Paddle Round the Pier Event
The Brighton “Paddle round the pier†event went down a treat! with glorious sunshine on the sauturday and with a host of tunes floating across the show area from the music stage.
There was so much going on – Brush boarding, Indo boarding , free running, Stand up paddleboarding, races, dancing, Free dive demos, olly popping to name a few
The event was hosted by ‘Custom’ and featured many names and faces from the stand up and surfing world showing the latest gear available.The Oxbow Stand up paddle endurance race had to be cut short to 5 miles from 10 but that did not stop the 20 competitors paddling it out against each other in a very challenging sideshore windy sea.
The event was won easy by Hawaii’s own Ekolu Kalama and in 2nd Wales’s own Elliot Dudley then followed by Mark slater 3rd.
The other paddle events were unfortunately cancelled because of strong wind and wave conditions but everyone put on Hawaiian smiles for the crowds.
Sunday was a washout unfortuntately with most of the stands packing away by midday because of the strong windy and wet conditions- But we’ll be back Next year for sure- maybe the hawaiian will meet fierce opposition ! then again maybe not !
