Surf Action - Supporting Combat Veterans

As part of the National Campaign for Camelot, Surf Action was chosen to be part of this and we were stoked to have local snapper Tup Newman come along last Friday and take some great shots. Here's one we got with the sculpture that was created and used in the National Advert. Great shot of the Van, my hair and the surfing gods behind!! ...

Coming shortly will be a membership scheme for veterans and serving military personnel. By joining Surf Action through the 'Join the Club' page we shall be able to offer a loyalty card which in turn will enable members to access some great discount at many business. Those already signed up to the scheme are Seabase in Newquay who are offering 20% off any custom surfboards, intermediate surfboard (Chinese), or learner surfboard (Softboard / Seasoft brand), and any surfboard accessory. Sunset Surf at Gwithian Towans, and Down the Line at Hayle will be offering 10% and these deals are all amazing...

After the programme Saints and Scroungers aired on BBC1 we have had some great emails and feedback. If anyone wants to read more on Rich the following link is a story I wrote for Drift online. It was also the first time in all the years I had known Rich that I got an opportunity to listen to the story and my first real understanding of the symptoms of PTSD. Take a read by following this link. http://driftsurfing.com/features/2009/combat_surfer/p1.html This is also the link to BBC iplayer for the Saints and Scroungers, and thankyou to everyone who has sent kind messages and donations. I have ...

I missed the programme myself but this morning on BBC1 Surf Action appeared on Saints and Scroungers. Those of you who kindly donated after seeing this thank you so much. We also had offers of help and fund raising so thank you all. This year is looking like it will be a huge year for us. Our Friday clinics continue to run and always will. We meet every Friday at 11.30am at Sunset Surf Cafe, Gwithian Towans, Nr Hayle. If anyone knows of any ex-service and they might be interested in meeting please come along, its very informal and you DON'T have to go surfing plus the guys there make a lovely...