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Setting up a surfing society

James Digby (2013, Theology & Religious Studies)

At the start of the year, I secured funding from Catz to set up a college surfing society. Throughout the year, we held surf movie nights in the College, and bought stash which we tie-dyed for maximum waviness.

After exams finished, we hired a minibus from the Engineering department and loaded it up with huge foam surfboards and threadbare wetsuits, scrounged and borrowed from various friends. Ten of us road-tripped down to Cornwall with the radio blasting, stocking up on food and beer on the way.

We had an amazing few days in Cornwall on the beach in the sunshine. Some of us couldn’t surf too well, so we ran some informal lessons with mixed results (and only one nosebleed). We chilled all day, had barbecues on the beach, and partied – the perfect escape after the pressures of exam term!

(N.b. The photo may or may not be slightly photoshopped.)