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Why don’t surfers count?

The current government legislation under a privatised water system means that our water ways are only protected with water quality monitoring for three months of the year, the summer months. Under current legislation surfers simply don’t count. We are not classed as ‘bathers’ therefore we don’t count.

How can you help change this?

Sign the Open Letter prepared by @surfersagainstsewage - if you are a water user, a sports club or use the water in any way we need you to get involved and tell the government that you should also be counted. If you are having problems finding the open letter just DM and I’ll send it to you directly.

Let’s not let others decide and assume who and what we are, we need to make our presence clear and get that seat at the table.

@surfersagainstsewage will be handing the open letter into the government on July 21st ✊

📷 @tombingphoto

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NSSFF // BEST FEATURE FILM - The Life and Death of Westerly Windina

Join us for our first NSSFF Showcase screening - the multi-award-winning ‘The Life and Death of Westerly Windina’ at 7pm on Thursday, April 23rd @threetannersbank

In the 1960s and 70s, Australian surfer Peter Drouyn was on top of the surfing world.

Drouyn dominated the international competitive ranks, changed the way modern surf competitions are run, and introduced surfing to China. But behind the macho surf star persona and the adoration of contemporaries was an athlete who felt ostracized by a culture that was often hypermasculine and sexist. In the 1980s, Drouyn drifted away from competitive surfing, and all but disappeared from the public eye.

In 2008, years after nearly drowning in a traumatic and life-changing surfing accident, Drouyn suddenly resurfaced by coming out as a trans woman on national television.

The surf community, and Australia at large, were astonished. Though she’d once been a top-tier athlete with sponsorships and a burgeoning acting career, Westerly was now living in public housing on Australia’s Gold Coast – alone, poor, and often taunted by her neighbours.

The Life and Death of Westerly Windina explores Westerly’s upbringing, her years as a surfing titan and follows her into a new chapter as she searches for acceptance from friends, family, a still-hyper masculine sport, and most importantly, from herself.

TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM LINK IN BIO.

#surfculture #surfphotography #northseassurffilmfestival #northsea #filmfestival

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NSSFF // BEST FEATURE FILM - The Life and Death of Westerly Windina

So much more than ’just’ a surf film - The Life and Death of Westerly Windina is a sensitive and humane story of a complex and extraordinary person, and also an intriguing record of a prodigously gifted athlete in the early days of pro surfing.

Peter Drouyn was a visionary, bringing unprecedented originality, aesthetic quality and controversy to surfing. He was a very interesting human being, hyper-masculine, extroverted and highly ambitious in his early years, before transitioning into a shy and vulnerable woman.

“The Life and Death of Westerly Windina” is an intelligent, serious and respectful film, and it stands out as a courageous examination of an often unseen and shunned phenomenon.

Please join us for our first NSSFF Showcase screening of the multi-award-winning ‘The Life and Death of Westerly Windina’ - Dirs. Jamie Brisick and Alan White 7pm Thursday, April 23rd @threetannersbank

Photos courtesy of Dick Hoole and the Peter Drouyn archive.

#surfculture #surfphotography #northseassurffilmfestival #northsea #filmfestival

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Head Judge Arron Evans gives a lowdown on conditions & criteria at BUCS Surf Champs

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And finally Tynemouth, Longsands has its very own Surfers Code sign 🥳

This is one that has been talked about here for years. Tales of seeing these signs on visits around the U.K. the South West, Scotland, abroad in Portugal, France, Australia, the USA, practically every surf town has one of these, a way to inform, educate, empower and help keep everyone safe in the water. Well now, we are pleased to announce that we have our very own here in Tynemouth, Longsands ⚡️⚡️⚡️

This has been two years in the actual making. Lots of back and forths, ‘ums and ahhs’, ‘yey and nays’, a careful consideration acknowledging the importance of sensitivity alongside being informative and inclusive, colourful, creative and bold. It’s been a journey but an important one with a lasting legacy to support our surf scene.

We didn’t want any old sign, we wanted a piece of artwork and we wanted @zach_rush_ to bring our beach to life. What a legend he’s been, patient, insightful, creative, endless conversations about what’s possible, what might need to be left out and what will look the best. Knowing that we might not be able to please everyone but making sure we do our best.

We hope the wider community loves it as much as we do. A huge huge thank you to everyone that has been involved, the groups and individuals providing feedback and support and just getting behind it 🙌

A MASSIVE thank you to @northseaweekender for coming in and helping to push it over the line when we were close to giving up, awesome 🙏

@oli_wickham from @rapid9signs 🙌

@tynemouthsurfco // @sandykerr_ //

📷 @tombingphoto

Importantly, a huge motivation for pushing on with making this sign was the number of surfers and swimmers that get caught out in the rip at Longsands. Devastatingly last May a young life was lost after a teenager who was celebrating the end of his exams got into difficulty in the permanent rip current. We really hope if this sign does anything at all, it helps go some way to preventing such a tragedy from happening again.

