Inspiration
- April 25, 2022
Long, lazy days are some of our happiest memories as families so it pays to be prepared and ensure everyone is comfortable and avoid those meltdowns.
- July 12, 2021
Off to Cornwall for the first time with children? Bodyboarding is an easy and fun accessible watersports for all the family. Young children can get involved very easily at the edge of the breakers and older teens can really pick some speed up further out so it really should be on your “To DO” list this summer. In our experience we have found the North Cornish Coast to be best for bodyboarding (correct me if I’m wrong!)
Using various sources (Cornwall Live and Tripadvisor mainly) but drawing from my personal experience of visiting Cornwall every year, here our my Top 5….
- Gwithian beach, Cornwall
My personal favourite - miles and miles of endless sandy beach means you never feel crowded here. There is a bit of a walk from the car park (and display your ticket in the windscreen not the side window - £60 fine ☹) to the beach but it is worth it. Life guarded sections keep surfers separate from the bodyboarders and the waves just roll in.
- May 26, 2021
Wetsuits work by catching a thin layer of water between your skin and the neoprene. Your body heats up this water and keeps you warm so it’s imperative that the wetsuit fits properly or cold water will flush the warm water out. Neoprene acts as insulation against the colder water so the thicker the neoprene the better the warmer the wetsuit.
- April 29, 2021
Kids wetsuits are no longer only found in surf shops and niche online stores, they can now even be seen in supermarkets but are they something that you should be buying alongside your baked beans or is it worth investing in a really good kids wetsuit? Well, we certainly think investing in a high-quality kids wetsuit is essential for a happy holiday and this is why…
- March 25, 2021
Our selection of bodyboards are designed for beginners and children to have fun in the sea and get started bodyboarding.
- March 11, 2021
There is now a petition calling for a national ban expanded polystyrene bodyboards after 16,000 of them were left on our beaches last year.
480 snapped plastic bodyboards were recovered from just two south-west beaches by Keep Britain Tidy ‘Beach Care’ programme. The bodyboards, were collected from Watergate Bay in Cornwall and Croyde Bay in Devon, and were found littered on beaches, dumped in sand dunes or left abandoned beside rubbish bins.
Unfortunately, when the foamed polystyrene bodyboards snap, they release hundreds and thousands of miniature polystyrene ‘balls’ into the marine environment, posing a direct threat to wildlife.
Foamed polystyrene is a type of plastic that when puffed with air is lightweight, buoyant and water resistant making them a good, cheap beginner bodyboard. Ideally people should be just using them in the smaller, white breakers a
- June 10, 2019
Do your children wear UV tops in the sunshine, or do you go for the factor 50 approach? Having just returned from a VERY hot Cyprus with my two children I can safely say that I’m a UV top convert!
- May 16, 2019
If you are a family of beach lovers and you’re looking for something a little different to do with the kids, paddle boarding may be exactly what you are looking for.
- June 25, 2018Summer is the time for long journeys be it by car, plane or train. Away from home for a couple of weeks it’s also worth while packing a few craft activities and smaller toys to keep children entertained in restaurants so you can relax and enjoy your holiday too.
- May 15, 2018
A community dedicated to the protection of oceans, waves, beaches and wildlife
- May 03, 2018
Now the weather has finally turned pleasant and we actually are hopeful for a warm bank holiday, my thoughts have turned to getting the back-garden tidy. Which reminded me of some simple but fun things I used to do when my children were toddlers.
- April 30, 2017
SolRX is classed as a waterproof sports sunscreen. Unlike regular sunscreen, sport sunscreens are usually tested to measure how water resistant a formula is before its Sun Protection Factor (SPF) starts to wear off. While such testing is tailored for prolonged water immersion, such as sunscreen for swimmers, it can also reflect sweat resistance.