ION-Man events are held in association with extreme sports brand, ION wetsuits and clothing. It is appropriate that the ION-Man event isbeing held as part of the Eastbourne Extreme event over the weekend of the 18/19th of July. 

The ION-Man competition will take the form of a 2 day event combining a fun series of challenges and competitions to make up the ION-Man final result.  Making up the challenges will be sports including windsurf racing, stand-up-paddleboard racing, kayak racing, a multi discipline relay and will include an evening party. As an added twist, there is the additional ION photo awards element, so don’t forget your cameras in order to submit the best photos from the team efforts from the day and evenings events for ‘bonus points’. 

Additionally, as part of the ION-Man challenge, we are re-kindling an old windsurfing favourite from yesteryear in the form of the North One-Hour Classic. This is a competition with a long history and quite a pedigree, and to do it justice we will be opening this element of the event to all-comers, on all sorts of windsurfing equipment. There will be many prize categories set for this race, so dig out your trusty old kit, hunt out your fancy dress, old & young welcome, or just get training and tuned up to head for the front of the pack. 

The ION-Man & North One-Hour Classic is being organised by the UK’s number one and most successful windsurfer, Nik Baker along with Surfkraft’s most enthusiastic windsurfer, Ian Kraft, who has also been one of the driving forces behind the Eastbourne Extreme event from the outset. 

Registration for ION Man & North One Hour Classic will be on site saturday morning between 9-10am. North One Hour Classic £10 (race will be Saturday early afternoon at about 1.30). ION MAN (full weekend) £20 (includes North One Hour Classic & rash vest) kicks off with North One Hour Classic with an ION Man event later that afternoon. Sunday will see more ION Man competition to decide Eastbourne's most Extreme ION Man for 2009.

Parking is at the Western end of Fort Fun Car Park and is FOC. Overnight parking / camping is FOC (tents will be permitted on the field opposite Fort Fun itself, where other tent folks will also be camped up.

Any profits from the ION Man / North One Hour Classic will go directly to the kids T15 kit budget at Spray Watersports.

To pre-enter the ION-Man , or to pre-enter the North One-Hour Classic, please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to be forwarded event details, schedule & payment instructions.

For more information see the Surfkraft website, the offical Eastborne extreme website and some build up and last minute changes in the boards forums