Something For The Weekend?

It’s May Day on Monday which means that many of us have a welcome long weekend.  If you’re looking for inspiration then there are a couple of pretty sweet things happening which you could get involved with.

Those of you familiar with the blog will know that a bunch of us have tried to build some rhythms into our weeks and months.  These tend to include doing something social on the first Sunday of the month.  We’ve come to refer to those days as “Soul Sundays” in the hope that carving out time and space with others in places we enjoy creates a bit of rest, a host of good memories and a side helping of stoke.  Because we personally wanted to support the SAS beach cleans we’re replacing this month’s “Soul Sunday” with a more general invite to come and join in at one of these other events that are already running this weekend.

First off, Surfers Against Sewage and Barefoot Wine have teamed up for their 7th consecutive round of annual Beach Rescues.  This year TV presenter and environmentalist Kate Humble will be joining volunteers on a number of beaches.  These afternoons are always very sociable and a fun way to join a wide range of like-minded people in giving something back to the coastlines that so many of us love.  There’ll also be a glass of wine and a free T-shirt in it for you!  There are fuller details here.

Our family and a few friends plan to be at both events – so why not join us at East Beach, Dunbar (not Belhaven) from 2pm till 4pm on Friday 2nd May or at West Sands, St Andrews from 2pm – 4pm on Saturday 3rd May.  We’ve a couple of spare seats in our car on Friday and are planning on taking Davina the camper-van to St Andrews on the Saturday.  A few of us are talking about finding a camp-site and making a weekend of it up at St Andrews.  In true flip-flop-wearing-surfer dude-style the finer details are currently filed under “TBC”.  Get in touch or leave a comment if you want to camp.  Oh, and there might just be a wave or two to be surfed…

This weekend also sees the return of the annual War Of The Thistles skateboard event.  That means that it is a year since this photo of me was taken…

The competition kicks off at Transition Extreme in Aberdeen on the Saturday before relocating to The Space in North Berwick on Sunday 4th May.  You can find out more info here  or by contacting either of the venues.  It should be a chance to see some truly rad skating and having the opportunity for a wee sesh if you want to.

Hope to see some of you somewhere at some point!

B.

 

 

SUrf Camp.

One of the constant themes running throughout Soul Surfers’ stories over the past four or five years has been that of “partnership”.  Sometimes this has simply involved championing something already in place or trying to raise the profile of a cause that needs supported.  In many cases this  has led to friendships being formed through mutual interest or shared passions.  Most of those have been for the long-term.

I recently wrote about a new and exciting partnership we have forged with SU.  You can read about it by clicking here.

I am delighted, therefore, to announce that booking is now open on-line for the inaugural SUrf Camp to be held near North Berwick between 28th June and 5th July 2014.  If you know of any secondary school kids who would love a week of adventuring with beach related activities including five day’s of surf lessons and exploring what it might look like to live life to the full, then you might want to consider directing them or their parents/guardians to this.  Spaces are limited to 10 boys and 10 girls.

All the info can be found by clicking here.

I may be biased, but, I think this could be pretty awesome!

B.