{"id":4493,"date":"2016-05-31T09:31:05","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T09:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/?p=4493"},"modified":"2020-10-26T16:33:07","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T15:33:07","slug":"bournemouths-surf-scene-and-the-surf-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2016\/05\/31\/bournemouths-surf-scene-and-the-surf-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Bournemouth’s surf scene and the Surf Club"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bournemouth_Surf_Club\"When I\u2019ve asked other students what their reasons were for coming to Bournemouth University, a regular response is for the beautiful beach. I must admit, as a girl who couldn\u2019t bear to be more than half an hour from the sea, it was definitely an important factor in making my choice. But with the beach, also comes the vast expanse of ocean which excited me as a place where I could build on my skills in surfing and meet fellow like-minded, chilled out surfers to be friends with.<\/p>\n\"Bournemouth-beach-Bethany-Bristow-low-res\"\n

The great thing about Bournemouth\u2019s surfing society is that you could have never even picked up a surfboard in your life and you\u2019ll still be accepted among the crew. Just having a love of the beach, sea or wanting the experience of trying something new will see you as respected in the society.<\/p>\n

Now, I must admit the waves in Bournemouth can be pretty temperamental. A few times now I have braced the freezing cold waters and headed down to the beach with a board, to end up just floating in a flat sea. Nevertheless, I still found it an exhilarating experience, getting out of your everyday scenery and throwing yourself into the deep end, quite literally.<\/p>\n\"Bethany-surfing-low-res\"\n

The society itself organises regular trips away, such as holidays to the sunny Moli\u00e8ts in France or if you\u2019re on more of a budget or would prefer to be closer to home, beautiful Cornwall trips are also on offer. About 50 of us camped in the countryside of Cornwall for the weekend last October and then all surfed together during the day with surfing teachers. It was an experience I would definitely do again, as you get to meet so many new people in a chilled environment, while also learning\/ building on a hobby. Not only do they arrange regular trips, but if you\u2019re unable to make these trips they also stay closer to home and have many surf social nights out! A chance for all the society to get together, catch up and let off some steam on a Tuesday night, at the ever popular \u2018Toast\u2019 night. If you don\u2019t know what a \u2018Toast\u2019 night is, you definitely will if you come to live in Bournemouth. It\u2019s the only club I know to hand out piles of toast to drunk and hungry clubbers, a great idea if you ask me.<\/p>\n

If you want to surf in Bournemouth regularly, the best time to go is most definitely in the winter, as the winds are stronger resulting in a bigger swell. However, the water of course is undeniably freezing cold. Like me, I\u2019d recommend getting a warm and thick winter wetsuit, which should give you a shield of armour to brace the chilly English Sea. If you don\u2019t have your own board, not to worry, the surf society have a few boards which they are able to lend out to members of the society, so pick a surf-worthy day, get yourself in a decent wetsuit and get down to the beach!<\/p>\n

By Bethany Bristow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I\u2019ve asked other students what their reasons were for coming to Bournemouth University, a regular response is for the beautiful beach. I must admit, as a girl who couldn\u2019t bear to be more than half an hour from the sea, it was definitely an important factor in making my choice. But with the beach,… Read more » about Bournemouth’s surf scene and the Surf Club<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1416,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[336,1638],"tags":[877,729,130,48,112,81,69,187,727,728,271,40],"class_list":["post-4493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs-archive","category-undergraduate","tag-bournemouth","tag-bournemouth-surf-reef","tag-bournemouth-university","tag-bu","tag-clubs","tag-societies","tag-students","tag-subu","tag-surf-club","tag-surfing-in-bournemouth","tag-things-to-do-in-bournemouth","tag-uni"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1416"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4493"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4499,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4493\/revisions\/4499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}