This man, Rob Shaddick (Aka Mr Surfplugs) has saved many of us from the DRILL! He has also shown us how huge his heart is. He is a Devon Boy you see. A surfer. A man that cares and who lives life. He has supported P4R from the early years and has funded not only a well in Sri Lanka but also surfing equipment. Rob realises the need for a balance in life and how we, as surfers, can help give that balance to others around the world, who are less fortunate than ourselves. Those that have suffered not one disaster but many.
Keep your eyes peeled for this van, and remember, Mr Surfplugs does not only save our ears! He is much more than that.
The Surfplugs Motor
Check out http://surfplugs.blogspot.com/ or http://www.surfplugs.co.uk/
Fluid Juice Surfboards
(. . . . . and that man Adrian Phillips!)
Fluid Juice Surfboards & Arugam Bay Surf Club
Paddle4Relief Founder, Tim Tanton, headed across the border, to Cornwall, to find another true gent of a man, Adrian Phillips. Adrian has been monumental in helping Tim provide the top surfers in Arugam Bay with competition level surfboards. Tim picked up three surfboards only hours before his last trip to the tropical isle, earlier this summer, and whilst Tim was out there, Adrian sent a further three more out with some of the crew who were competing in the UK Pro Tour Event. The boards were a donation to the surfers of Arugam Bay who had been proving their surfing skills to Tim for some years. With the ASP WQS 6 Star and UK Pro Surf Tour Events in Arugam Bay this summer, there was a need for the local talent to have some quality boards to help them with their quest against some of the worlds finest surfing talent. Both the Sri Lankan Wild cards for the main WQS Event were Arugam bay surfers using Paddle4Relief donated surfboards. Adrian, whose step son, Toby Donachie, is one of the UK’s finest surfing talents, and for the second year running, was out in Abay competing in the UK Pro Surf Tour Champion of Champions contest, also provided the Arugam Bay surfers with a handful of leashes as well. Tim cannot thank Adrian enough for his speedy response to the young Arugam Bay surfers needs. And to cap it all, Adrian had to suffer his Paypal account being suspended. Tim’s payment from Sri Lanka had been flagged up as a possible security breach! Fortunately for Adrian, and for Tim, the internet access in Arugam Bay was on a good run and Tim was able to access his emails daily. He soon picked up the distress email from Adrian, and was on the phone to Paypal quick smart, even with being put on hold and running out of credit on two occasions! Thanks must also go to the surfboard mules, Toby Donachie, Tony Plant, Dave Renyard and Phil Williams.
Massive thanks must go to Mark Brindle and the team at Maniac Films for having the patience to endure trawling through six years of P4R video footage! Special thanks must go to Steph Palmer for being the main editor of this project and to Stu Gaunt for the final edit.
Hopefully you will all find some identity in what we do as a team at P4R. It is not just about those that volunteer or serve on the committee but of those that put themselves out and offer their professional skills and services, like the team at Maniac Films. So, if you need something doing in the film and website media market then look no further than the small but beautiful formed team in Croyde! Or, if you want to get involved in P4R and what we do in Sri Lanka, then please contact Tim. Mark and his team have been awesome supporters and providers for P4R since our conception. Many thanks guys n gals.
‘a massive thanks to Glenn Harris and SURFED OUT for their extreme generosity of a Bear Bonza 6′ 8″ (red) surfboard.’
The Red One!
so please everyone, dip in your pockets and purchase a few of those 50p raffle tickets and you could be winning a brand new shiny red surfboard!
all monies going to Projects in Sri Lanka and to The Haiti Earthquake appeal.
In no particular order, we would like to thank the following for their contributions this year. Many thanks.
Tiki
Rip Curl
O’Neil
Redwood
Croyde Surf School
Surf Station
Loose Fit
Gulfstream
Southfork All Terrain Biking
Paint-a-pot
Second Skin,
Surfed Out
Tangles Hair & Beauty
Studio 1A
The Little Pink Shop
Extreme Boardshots
J’s Boardsports
Le Sport (Croyde)
Hunter
Surfplugs UK
Point Breaks
Dave Kayak shop
Walking On Waves (Sarah Whiteley)
Saunton Break
Croyde post office
Spider
Chris Burrows ( Croyde’s deckchair cinema)
James Davies
Mr & Mrs R A Tanton
T. Tanton
The White Lion
Billy Buds
The Thatch
Sands Café
Corner Bistro
The London Inn
The Mariners Arms
Brends Hotel
The Rock Inn, Georgeham
Wild Thyme
A huge thank you must go to all the businesses that support our cause with their generous donations through out the year.
Asking for donations for the raffle/tombola etc is not my favourite past time!
Give me half a coconut shell and a iron bar and i’ll happily dig holes for the support posts of yet another traditionally built structure in Sri Lanka.
I’ll do my best not to miss out anyone as i commence this years main event plea for donations!
So far huge thanks must go to: Studio 1A, The Corner Bistro, Tangles, Second Skin, and Paint a Pot studio.
If anyone would like to help with this task or would like to donate something then please feel free to email myself or Karen.
Ten of Sri Lanka’s top surfers and members of Arugam Bay Surf Club received formal ISA (International Surfing Association) Training following the Sri Lankan Airlines Pro 2011 Surf Event in Arugam Bay. The young talented surfers were trained by the ISA’s Coaching & Instructing Program Official Presenter for Sri Lanka, Adrian Sorati, from Austr […]
Asanka is yet again Sri Lanka’s Number 1 Surfer. He blitzed the field once again this year. Asanka, surfing a new board from Quiver, thanks to Guy @ The Board Barn and to Tim @ Paddle4relief. The 6-1 squash tail proved to be a suitable combination with the extremely talented 25 year old Arugam Bay [...]
We have a website! Thanks to one of our favourite guests, Freedom Beach Cabanas are happy to announce the arrival of a website! Jan Hanousek and his son, Nick, stayed late June into early july and scored waves every day! They also scored amazing hosts and amazing food. We organised transport to and from the airport [...]
