Alan Reed Wins Masters Division of the BLU at Perranporth
A huge belated congratulations to Alan Reed for winning Masters of the first event of the 2011 British Longboard Union at Perranporth in mid April.
The competition was blessed with quality waves, great weather and a huge turnout. There were over 80 competitors competing in different divisions in the chunky peaks at Perranporth. The Sunday saw some real quality waves as you can see from Al’s pictures.
The Masters final was between the previous years winner Paul Keenan, Chris Harris of Skindog Surfboards, Vic Danks and Alan Reed. Alan’s effortless style that we all know saw him ease to victory.
Ben Haworth took the open division ripping to victory and overturning an inform Ben Skinner in the final. Ben’s father who had ties to the Island back in the early 80’s recently came to the Island to showcase his movie of ‘Devon Lanes and Longboards’ at our movie night last October.
Event winners were:
Open: Ben Haworth (North Devon)
Ladies: Candice O’Donnell (Newquay)
U18: Josh Le Marquand (Jersey)
U16: Arran Bright (Wales)
Masters:
1st Alan Reed
2nd Chris Harris
3rd Paul Keenan
4th Vic Danks
Sponsors for this event were;
Watering Hole Beach Bar
Bathsheba Surf shop in Perranporth (Junior Sponsor)
Old Guy’s Rule (Masters Sponsor )
Gul Performance Apparel (Ladies Sponsor )
Hendra Holiday Park
SurfTalk
Splashography
It was a perfect start to the 2011 British Longboard Union Tour and we would like to wish Alan all the best for the rest of the year.
3rd for Al at the 60’s Stylemasters
The Stylemasters is purely for 60’s boards, only surfboards dating to before 1970 are allowed to be ridden. Surfers go into a draw to pick one of the 10 boards for the competition. Bilbo’s, Dewey Webber, Harbour are just some of the boards that are available to ride, some of which are quite heavy. Rollercoasters, Cavemans & El Telephonos as well as other vintage moves are what score the points in this competition. The rules are no leashes and to try and surf as stylishly as possible without losing your board.
Not until you try to surf one of these boards yourself do you realise just how talented these guys are.