Errant Nominated for 2009 Awards

As a UK registered company based in the Newquay, Cornwall, Errant Surf Holidays and managing director Chris Thomson have been nominated for the short list in the Cornwall's Young Business Person Award 2009. The Grand Dinner and awards take place on the 14th May at St Mellion International Hotel. Good luck!

Great Waves For Easter Weekend

Fun surf is hitting the shores of Newquay this evening and we are expecting more good waves over the weekend, and into the week. Spring is generally one of the best times of the year to surf in Cornwall, due to better weather patterns and an abundance of surf from the Atlantic ocean.

Don't forget we have a massive 50% off surfing lessons in Newquay if you wish to join us next week.

Call now or e-mail us on escape@errantsurf.com

Recession Named The Reason For Worldwide Slump In Shark Attacks!

A recent report from the International Shark Attack File at the University of Florida cited the recession as the reason for a decline in shark attacks last year.

“Shark attacks worldwide in 2008 dipped to their lowest level in five years, a sign that Americans may be forgoing vacation trips to the beach,” the report said.

It’s either that, or sharks have hunkered in the depths to weather the recession themselves. But people who are way smarter than me, namely George Burgess, an ichthyologist and director of the International Shark Attack File, thinks the drop in shark attack numbers is directly related to the economic downturn.

“I can’t help but think that contributing to that reduction may have been the reticence of some people to take holidays and go to the beach for economic reasons,” Burgess said. “We noticed similar declines during the recession that followed the events of 2001, despite the fact that human populations continued to rise.”

This may be so. After all, his logic is sound and his use of words such as reticence makes me want to believe him. But so far, the outlook for 2009 doesn’t look as rosy. Especially after numerous shark attacks on surfers around the world, including two fatal attacks in South Africa and an alarming number of incidents in Australia.

Couple this with the fact that the recession itself is freeing up a lot of time for people to go surfing when they would normally be working, it seems that this theory might not hold up in the long run.

Head Surf Coach Teaches JLC to Surf

TV star Justin Lee Collins is took time out of hosting his chat show The Justin Lee Collins Show on ITV2, to learn to surf for a new Sky One series due out in June. Errant's head surf coach Chris Thomson, alongside Watergate Bay's Carl Coombe have been tasked with the mission to take Justin from total new surfer to compete in the May's English Nationals. All the surf coaching is taking place at the stunning Newquay beach of Watergate Bay.