Friday, February 29, 2008

Swansea indoor surfing centre

How much fun does this look, water must be cold though if she had to wear a wetsuit and the wipe outs look harsh.

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Wakeboard Pros on the Flowrider

Here is another you tube video on flow riding not sure if I like the look of the wipeouts though.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Body boarders enjoy the Flowrider

This looks great fun but painful if you fall wrong.

Flowrider: Dreamworld Surfers Paradise Indoor surfing pool

What do you make of these flow rider machines? Do you think this may be the future for surfing in the UK?

Indoor surfing centres Swansea leading the way

Here is a flowrider in use in Wisconsin, USA.

Surf degree gets new name but same core modules including surf trips to Portugal and Hawaii


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Above is a group of Swansea students from the Watersports management Course, University Of Wales. GSD has worked closely for over 5 years with many of the top schools, proactive Local Authorities and has even been involved with helping create the 'surf degree' which even though approved and given the go ahead was shot down by the media. For a ten minute video on surf gower, swansea surfing which was produced by the University simply click here 'gower surfing video'

The good news for those future students is that the degree has been renamed and will be available from Sept/Oct 2008 it will be called BA (hons) Leisure (Marine & Watersports) Management .

Exciting times indeed if you want to work in the ever expanding leisure management field of Surfing and other watersports offered globally. Indeed during the three years there will be two field trips in which students will have set course work and need to deliver seminar presentations from research carried out whilst visiting the surfing coastline of the Algarve in Portugal and the mecca of surfing Hawaii.


Womens_surfing_on_gower For more information on this course simply contact the course director Doctor Ian Jenkins click here 'Sign me up for the new and improved surf degree in swansea'

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Patagonia Oceans As Wilderness- Synthetic Seas

Plastic bags often drift in with the tide on Gower and Fistral beach please try and use alternative sources.