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United Kingdom Surfski
Great Britain
Downwind/Paddles
(Counter Clockwise - Starting with Southwestern Seaside Counties going West to East from Atlantic to English Channel to North Sea then finally around to Counties on the Irish Sea)
Atlantic/Bristol Channel & English Channel Shorelines
(Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Gloucestershire)
English Channel Shoreline Only
(Dorset, Hampshire, West Sussex, East Sussex)
North Sea and Irish Sea Shorelines
(Kent, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Durham, Tyne & Wear, Northumberland, Cumbria, Lancashire, Merseyside)
Tidal Races
- Isle Of Man - Calf of Man
- The Lizard
- Lundy Island
- Portland Bill
- Yachting Monthly - The 11 Fiercest Tide Races in the UK
- ..
British Bores (Tidal etc.)
- River Dee sea kayak video (Wales/GB)
- River Kent
- River Mersey video
- River Ribble sea kayak video
- River Severn video
- River Wyre
- Solway Firth - River Esk, River Eden
- Trent Aegir video
- Manchester's James Milner (twitter)
- …
Resources
- Surf Ski UK Facebook coaching, guiding, rental, club meets, shuttles
Bermuda
See Bermuda Surfski
Northern Ireland
Resources
- Surfski Northern Ireland (facebook)
- …
Scotland
See Scotland Surfski
Wales
See Wales Surfski
Protectorates & Territories
Jersey Channel Islands Surfski The Islands are not actually part of the United Kingdom. But English is their primary language and they are a British Crown Dependency..
Conditions
- QuickTide tidal calculations for UK, Ireland, and Belgium to Gibraltar - buy card for calcs
- UK Sea Water Temperatures 5° C = 41° F;10° C = 50° F; 20° C = 68° F (°F= (9/5 * °C) + 32)
Videos
Races
Clubs
- Elmbridge Canoe Club - (Surrey) Flatwater racing and SUP, you can learn technique here and there are undoubtedly folks who also own surfskis to talk to.
Coaching
Surfski Dealers
- Carbonology UK North Berwick, Scotland, United Kingdom AlanHunter@carbonologysport.co.uk
- Fenn UK & Ireland St. Ives Bay, UK
- Kirton Kayaks Crediton, UK - makes a spec surfski, sells Epic including their own special modified versions
- Nordic Kayak UK (facebook) Kent, UK
- Rogue Kayak Edinburgh, Scotland, designs their own surfskis made at the Nelo Factory
- Surfski Dynamics Mothecombe, UK Think
- Ultimate Kayaks Ivan Lawler, Ottershaw, UK - Epic, Nelo - Surfski, Slalom, Sprint, SeaKayaks
Repair
- Kirton Kayaks Crediton, UK
- Southern Sea Kayaks Winterborne Whitechurch, UK
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Resources
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- British Waterway License/Insurance (for inland paddling)
- British Canals
- Kayak and Canoe Transport U.K. - facebook group for help in transporting boats around the UK
- Surfski Kayak International Facebook Group based/moderated in Cornwall
- Surf Lifesaving Great Britain insurance for races, lifesaving competitions
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Henry Cavill and Simon Pegg on English Slang
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