Happy new year to all! 2008 brings another year with surfkayaks.com sponsoring this year's league. 2007 rankings are online and will be used to select the squad for the Home Internationals later this year...

We are pleased to announce we will be hosting the 2008 British Open on Ireland's North coast over the weekend of 25, 26th October - see British Open details for more information.

Surfkayaks.com are sponsoring the 2008 league with great prizes for the winners of the mens and womens plastic classes. The next competition dates are:

Comp 3 (re-run): 9,10 August
Comp 4: Sat 27 September in Portrush

*All dates and venues remain subject to alteration or cancellation so please check the forum in the days leading up to events.

NI has two new World Champions! Kevin Quinn and Chris Hobson returned home from the recent World Championships, held in Mundaka, with gold prizes. The Squad, managed by Mike Barton, also rejoiced by claiming runner's-up title out of 9 countries. Read more...

NI Surf Kayaker's Profiles See how they started, what they're currently surfing and where their favourite breaks are. Click on the surfer's name to view their individual profile page.

The final surfkayaks.com league competition and NI Open took place in Portrush on Sat 17 Nov in the wind and rain. The winner of the Mens' Plastic Class won a composite surf kayak and the winner of the Womens' Plastic Class won a plastic surf kayak, both sponsored by surfkayaks.com. The full league table and final rankings can be viewed here Final Rankings 2007; plus see the photo gallery.

The IRISH OPEN 2007, a joint waveski and surf kayaking event, was held in Easkey on 22, 23 Sept and was a huge success. Photos and video footage can be viewed by following the links on the left-hand-side of this website. These results will also contribute to the NI League table as sponsored by Surfkayaks.com. Read more...

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Competitions: We welcome members from all levels and disciplines of kayaking at our competitions and would like to emphasise the value of the plastic/ novice class which continues to produce future squad paddlers without the pressure of competing against ranked competitors. Additionally, coaching for all competitors will be available on the Sunday after each competition, for no extra fee.

All comp dates can be found in the events section of this site.

Check out the competition link for all sorts of info including this year's league comp dates. Also, news concerning confirmation / cancellation and other events will be posted on the forum, so keep checking there if you want to know what's happening.

PROMOTION: Special 2008 NI Surf Kayak Club membership offer - FREE DVD to all new members of the club showing some superb surfing manoeuvres from the NI squad; this is a good source of visual tips for new moves and how to manage them and provides a taster for the other DVDs the club has produced.

Another benefit of membership is all members will have access various surf kayaks plus can avail of reduced rates for our "Come and Try It" coaching sessions, recreational events and coaching weekends.

Club membership is £15 for the year. To join, download the club membership form here NISKC.

If you would like to be added to the Surf mailing list (competition, news, etc.) please email the committee at surf@cani.org.uk.