Thain Leisure's Surf Blog

Curve sponsored SUP Champion Ryan James has had a hectic and highly successful September, winning or placing in more events than you can shake a paddle at!  He has kindly jotted down a few words to bring us up to date on what he has been up to. You can read his race reports below: [...]

Thain Leisure is pleased to announce today its continued support for the UK’s premier combined Stand Up Paddle board event hosted by BSUPA and the Extreme Academy at Watergate Bay, Cornwall. This years competition dates are Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th October 2011. Following a fantastic competition

We are totally stoked that Curve SUP team rider Ryan James has pulled off an amazing top three finish at the recent international SUP Cup event recently held at St Tropez, in the South of France. This is an awesome achievement for Ryan (top right in the above image) and great for the UK to [...]

We are extremely pleased to support Mark Slater, Rich Morten and Bobby Thatcher in their fund raising attempt to stand-up paddle the entire length of the River Thames from it’s source to the river mouth, a total of 215 miles!  This endurance event will be undertaken  in order to help raise much need

We are very pleased to announce that Thain Leisure has added Irish Speed Wind Surfer and UKWA competitor Alastair Nichol (IRL-250) to its roster of Team Curve riders for the 2011 season. Alastair first started windsurfing back in 1984 at only 12 years of age and he very quickly caught the bug for th

Building upon it’s close involvement with the UK’s Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP) community, Thain Leisure is very pleased to announce today it’s support for a new SUP event to be held as part of the 2012 Olympics celebrations in London. SUP has experienced dramatic growth in the United Kingdom in re

We are really chuffed to announce that top UK stand up paddleboarder, surfer, fitness guru and all-round nice guy Ryan James has become the latest waterman to receive a sponsorship support package from Curve and Thain Leisure. Ryan is the current BSUPA National Paddleboard Distance Champion and is a

The inaugural SUP Sprint Challenge 2011, held at the London Boat Show this weekend has been a massive success, with over 20 competitors taking part in the very first Indoor SUP event of its kind in the UK. With a packed stadium of excited spectators and countless other people viewing the racing over

Thain Leisure is pleased to announce it’s support of Irish Stand Up Paddleboarding through it’s 2011 sponsorship of Stand Up Surf Zone, the SUP school based in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. SUSZ provides 10 week-long SUP Summer Camps to kids in the Dublin area. In order to help promote Stand Up Paddl