British Paddle Surf History
Through my contacts and by studying for my book, I came across many old publications, magazines and news letters.
To stop them disappearing through depths of time, I am going to try to scan them all, and have them available, free of charge, for anyone to have access to.
I you see a publication that I have published, and you feel I don’t have the authority to post, please let me know and I will take it down straight away.
This will take many months to complete, and I hope to continually add to it, so keep looking.
enjoy!
Films:
Oliver Cock was the pioneer of our sport.
Here is a link to some videos he made over the years
In Particular, Polzeath Rum, from 1952, probably the first ever Surf Kayak film.
The first Surf Kayak World championships in Thurso, Scotland. Taddy Williams made a video of the contest and a big day that wasn’t part of the competition. filmed at Thurso East and the Shit Pipe, Thurso.
1991 Suf Kayak World Championships – Thurso from goatinaboat on Vimeo.
Magazines:
Click On: Kayak Surfer
This is a one off booklet / Magazine from 1976. This was part to the ‘Canoesport Series’ published by Canoeing Press.
The British publication ‘BeachBreak’ was a magazine published in the 1970’s initially buy a small group of enthusiasts headed up by Vyv Cox.
When I obtained permission to publish these on my website, he gave me this forward:
Here’s a bit of background.
I had a couple of friends who worked in the reports section of my employer. Reports were all published using offset litho and printed in-house. They agreed to take photographs of text and images and make up the plates but the printing had to be done outside. One lunchtime we toured print shops in Ellesmere Port asking only one question: are you union or non-union? On the third attempt we found a non-union man and he agreed to take the plates and print 500 copies. For about the first 8-10 issues I would collect the sheets in packets and take them home for collating. We engaged the Treuddyn (village where I live) Ladies Sewing Circle to collate and staple them on our dining room table for coffee and biscuits and a small donation. Jill and I then enveloped them all, printed the address labels, stuck the stamps on and posted them in the village PO.
After about eight issues the printer collated them and finally he put them in envelopes and sent them out but by that time I had discovered catamaran sailing and decided to move on.
Vyv
Beachbreak 1, Beachbreak 2, Beachbreak 3, Beachbreak 4
Beachbreak 6, Beachbreak 7, Beachbreak 8
beachbreak 13, Beachbreak 14, Beachbreak 15, Beachbreak 16
Kevin Andriessen wrote a hand written short history of paddle surf. very interesting read and a help to anyone wanting to know when things happened. this is for waveski and kayak.
Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5
This is one of the first Rules books that came out after an accident on Croyde beach. I am not sure of the date.
Then in 1982, the next version of the rules
The BCU Surf Committee sent out a year book every year,
Surf yearbook 1986 Surf Yearbook 1987 Surf Yearbook 1997 Surf Yearbook 1998 Surf Yearbook 2003
In the early 1990’s a pamphlet was produced (anyone know the actual date?)
The BWSA had a yearbook and also news letter called ‘Off the Lip’
BWSA Handbook Maybe around 2004? (its a bigger file, so give it a minute)
The BWSA had their own coaching handbook: BWSA Coaching Handbook
BWSA Off the Lip Spring 1991, Off The Lip 1999
The BWSA competition was in England 1998: 1998 World Waveski contest Program,
Unfortunately the BWSA was nearing its end: BWSA Chairmans Report 2006
UK World Waveski Champs 1998 managers booklet
An Advert I found in an old book
This it an advert for the 1986 world surf ski championship in Hawaii
The BCU / British Canoeing run the Home International surf kayak event, usually every other year (opposite to the Worlds). Sometimes a competition booklet has been produced for the competitors.