Hot Tuna to host 4th leg of the UK Pro Surf Tour at Widemouth
19 July 2007
"Summer of '69" Opens to Pros, Amateurs and Local Heroes
Hot Tuna has returned to take title sponsorship of the 4th leg of the UK Pro Surf Tour with The 2007 "Summer of '69" Hot Tuna Pro surfing championship, slated Aug. 25 through Aug. 27 at Widemouth Bay in Bude. The Hot Tuna Summer of '69 event will now be known as a travelling event, changing locations year on year to give a fresh look to the event.
Widemouth has breaks along the entire beach and works best on mid to high tide up to 6 ft. It is a favourable venue for Tour surfers looking to gain valuable points toward the prestigious year-end UK Championship Title. Additionally, the event welcomes competitors of all ages and abilities with an assortment of amateur contests for both males and female entrants.
Divisions include Men's Open, worth £3000, Women's Open, worth £500, U'16+U'12 Grommet Comps and the Relentless Money Move (yet to be decided), offering £250 for the best move over the entire weekend. All Finals are scheduled to start at 9 a.m on Aug 26th.
With half the UK Pro Tour complete, the Hot Tuna "Summer of '69" Pro kick-starts a Tour period traditionally marked by increasingly bigger, better waves.
Currently leading the tour is Newquay lad Mark 'Egor' Harris, UK Tour Champ in 2003. Egor is one of the best UK surfers and a popular surfer on tour. A tour victory by Egor would be a popular one but all the other surfers will be out to stop him, not least Hot Tuna team riders Toby Atkins and Micah Lester.
In addition to surfing, spectators and athletes can expect to enjoy many beach-related activities at this seaside sporting venue and in the surf-stoked town of Bude. During the competition, Hot Tuna will be inviting all the surfers and families to enjoy a barbecue with complimentary beer as well as a party at the Bay View Inn opposite the event site.
ABOUT HOT TUNA (INTERNATIONAL) PLC (AIM:HTT): Hot Tuna was born in Australia in the summer of '69 to serve the demands of sojourning surfers. Spreading on the backs, bums and boards of watermen through coastal locales in the South Pacific, the brand quickly burgeoned globally, becoming an influential leader in the nascent surf industry and one of the progenitors of the neon era of surf in the '80s. A long list of notables, in and out of the water, have waved the Hot Tuna banner at one time or another in their careers, from super models to pro surfers such as Richie Lovett, Robbie Page, Beau Emerton and Drew Courtney.
In a world that's becoming increasingly homogenous in its offerings, Hot Tuna is renewing the excitement, expression and diversity that was born of the lifestyle it serves, balancing in fashion the extremes of gravity and levity in a day-in-the-life of world-traveling surfers.
With offices in London, Orange County in California, and in Sydney, Hot Tuna this season recommits itself to the brand's history and roots in world travel, drawing from global fashion and surf-cultural inspirations, emphasizing '60s, '70s and '80s treatments, and infusing in every thread of clothing the timeless values that the iconic Piranha logo has come to embody: authenticity, creativity and good times.
For any more information or images on Hot Tuna or The Hot Tuna "Summer of '69" Pro Surfing Championship please contact james@sportsvision.co.uk or call 07813 619 022.
