| Bodyboarding virus spreads in Wales |
| Wednesday, 10 August 2011 10:09 |
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The ThreeSixty Bodyboard Magazine's Coaching Tour has been spreading the bodyboarding virus through the UK beaches. This time, 17 bodyboarders aged between 16 and 53 got in touch with the sport and developed their skills in Llangenith, Wales. The Tour, an initiative of current UK Senior Champion Rob Barber aims to increase public awareness of bodyboarding through five stops at prime surf locations, in the UK and Ireland. The first day the crew were treated to some challenging overhead waves at Llangenith. The conditions provided the group with plenty of opportunity to practise paddling, duckdiving and wave selection. The second day saw a dramatic increase in swell size so after consultation with local expert Lloyd Cole of Lloyd Coles Surf Academy the group moved along the Gower to Caswell Bay. Caswell treated the group to a whole day of clean 2-3ft surf, which meant perfect conditions for Head Coach Rob Barber to really push the level of performance through use of video coaching and manoeuvre specific saturation training. “It was a great weekend as always, I've been working on rolls for a while now and for it all to come together and then to win a new Science board as well is just awesome. I will definitely be doing some of the overseas trips with Rob’s bodyboard school this winter. Thanks guys", said Jason. |











