Evening all,
Sorry it's taken a wee bit of time to get these to you, things have been a bit hetic on my end however I'm hoping that you'll have enough time to get ready for this years Scottish.
The first date we are looking at is a bit earlier than usual on the 6th and 7th of March with a back up date of the 3rd and 4th of April.
Once again we will be looking at running the event in Thurso.
A final call will be made around the start of March so that you know what's happening.
On a similar note, we are still working on dates for this years Gathering. Hopefully I can confirm them soon!
Thanks
Chris
Saturday, 6 February 2010
RESULT!
Coastal Car Parking Charges not going ahead
After discussions within the administration group- it was decided not to progress with Coastal Car Parking Charges
Budget papers are now available for the meeting on Tuesday- link attachedhttp://cmis.eastlothian.gov.uk/cmiswebpublic/
Labour and Tory Groups have both proposed to proceed with charging, however the administration councillors form the majority of councillors and charging will not go ahead
Difficult decisions however had to be made throughout the budget
Cllr Paul McLellan
Paul has also ensured that there will be no futher charges for the period they continue to be in administration (2 yrs)
So looks like you can still turn up and surf for free!
After discussions within the administration group- it was decided not to progress with Coastal Car Parking Charges
Budget papers are now available for the meeting on Tuesday- link attachedhttp://cmis.eastlothian.gov.uk/cmiswebpublic/
Labour and Tory Groups have both proposed to proceed with charging, however the administration councillors form the majority of councillors and charging will not go ahead
Difficult decisions however had to be made throughout the budget
Cllr Paul McLellan
Paul has also ensured that there will be no futher charges for the period they continue to be in administration (2 yrs)
So looks like you can still turn up and surf for free!
Friday, 22 January 2010
How good is your duck dive?
All,
Please see below from a student who is studying the art of the duck dive...
I am a keen surfer and a 4th year Sports Science student at the University of Edinburgh. For my thesis I am undertaking a research project on the biomechanics of the surfing duck dive technique. As a surfer I am sure you will appreciate the importance of duck diving, an effective duck dive allows a surfer to get out back more quickly, reducing fatigue and increasing time spent catching waves.
The purpose of this research is to analyse the technique in order to identify the movement patterns required to perform it successfully. This will provide information on how the technique can be improved and which muscles can be trained to make duck diving as effective as possible.
The research is taking place at the University of Edinburgh Centre for Aquatics Research, which has cameras placed both above and below water, providing detailed three dimensional analysis. There is very little research on surfing and nothing published in this area at all, making the results of this project potentially very interesting.
I am planning on getting started with the project in the next few weeks and I am hoping to find some surfers who may be interested in taking part. It would require performing a few duck dives in the University pool, allowing for the performance to be filmed. This would only take an afternoon and should be interesting to take part in because immediate feedback of the performance is available so a participant can watch themselves duck dive, and see how they could improve their own technique.
This project is completely reliant on volunteers being willing to take part and I would greatly appreciate anyone who is willing to come along and participate.
If you think you might be interested in participating, please email me at s0673892@sms.ed.ac.uk and I will be happy to give you some more information.
Kind Regards,
Robert Kupris
4th year Sports Science Student
University of Edinburgh
Please see below from a student who is studying the art of the duck dive...
I am a keen surfer and a 4th year Sports Science student at the University of Edinburgh. For my thesis I am undertaking a research project on the biomechanics of the surfing duck dive technique. As a surfer I am sure you will appreciate the importance of duck diving, an effective duck dive allows a surfer to get out back more quickly, reducing fatigue and increasing time spent catching waves.
The purpose of this research is to analyse the technique in order to identify the movement patterns required to perform it successfully. This will provide information on how the technique can be improved and which muscles can be trained to make duck diving as effective as possible.
The research is taking place at the University of Edinburgh Centre for Aquatics Research, which has cameras placed both above and below water, providing detailed three dimensional analysis. There is very little research on surfing and nothing published in this area at all, making the results of this project potentially very interesting.
I am planning on getting started with the project in the next few weeks and I am hoping to find some surfers who may be interested in taking part. It would require performing a few duck dives in the University pool, allowing for the performance to be filmed. This would only take an afternoon and should be interesting to take part in because immediate feedback of the performance is available so a participant can watch themselves duck dive, and see how they could improve their own technique.
This project is completely reliant on volunteers being willing to take part and I would greatly appreciate anyone who is willing to come along and participate.
If you think you might be interested in participating, please email me at s0673892@sms.ed.ac.uk and I will be happy to give you some more information.
Kind Regards,
Robert Kupris
4th year Sports Science Student
University of Edinburgh
Monday, 11 January 2010
Well hello there!
Hi Everyone,
Sorry it's been a while since I posted anything, I had some major computer problems over the last couple of months. So there goes my first shout out... Cheers Santa! Old Saint Nick didn't fail me this year, he delivered a nice shiny new lap top so we should have a few more updates coming soon.
On the email front, thanks to everyone who has been in touch, I'll do my best this time I'm home to catch up with everything and get back to you, If I don't get back to you in the next couple of weeks feel free to mail me back and call me slack! ;o)
On the wave front it's been a really poor season up north with only a couple of days here and there, no real swells of note. However I've been lead to believe that the East coast has had a good run of waves since Christmas, if you've braved to freezing temperatures and really bad driving conditions to get a couple good on you. I reckon you earned them...
