This is an aesthetic discipline, exhilarating to participate in and spectacular to watch. Competitions are judged in terms of wave selection, manoeuvres, style, judgement and skill. The main canoe surfing areas in England lie on the North East Coast and the coasts of the South West peninsula, particularly North Devon and Cornwall. Here the wind action on the sea and the shape of the beaches provides good surf.
The BCU Facility Development objectives for canoe surf are:
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Secure and maintain more access to surfing beaches.
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Locate and develop a National Canoe Surf Centre.
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Locate and develop a Performance and Development Centre on the North
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East Coast to enable Canoe Surf competitions.
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Influence the design of artificial structures to create good surf.
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Obtain a set of mobile equipment for competition organisation.
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Canoe surf facility framework
The facility needs of canoe surf have been identified as comprising:
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A national centre, based on the North coast of Cornwall.
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A performance and development centre on the north east coast.
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Securing of access to identified nationally important surf beaches.
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Provision of a mobile competition kit.