SurfPlus : A free surf magazine targeting UK surfers
Audience : UK surfers and UK watermen
Distribution : 10,000 + copies nationally through surf retail outlets surf clubs and related organisations individual subscription. Aims : re-establishment of the surfer as an all-round waterman someone who cares deeply about our natural environment working towards conserving and sustaining our un
ique Blue Planet.
1st Issue - Features and Contributors : Tom Earl from Cornwall to the Caribbean, Perranporth as a surfing destination with Andy Thomas RNLI Lifeguard and surfer and Becky Stanhope 3rd British Longboard Champ 2010, interview with Ben Skinner 17th in the ASP’s Longboard World Rankings, Gower Surf by Chris (Guts) Griffiths, Feature on Welsh surfer George Schofield, interview with Chris Thomson Chair of Surfing GB, the Marine Conservation Society, Surfers Against Sewerage Eric Davies ‘A Quiver for all Seasons’ , Surf Lifesaving GB, photography by Ocean Images, Splashography, Geoff Tydeman and other commercial sources. Another crazy week of shifting mags up, down and around the Country. Have had to change carrier as the original twigged that we were exceeding their weight limit by nearly 50%! OK, if you haven’t seen one yet they are either in or on their way to ……..
●Bude: In Deep; Zuma Jay; Surf & Snow ●Constantine: Constantine Bay Surf Store ●Hayle: Down the Line●Mawgan Porth: Kingsurf Surf School ●Newquay: Overhead; Boardwalk; Bilbo; Foam Asylum; Reef Surf Lodge ●Perranporth: Bathshebia ●Sennan Cove: Chapel Idne Surf Shop ●Porthtowan: Tris’s Surf Shop ●Falmouth: Sessions Surf Shop. All of Ann’s Cottage Surf Shops: Bude, Falmouth, Newquay, Padstowe, Polzeath, St Colomb & Wadebridge. Animal Surf Shops in Falmouth, Newquay (x2), Padstowe & Truro. ●Exeter: Salt City; Harbour Sports ●Kingsbridge: Tri Ocean Surf ●Woolacombe: Gulfstream; Dave’s Kayak Shop; Bay Surf; Hunter; Shore 2 Surf ●Braunton: Surfed Out; Second Skin; Tiki; Gulf Stream; Hunter; Board Barn; Saltrock ●Croyde: Surfing Croyde Bay; Redwood Surf Shop; Offshore Surf Shop; Little Pink Surf Shop; Ralph’s Surf Shop ●Lyme Regis: Boylo’s Watersports ●Bournemouth: Sorted; Crazy Water; Spot on Water ●Shanklin: Earth Wind & Water ●Swansea/Gower: Guts Surf Shop ●Porthcawl: Double Overhead (x2); Ocean Quest; PM Surf; Malc’s Café; Surfing Experience Surf School; Adventurers ●Bridgend: Saltrock; O’Neill; Billabong; Scrum & Surf ●Brighton: Ocean Sports; Filf ●East Wittering: Shore Watersports; Wittering Surf Shop ●Scarborough: Cayton Bay Surf Shop
Also, there’s a copy in every SLS GB affiliated SLSC throughout the Country (50 + Clubs)
and, What are People Saying …“Congrats on the release man, looks like the mag is awesome! …. The chaps are impressed with the features, it reads well and we think the look and feel is good. I liked the board manufacture feature.” - James Taylor, Skindog Team Ridder. “Great mag, really like the Perran stuff” - Gary Hoskins “Great mag by the way, and all for FREE! Brilliant” - Alex Josey “Thanks for the mag that my son picked up at Challaborough and has read with avid interest” - Colin Rowland “Love your magazine. Great articles, pics and artwork” - Ralph Olingschlaeger
and, BIG THANKS to all the stores for taking the mag + to all the guys @ Ann’s Cottage for distributing it to all their stores
Now we’d like to introduce a new young surf photographer named Zac Gibson. He’s already had shots featured in Wave Length, including 1 of the attached. Think you’re going to see lots of him over the coming years.