One last note, the East Lothian Council want to introduce parking charges at ALL beaches in the county. This was rejected once already but they are trying again. If you value your beach access please sign the petition and pass on to as many as possible. The decision is being taken at a finance meeting on 9th Feb - the Council seem to think this will rescue them from their budget deficit! http://www.gopetition.co.uk/online/33265.html
Thanks
Chris
Sorry it's been a while since I posted anything, I had some major computer problems over the last couple of months. So there goes my first shout out... Cheers Santa! Old Saint Nick didn't fail me this year, he delivered a nice shiny new lap top so we should have a few more updates coming soon.
On the email front, thanks to everyone who has been in touch, I'll do my best this time I'm home to catch up with everything and get back to you, If I don't get back to you in the next couple of weeks feel free to mail me back and call me slack! ;o)
On the wave front it's been a really poor season up north with only a couple of days here and there, no real swells of note. However I've been lead to believe that the East coast has had a good run of waves since Christmas, if you've braved to freezing temperatures and really bad driving conditions to get a couple good on you. I reckon you earned them...
One last note, the East Lothian Council want to introduce parking charges at ALL beaches in the county. This was rejected once already but they are trying again. If you value your beach access please sign the petition and pass on to as many as possible. The decision is being taken at a finance meeting on 9th Feb - the Council seem to think this will rescue them from their budget deficit! http://www.gopetition.co.uk/online/33265.html
Thanks
Chris
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Gathering of the Clans Update 12 Nov 2009
All,
Unfortunately after looking closely at the charts over the last few days we've sadly had to cancel the Gathering of the Clans once again. The reason for this is the current weather charts still carry a large amount of uncertainty given the position of the low pressure system and it doesn’t appear that there will be a long enough swell window over the forthcoming weekend to give the event the full justice it needs. Once again on behalf of the Scottish Surfing Federation I'd like to thank you for your patience and apologies for any inconvenience. The SSF team will work at revising dates for fallback and will let everyone know in due course.
Thanks
On behalf of the SSF
W.Watson
Unfortunately after looking closely at the charts over the last few days we've sadly had to cancel the Gathering of the Clans once again. The reason for this is the current weather charts still carry a large amount of uncertainty given the position of the low pressure system and it doesn’t appear that there will be a long enough swell window over the forthcoming weekend to give the event the full justice it needs. Once again on behalf of the Scottish Surfing Federation I'd like to thank you for your patience and apologies for any inconvenience. The SSF team will work at revising dates for fallback and will let everyone know in due course.
Thanks
On behalf of the SSF
W.Watson
Friday, 30 October 2009
UKPST Update
Hi Everyone,
Just a quick update as to how the guys are getting on with their UKPST campaigns
Scottish surfers Mark Boyd and George Watt traveled to the Tynemouth UKPST North East Open at the weekend to try their hand against the UKs best surfers. The normal Thurso leg of the tour had been cancelled so this was the closest contest to Scotland for this season. Messy 1-2ft waves with strong winds made for difficult conditions. Mark Boyd narrowly missed out on progressing through to the quarter finals. Boydie found one right-hander on which he made a few backhand turns to the beach, this took him to second place behind Australia's Micah Lester but ahead of Newquay's Martin Black and Australia's Jordan Cuff. However Martin Black replied with two solid scoring waves, Boydie was unable to find another higher scoring wave which left him 0.5 points behind Martin.
Unfortunately an interference was called against Georgie early in his round 1 heat making the last 15 minutes in the water an uphill struggle. Georgie has continued onto Wales for next weekend’s competition so the best of luck to Georgie and let’s hope he can do Scotland proud. Georgie has been participating in all of the UKPST contests this year, the only Scottish surfer to have a real crack at the tour. Here’s hope his hard training and commitment really pays off and he can make his mark on the overall ratings.
Chris
Just a quick update as to how the guys are getting on with their UKPST campaigns
Scottish surfers Mark Boyd and George Watt traveled to the Tynemouth UKPST North East Open at the weekend to try their hand against the UKs best surfers. The normal Thurso leg of the tour had been cancelled so this was the closest contest to Scotland for this season. Messy 1-2ft waves with strong winds made for difficult conditions. Mark Boyd narrowly missed out on progressing through to the quarter finals. Boydie found one right-hander on which he made a few backhand turns to the beach, this took him to second place behind Australia's Micah Lester but ahead of Newquay's Martin Black and Australia's Jordan Cuff. However Martin Black replied with two solid scoring waves, Boydie was unable to find another higher scoring wave which left him 0.5 points behind Martin.
Unfortunately an interference was called against Georgie early in his round 1 heat making the last 15 minutes in the water an uphill struggle. Georgie has continued onto Wales for next weekend’s competition so the best of luck to Georgie and let’s hope he can do Scotland proud. Georgie has been participating in all of the UKPST contests this year, the only Scottish surfer to have a real crack at the tour. Here’s hope his hard training and commitment really pays off and he can make his mark on the overall ratings.
Chris
Saturday, 24 October 2009
Joxy Girls
All,
Looks like this ladies surfing thing might really be taking off here?
Here's a wee link to a facebook page for a group of girls who have called themselves the joxy girls. Their aim is to get more ladies into the water here in Scotland, good on them I say!
http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=84810788541#/pages/The-Joxy-Girls/84810788541
Cheers
Chris
Looks like this ladies surfing thing might really be taking off here?
Here's a wee link to a facebook page for a group of girls who have called themselves the joxy girls. Their aim is to get more ladies into the water here in Scotland, good on them I say!
http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=84810788541#/pages/The-Joxy-Girls/84810788541
Cheers
Chris
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