Surf and create ✌️

#surferscode #staysafe

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“I can’t imagine The Big Sea coming out of somewhere other than the North Sea fringes,” says The Big Sea’s Chris Nelson. “We have a familiarity with the bleak industrial landscapes, the flaring chimneys, the stench of industry, the polluted waters. Growing up surfing in the North East there’s a discomfort to it, that biting cold breeds a thick skin and strong spirit that is not so common in the sun drenched hills and golden sandy beach towns of SoCal.”

There’s a drive and determination to overcome hurdles that is bred into the North Sea tribe, that imbues them with the ability to keep going against the odds. There’s also an innate sense of community, a support crew that’s there to pick you up in the pre-dawn darkness on the coldest of mornings so you don’t miss the low tide, an empathy for the underdog forged in a region often overlooked and under considered. It is no surprise then, that it is in Lewis and Chris’s homelands that The Big Sea has resonated so deeply, a place where wetsuits matter, but the power of community matters too.

So it is an honour to be bringing The Big Sea to the @northseasurffilmfest on Saturday 28th March. We’ll all be there - @approachinglines , @lewisarnold.surf @imaybesurfing to share the film the journey and the campaign with the crew from Northumbria in the north to Lincolnshire in the the south - the hardy souls of the Eastern fringe - at this inaugural creative celebration.

This is not just a film about wetsuits. At its heart, it’s a story of the power we have to effect change when we come together as a community. If you’re a surfer, a swimmer, have a wetsuit, an interest in the environment, making change, the power of community, storytelling, the ocean, activism and everything in between, we’d love to see you there.

Hit the link in bio for tickets & please do share with your community. #saynotoneoprene

📸 1. Chris and Lewis November in the North East captured by @tombingphoto
📸 2. Legend @sandykerr_ is a champion of The Big Sea, pictured tucking into some North Sea gold and only ever in Natural Rubber.

🎧 The Big Sea OST: @cj_mirra

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🏆 AU Awards 2026 – Nominate Now! 🏆

Do you know someone in your club who goes above and beyond? 💪 Whether it’s leadership, media, or behind-the-scenes magic, now’s your chance to make sure they get the recognition they deserve! ✨

🗓 Nominations close: 23rd March 📍 Part of the Students’ Union Celebrating Success Awards (Announced at AU BALL 1st May)  🔗 [Link in bio] to submit your nomination

Don’t miss out – let’s celebrate the stars of our sporting community! 🌟

📸 Image credit: @picturesbybish 2023 & @d.wphotographs 2025

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Thursday 19th March 🚨

Our annual BEACH RAVE with Surf Society is returning!

Be there from sunset, stay til the tide comes in x

Music hosted by DJ Society, bring drinks and friends

Cya there‼️

🌊🕺🔥

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NSSFF // The Big Sea

After 25 international film festivals, 14 awards and counting, surf documentary ‘The Big Sea’ hits North Shields on March 28th for a one-off homecoming screening.

North Shields born photographer and filmmaker @lewisarnold.surf began work on @thebigseaorg in 2019 and left Tyneside to begin filming in Louisiana US in January 2020. Since then the film has grown into an effective campaign for positive change in the global surf industry.

’The Big Sea exposes surfing’s hidden links to Cancer Alley and the devastating impact of Neoprene production. This extraordinary life and death tale of two seemingly unconnected communities is about the power we have to effect change’

The Big Sea, Dir - Lewis Arnold, Best Activism Film 2026, Sheffield Adventure Film Festival

Internationally acclaimed documentary @thebigseaorg comes full circle with a very special matinee screening and filmmaker Q&A at @saltmarketsocial North Shields Fish Quay, 3pm, 28th March as part of the inaugural @northseasurffilmfest - tickets in bio.

@ccostjohn
@risestjames
@lluvlaplace
@sandykerr
@amanda_seea
@gabedavies
@hubhubbard
@laymike
@sgerhardtscruz
@jamiebrisick

#surfculture #surfphotography #northseassurffilmfestival #northsea #filmfestival

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POV: you made the best decision of your life❤️

Start you surf coach journey now with Cornwall Surf Academy and Gylly Surf School.

Book your NVBLQ Lifeguard courses with us this spring:

Available dates:

27th April -2nd May (6 places remaining)
25th May- 30th May (9 places remaining)

£350 for 6 days!

Get a qualification that will allow you to work as a RNLI Lifeguard and a Surf coach this summer!

DM us to enquire, or book directly through the RLSS website!

Or email our course presenter at:
Dan@cornwallsurfingacademy.co.uk

Student discounts/priority available.

#surf #surfcoach #yolo #bestlife #dothis

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