Eco-clothing super brand Rapa Nui have put their hand into their pockets in these austere times and produced brand new competition vests for the Isle of Wight Surf Club. The club has had resurgence over the last year with a brand new committee and winter surf league.
“Rapa Nui have been such an enormous help to us this, by donating the coloured vests we are able to run smooth and effective competitions on a regular basis” said Matt Harwood (IOW Surf Club Chairman). He went on to say that “We are an ambitious club that want to offer Island surfers a competitive arena, coaching of all abilities, a social focal point and a voice for island surfers in regards to the environment and our beaches. Rapa Nui has been instrumental in helping us with our web-site. We’ve already used the vests in our Frostbite winter surf series. They were well received by competitors and looked fantastic”
Rob Drake-Knight (co-founder of Rapa Nui) says “We are all about local projects and surfing and the ocean is a big part of our lifestyles. Rapa Nui is only too pleased to help the surf club. It’s just awesome to see our vests being used already in the winter Frost-bite series”
If you want to know more about Rapa Nui or the Surf Club check out rapanuiclothing.com and iowsurfclub.com.
Feb 07, 2011 | Categories: In Print, Surf Blogs, The Noughties | Tags: archive, beaches, blog, Competition, competitors, compton, Compton Bay, Freshwater, freshwater bay, frost bite, Frost Bite Series, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, iowsurfclub.com, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, joe truman, Josh Jupe, Mathew Harwood, Matt Harwood, Matthew Harwood, niton, Ocean, Rapa Nui, Rapanui, Rapanui.com, rapanuiclothing, Rash Vest, Rob Drake-Knight, stoked, surf, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, Ventnor, Vest, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory, winter surf league, Wood, Woody | Comments Off on Rapanui donate surf vests for the Frost Bite Series
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