29 Sep

Body-mindfulness and surfing

by Sam Bleakley

Girl surfs wave at The Wave Bristol
Mindfulness is usually described as an inward-looking process of stopping, reflecting and clearing the mind in learning a discipline of meditation or Zen awareness. Among...

17 Aug

Siyanda Hewitt

by Sam Bleakley

Electric surfing 14-year-old goofyfooter Siyanda Hewitt is a rising talent in British waveriding and the newest member of The Wave ambassadors’ team.

30 Jun

Climate Surfers

by Sam Bleakley

One of the biggest ways to tackle the climate crisis can come from cutting our own carbon emissions: flying less and driving less, eating less meat and wasting less food...
Surfing is one of the best activities to take you outside of your comfort zone by immersion in a liquid environment.

1 Nov

Just the beginning…

by The Wave Team

Two surfers riding a wave at the inland surfing lake of The Wave near Bristol
I wanted to share with you some of our first observations after just a week, partly for your information, partly to manage expectations and also so people understand the...
It's winter. The coldest time of the year and definitely not surfing weather, right? Wrong! The UK is home to a growing tribe of winter warriors who are out catching waves...

18 Dec

Is surfing risky in the rain?

by The Wave Team

Surfing in the rain is no problem at all at The Wave. There is no reason you wouldn't want to surf in the rain - you're going to get wet anyway!