your latest shots, interacting with your audience will all help to create a following and your sponsor will love it!

Read through this next paragraph, ask yourself these questions and maybe, just maybe you might get that sponsorship you have always been looking for.

Why do you want to get sponsored?

– Is it just for social status, that you want free stuff, discounted prices, maybe you want a few free surf trips through the year, or want to make surfing your everyday job? Don’t we al

 

Are you good enough to get sponsored?

– Maybe the easiest one, but a lot of people miss-judge their talents and overestimate their skill level in relation to getting sponsored. If you aren’t the most skilled but have the work ethic and dedication of a champ, they may still consider you as an ambassador.

What can you do for your sponsor?

– It’s great for getting boards, wetsuits, all expenses paid trips and living the sponsored lifestyle, but what makes you worth your sponsor’s investment in you?

 

If you can answer those you are half way there to knowing your answer and what type of sponsorship or ambassador role you could get.

“If you take away anything from this blog, it should be our next set of tips, on how to get a surf sponsor, as we talk about all the things you should do to make a potential sponsor want to have you on their team”.

 

Be pro-active.

 If you’re just sitting waiting for some surf company to just turn up to your local beach one day, or ‘spot you’ and say “You rip! Want a sponsorship deal?” You might be waiting a long time.

Be proactive, get out in the world and talk to people who could potentially be your first sponsor. Local shops or smaller local brands are great, as they will be more likely to speak with you about riding with them in return for discounted equipment, or maybe even free equipment.

Start posting out videos and pictures regularly from your sessions, organise to meet up with local photographers or get friends to video you, it all helps that self-promotion. After working hard, building followers and an audience that regularly view what you’re up to on social media or YouTube, start talking to brands about what you can do for them. Tell them how you can help further their brand, advertise them well, or how you can help them sell more products.

A well put together proposal will go down a lot better than just a DM saying, “Will you sponsor me?” Or “If you send me a free stuff, I can post a picture of me using your boards.” Potential sponsors are more likely to take you seriously if you have a realistic proposal, with the intention of trying to work with the company and aren’t just trying to score free products.

Become a social media pro.

 Social media can have its downfalls, but as a surfer looking for potential sponsorships, you need to promote yourself, to help influence other surfers and likeminded people. It’s the perfect way to make a name for yourself and create a large following, who trust your honest opinion.

If you look at the best surfers in the world, they have a large following because of their surfing ability and their personality. Their followers will read, or check what their favourite surfers are up to daily and as a sponsored surfer you can then have your products on show to all your following, which can then translate into more potential sales for your sponsor.

You don’t have to be a top 100, competing, professional surfer to make it in the sponsored world. Lots of sponsored surfers make a living on social media by promoting themselves and their sponsor, which in turn helps keep their lifestyle funded.

Surfers like Craig Anderson, Jamie Obrien and YouTubers like Ben Gravy now make a living from posting out surf clips full-time, because they have found their audience. Posting out clips of daily life, surfing, using their sponsors’ products like; surfboards, wetsuits, boardshorts, wax or even energy drinks, helps create brand awareness and exposure. This extra advertisement can all lead to potential sales and the more sales generated by you, the more likely that brand is going to invest money, time and effort into you.

Make surf videos

Now you might think this is down to others, or someone who can edit, you’re just the surfer…? But having a wide skillset, being a triple threat in content creation, meaning you are the surfer, director, editor and being the distributor gives you a lot of bargaining power with sponsors. You don’t need a super fancy computer or a high-spec camera, but having that skill and using it will greatly improve your chances of getting seen by sponsors and give them more reason to sponsor you.

 I would recommend starting small, using smartphones, free editing apps and learning the basics, after 10 minutes you can pretty much master creating little videos of your weekly surfs. Upload them to Instagram and Facebook, in the story or a post to get you moving in the right direction, once you have a better idea of what works, you may even want to make two different edits, a highlight reel for Instagram and Facebook and one slightly longer more detailed version for YouTube.

Once you have more experience and seriously want to create better quality content, I would recommend getting yourself a decent laptop, camera and some friends or family that can video you from time to time. If you can create interesting content and high-quality footage you are half way there!

If you aren’t a good surfer? Get better.

 Every day we receive emails and messages from people who want to be sponsored, some are just beginners, some of a good skill level and some that don’t even surf but have 20k+ followers and have ‘Influencer’ in their Instagram bio.

A large social following can be beneficial IF it has grown organically and it is genuine, but followers and likes can be bought and that is not going to benefit a brand/sponsor. Thankfully a falsely acquired, large following is pretty easy to spot, if the brand/sponsor looks a little deeper into who the followers actually are, or the type of interaction they receive.

