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ION Man Returns 17/18 July

ION Man Returns at Eastbourne Extreme
Entrants Qualify for a 25% discount on Fanatic Stand Up Paddleboards!

Getting On Board

• Firstly, get your team of 3 together, and pre-enter by telling us your names. If you fall short of your 3 man or girl team, get in touch with your local ION dealer and find out if you can team up with them.
• To enter, your team will need to purchase the Ion-Man Fly (SUP) package deal. Your local ION Dealer will be able to arrange this for you. The package includes:
  • team rashies, discounted fly board and paddle, sail stickers
  • identity cards, free entry, goodie bag, barbeque and party.
• You can also enter the ‘North One Hour Classic’, pre-entry is essential, so let us know who you are.
• Once you have confirmed your team, we will need a mug shot of each of you.

Finer Details

• North One Hour Classic - this will cost a £10 entry fee. This is to help pay for the
  safety boats. This can be paid for on the day.
• Fly Package Deal
  • Each team will need a Fly Paddle Board. You can buy these with a 25% discount. Speak to your friendly ION-Dealer and they will organise this for you.
  • If You need a paddle, you can also get this at 25% discount too.
• The the ION-Man package deal will need to be paid for before the event please.

Know Your Competitors

• This year’s ION-Man will see at least 8 teams of 3 with one over all winner.
• So you can mentally prepare, we would like a mug shot of you all. To see your competitors we will down load you all onto the K66 website. You will also be able to see your competition in the final packs that will be sent out to you.
• Please note that bonus points are at stake here, so make sure your mug is well shot, unlike this one!

ION - Man Photo Awards

• Every year, the competitors are provided with a camera. This year, the teams will be provided with water proof cameras, so the photo opportunities will be endless.
• The Brief: ‘Capture the ION-Man atmosphere’. Anything goes, so get those creative juices flowing.
• Here’s a few from the German Ion-Man, so as you can tell, you really don’t need to be a pro’ photographer. Big green bird outfit not essential!

What’s a stake?

• So, down to the important stuff, the prizes. This is what each team could be in with the chance of winning.
  • 1st place - One of our fantastic wetsuits, and a smashing ION T-shirt
  • 2nd place - A super ION Harness, and T-Shirt
  • 3rd place - A rather fetching ION Hoodie, Board Shorts and T-shirt

Disciplines

• SUP Race
• Slalom
• SUP Canoe Race
• Windsurfing Jump Off - Shadow Box (this measures your time in the air!)
• GPS Challenge
• Relay
• Including Dry Land And Non Wind Related Challenges

ION-Man Location And Details

• Location: We will be situated right in the middle of the event on the beach.
  Just look out for the ION flags.
• Parking: Competitor Parking will be at the Spray Watersports end of the Fort Fun Car Park. You will be provided with car passes and the marshals will guide you through.
• Here is a map to help you find your way

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• For more details about the Eastbourne Extreme please check out the website www.eastbourneextreme.co.uk. The website will also tell you about places to stay and other things you might need to know about.

Anyone For A Party?

• On saturday night we thought we’d have a BBQ and party.
  • We aim to have the BBQ lit and ready to go from 6pm. As you will all deserve a good dinner, we will be sourcing quality meat from our friendly local butcher. If you have any veggies amongst you, please let us know.
  • The party will start once you’ve had your fill of sausages and will end once you’ve drunk the bar dry, so about 9pm then! ( joke! )
  • Remember! The ION-Man photo competition will still be running. So be ready with your camera’s to catch some of the evenings ‘activities’!

ION Dealers

• South And East
  • Surfladle - Shoreham Beach: 01273 465366
  • Worthing Watersports - Worthing: 01903 247742
  • 2XS - Chichester: 01243 513077/01243 512552
  • Andy Biggs Windsurfing - Hayling Island:
  • Andy Biggs Windsurfing - Havent:
  • H20 - Poole: 01202 733744
  • Poole Harbour - Poole: 01202 700503
  • Aqua Sports - Surrey: 01737 644288
  • Windtech - Weymouth: 01305 787900
  • Reactive - Plymouth: 01752 403300
  • Specialised Sailing - Southampton: 0845 1651644
  • Wet & Dry - Basildon: 01268569988
  • Rye Watersports - Rye: 01797 225238
• Middle England
  • Boardwise - Staffordshire: 01543 505084
  • Greentrees - Dereham: 01362 851590
• North
  • Surfstore - Durham: 01740 631199
• Wales
  • Funsports - Rhosneiger: 01407 810899
  • Puravida Board Riders - South Glamorgan: 07970 420998

BSA Weymouth Victory

Mat Pearch takes another win at this weekends British Slalom Association event at Weymouth.

He's really happy with this years kit judging by his solid performance so far.

Sam Latham also took home 1^st youth and 5^th pro.

Read the full report on the BSA's website.


 

BSA Tenby 1st 2nd 3rd

The first round of the BSA kicked off at Tenby this weekend and we are thrilled to announce a 1-2-3 in the pro fleet for our pro team riders Guy Cribb, Mat Pearch and Ant Baker.

Credit is due also to Sam Latham taking 1^st in the youth fleet and 6^th in the pro fleet!

It was a great event with plenty of wind on Sunday to hold a full round of competition. There was plenty of action for the amateurs too proving you don't need to be a champ to have fun racing.

Roll on the next event at Weymouth on the 24^th to 25^th of April.

Read the full report on the BSA's website.