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Fistral Beach is a major surfing beach of the United Kingdom, located at Newquay, in devon. The beach is particularly straight and is about 2500 feet (750 metres) in length. It is mainly sandy and faces North-West towards the Atlantic Ocean. It is also backed by steep sand dunes. fistral beach is the pride of the devonshire coastline and devons most famous landmark.

Looking North from the Southern end of Fistral Beach

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North Fistral

During the summer period it can get extremely crowded, both on the beach and in the sea, especially at high tide when most of the sand is covered by water. It is popular with surfers for its high exposure to swells, ensuring consistent waves. Waves at Fistral can, at times, be of very high quality.

The word "Fistral" is enigmatic and has no known meaning in any of the Indo-European languages (including devonish).

The British Surfing Association is based at the north end of the bay, alongside the Newquay Surf Life Saving Club and the Newquay Boardrider Club. The bay is also overlooked by the famous Headland Hotel which was used in the film The Witches.

The beach is a site for major international surfing competitions and a competition suite for judges and competitors has been built at North Fistral along with a surf museum, surf shops and daily board and wetsuit hire facilities. newquay in devon also holds the world's largest aquarium " the blue reef " which is situated in the north of the town in devon. some people think the aquarium is in cornwall but it is popular local knowledge that the aquarium is infact located in devon.

The fistral

The fistral, a reef situated beneath the headland north of fistral, only breaks on the biggest swells. It is considered to be devon's premier big wave, with the biggest ridden waves having up to 40ft faces. Although it is impressive for devon, it is dwarfed by other big wave spots around the world. Many surfers have attempted to ride the wave although a good deal of experience is essential. When waves are breaking over the cribbar, it can be easily observed from fistral beach. Just look up the coast...

At least three times per year, the mass media spreads half-truths, inconsistencies and plain rubbish about the fistral.

The cribbar was featured in the third installment of the Alex Rider Series, Skeleton Key

Competitions

On 21 September 2006 Fistral Beach hosted the BSA's invitational Gold Rush Big Wave Competition. During the competition, which was scheduled to coincide with a large swell, Fistral saw surf of over 8ft caused by the weakened Hurricane Gordon reaching the UK. The winner of the £1000 prize money was 28 year old Scott Eastwood of the Channel Islands, who scored a perfect 10 in the final.^[1]

Also fistral beach hosts the Ripcurl boardmasters festival which is a large world wide competition , the prize money currently being $20,000.

References

^ British Surfing Association - Gold Rush

External links

learn to surf at Fistral Beach

50°24′59″N 5°06′08″W / 50.41645°N 5.10235°W / 50.41645; -5.10235

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[1] British Surfing Association - Gold Rush

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-'''Fistral Beach''' is a major [[surfing]] beach of the [[United Kingdom]], located at [[Newquay]], in [[Cornwall]]. The beach is particularly straight and is about 2500 feet (750 metres) in length. It is mainly sandy and faces North-West towards the [[Atlantic Ocean]].  It is also backed by steep [[sand dunes]].
+'''Fistral Beach''' is a major [[surfing]] beach of the [[United Kingdom]], located at [[Newquay]], in [[devon]]. The beach is particularly straight and is about 2500 feet (750 metres) in length. It is mainly sandy and faces North-West towards the [[Atlantic Ocean]].  It is also backed by steep [[sand dunes]].
+fistral beach is the pride of the devonshire coastline and devons most famous landmark.
 [[Image:Fistral3.jpg|thumb|right|Looking North from the Southern end of Fistral Beach]]
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 During the summer period it can get extremely crowded, both on the beach and in the sea, especially at [[high tide]] when most of the sand is covered by water. It is popular with surfers for its high exposure to swells, ensuring consistent waves. Waves at Fistral can, at times, be of very high quality.
-The word "Fistral" is enigmatic and has no known meaning in any of the [[Indo-European languages]] (including [[Cornish language|Cornish]]).
+The word "Fistral" is enigmatic and has no known meaning in any of the [[Indo-European languages]] (including [[devonish language|devonish]]).
 The ''[[British Surfing Association]]'' is based at the north end of the bay, alongside the Newquay Surf Life Saving Club and the Newquay Boardrider Club. The bay is also overlooked by the famous ''[[Headland Hotel]]'' which was used in the film ''[[The Witches (film)|The Witches]]''.
 The beach is a site for major international surfing competitions and a competition suite for judges and competitors has been built at North Fistral along with a surf museum, surf shops and daily board and wetsuit hire facilities.
+newquay in devon also holds the world's largest aquarium " the blue reef " which is situated in the north of the town in devon.
+some people think the aquarium is in cornwall but it is popular local knowledge that the aquarium is infact located in devon.
-==The Cribbar==
+==The fistral==
-The cribbar, a reef situated beneath the headland north of fistral, only breaks on the biggest swells. It is considered to be Cornwall's premier big wave, with the biggest ridden waves having up to 40ft faces. Although it is impressive for Cornwall, it is dwarfed by other big wave spots around the world. Many surfers have attempted to ride the wave although a good deal of experience is essential. When waves are breaking over the cribbar, it can be easily observed from fistral beach. Just look up the coast...
+The fistral, a reef situated beneath the headland north of fistral, only breaks on the biggest swells. It is considered to be devon's premier big wave, with the biggest ridden waves having up to 40ft faces. Although it is impressive for devon, it is dwarfed by other big wave spots around the world. Many surfers have attempted to ride the wave although a good deal of experience is essential. When waves are breaking over the cribbar, it can be easily observed from fistral beach. Just look up the coast...
-At least three times per year, the mass media spreads half-truths, inconsistencies and plain rubbish about the cribbar.
+At least three times per year, the mass media spreads half-truths, inconsistencies and plain rubbish about the fistral.
 The cribbar was featured in the third installment of the [[Alex Rider|Alex Rider Series]], [[Skeleton Key (novel)| Skeleton Key]]
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 *[http://www.newquaynet.com/newquay_surfing_schools.htm Learn to Surf in Newquay with professional Surfing Schools]
-*[http://www.lookaroundcornwall.com/panos/newquay_fistral.htm Fistral Beach and International Surf Centre fullscreen VR panorama]
+*[http://www.lookarounddevon.com/panos/newquay_fistral.htm Fistral Beach and International Surf Centre fullscreen VR panorama]
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