The most important part for us is that you can surf well, or at least have potential and are working seriously hard to improve. Having a tenacious desire to improve and hard-working attitude, can get you further than having all the talent in the world if you are lazy.

What to do now?

 Hopefully, we gave you some useful advice and now you have a few things you can do that might get you talking with a potential sponsor. The more of these you do, the better!

If you’re a surfer who loves making surf clips of themselves shredding, putting out pictures, updates on social media and maybe competing in a competition or 2.Sponsors are going to be way more interested, than if you surf ok, but have no following, audience, videos or even pictures of you surfing.

Remember you might not get the response you want straight away, but if you keep working hard, keep improving your surfing and honing your craft, eventually with enough patience and hard work it will pay off!

If you are interested in learning more about getting sponsored, give us a message below and we can give you more advice on how to get started.

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Never Leave Waves to Find Waves

If you’re having an enjoyable surf session and the waves are good, don’t leave… The idea that waves might be better just around the headland, or less crowded is a bad one. Thoughts like; ‘I bet its pumping over there’, or ‘let’s just have a look, we can jump back in if not’. are always dangerous, if you’ve found waves stay in and froth out! Being on the south coast we know how to froth over small, crumbly, crud waves and flat spells in the summer. You really have to just be happy you got waves, it’s almost always a sure thing that if you get out in the hope for better waves, when you arrive it will be worse and that gamble for better surf has just wasted half your session. Don’t gamble.

Don’t Tell Fellow Surfers You’re Leaving.

This is a weird one, some people believe in… some don’t. in some places, people can get really aggy about you mentioning that you’re going back in. it’s like an unwritten code that you don’t do this because soon as you mention it, the winds will change for the worst,  there will be massive lulls and the swell will just die. if you want to go in just give people a wave, nod or just paddle in and wait on the beach, but by no means tell the other surfers that you are getting out and leaving the water. Mother nature and the surf gods are always watching and listening!

 

Don’t Wear Green in Indo

This superstition isn’t so widely acted upon from tourists and other surfers, but within the local community it’s very well known and adhered to, to the point where sponsored Indonesians refuse to wear rash vests, or even sponsors boardshorts because of the potential outcome. The main superstition is that if you wear green boardshorts, use a green surfboard or have a green t-shirt… basically if you wear anything green, the sea will take you and never let you go!

Now, this does have some credence because throughout Indonesia most people believe in some kind of faith, as well as other mythical and more obscure things such as black magic. In Indonesian culture it is said that the queen of the southern seas ( Ratu Nyai Loro Kidul )  is depicted in all green and any man that goes in the ocean wearing green will be taken by her, because she wants to keep them for herself and will never let them go. You can see where this superstition comes from and it does have some truth, the Indonesian ocean can be a rough place, take Bali for example, lots of people die in the sea each year and naturally, some of them are wearing green.. so depending on who you talk to, it’s true… Better off leaving the green boardies at home…just to be safe!

 

Don’t Use a Yellow Surfboard in Africa 

This superstition has some legs to stand on, even if you don’t surf you will remember the incredible videos and images buzzing around the internet and of Mick Fanning fighting off a shark attack, in Jbay on the world tour. This video and live stream went viral worldwide and really shined in the spotlight on shark attacks, as well as professional surfing.

Naturally, all the local myths and superstitions came to light, but ultimately it is backed up by some evidence, as well as a number of surfers in the local area who claimed sharks attack yellow boards a lot more than any other colour. The locals even have a name for surfboards that are yellow, they call them ‘Yum Yum Yellow’. However this may not be just limited to sharks in Africa, it may be all over the world, but because of the extent of shark attacks in Africa on yellow boards, it has given birth to the superstition predominantly there. The real-life scientific data shows that sharks have no real colour preference and aren’t attracted to yellow more than any other colour, but that may just mean more testing is needed.

Myth or not it’s probably worth making your next spray job any other colour than yellow if you’re surfing in Africa!

The New Board Curse (A New Surfboard Will Always Mean Bad Surfing Conditions/Session)

We have all been there, you’ve been waiting weeks and months for your new stick and it finally arrives! You can’t wait to take it out on the water and get it wet, but as soon as you get down to the local beach, the conditions look crap and the next week looks like windy, mush on magic seaweed. Most surfers can relate and probably agree it is almost guaranteed to bring bad luck. When you’re pumped to ride your new board, it’s never firing, or one of the good days, if it is you will probably end up snapping your board in half, or getting a ding. Sometimes it’s better to brave the mush and get through it and then look forward to future swells.

Whether you believe in these superstitions or not is up to you, some hold an element of truth, but most are just superstitions or folk law, we want to know if you believe in any of these, or are there any superstitions you live by?

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