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Darren Bason captain of the England Surf Kayak Team. Aka
mastervibe |
SPONSORS
AT PRESENT
MEGA SURF KAYAKS,
TALK-TO-ME MOBILE PHONE CENTRES
WKD DRINKS
24SEVEN life style magazine |
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NOOKIE
extreme ,BA, spray deck ,cags .
GATH (Australia) for helmets,
MELLOW MARSH YELLOW team rider
RIPCURL /SNUGG WETSUIT
ETNIES CLOTHING.
CURRENTLY I AM RANKED NO'1 IN BOTH CAT'S FOR THE THIRD
YEAR IN A ROW.
BRITISH CHAMPION IN BOTH HIGH PERFORMANCE & INTERNATIONAL
FOR THE 2ND YEAR IN A ROW.
2ND IN THE WORLD AT HIGH PERFORMANCE
5TH IN THE WORLD AT INTERNATIONAL
EUROPEAN SURF KAYAK CHAMPION 2004 |
Current
England team member (high performance and international
class) |
2002
ranking events
Welsh open, Gower April 2002
1st international
3rd high performance
Cornish open, red river may 2002
1st high performance
1st international
Watergate open June 2002 (My event)
2nd high performance
2nd international |
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Sept 2002. The home internationals 1st place (Thurso east,
Scotland)ENGLAND TEAM EVENT WHERE WE BEAT TEAMS FROM ALL OVER
THE UK( jersey ,n Ireland ,Ireland ,scotland,wales )
Devon open Oct 2002
1st high performance
2nd international
southern open 12th Oct Banthem,Devon
1st high performance
2nd international
FINAL
RESULTS FOR THE BRITISH RANKING 2002
1st international
1st high performance
Competitions
to come:
BRITSH
CHAMPIONSHIPS Freshwater west WALES Oct 26th
British Champion in International class
5th high performance
Last year as a rookie I came 2nd in both hp and international
in British Championships, Jersey
Next years
major events
Brittany for European Champs next Sept
Santa Cruz in March 2004 for USA open Championships
2003 ranking
competition results
Sat March
29th Widemouth Bude
Shoreline handicap event HIGH PERFORMANCE ONLY
1st h.p
Sat 12th April gower madness (welsh open)
1st high performance
2nd international
Sat/Sun 31st/1st june Cornish Open gwithian beach
1st high performance
1st international
Sat June
21st talk-to-me open @Watergate bay
1st high performance
1st international
Sat 12/13
July Constantine bay nr Padstow Cornwall
Cornwalls open
1st high performance
1st international class
WORLD
SURF KAYAKING CHAMPIONSHIPS @ EASKEY IRELAND.SEPT 14-22
TEAM AND INDIVIDUALS
2nd IN
TEAM EVENT
2nd high performance
5th international
TEAMS
& INDIVIDUALS FROM ACROSS THE WORLD .OVER 200 ENTRIES
IN HP AND INTERNATIONAL CLASSES. TV COVERGE AND FILM OF EVENT
TO BE SOLD WORLD WIDE.
SOUTHERN OPEN Oct 12th/13th
HP 1st
INTERNATIONAL 2nd
BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIPS WOOLACOMBE N' DEVON
1ST INTERNATIONAL
1ST HIGH PERFORMANCE..
2004 SEASON….
APRIL
BUDE WIDEMOUTH(SHORELINE SURF KAYAK EVENT)
2ND OPEN
APRIL
GOWER MADNESS WALES
4TH OPEN (PLASTIC X-RAY KAYAK)
1ST INTERNATIONAL
MAY
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS MUNDAKA SPAIN.
1ST OPEN(EUROPEAN CHAMP)
MAY
ST IVES BAY OPEN
1ST OPEN
1ST INTERNATIONAL
JUNE
WATERGATE CLASSIC
1ST OPEN
1ST INTERNATIONAL
SEPT
DEVON CLASSIC
1ST OPEN
1ST INTERNATIONAL
SEPT
BIGBURY OPEN (LAST RANKING EVENT OF THE SEASON)
1ST OPEN (NEW KAYAK PROTOTYPE ….MEGA FURY…)
1ST INTERNATIONAL
OCT
BRITSH CHAMPIONSHIPS held at south fistral newquay..
Retained both titles…
1ST INTERNATIONAL
1ST OPEN HIGH PERFORMANCE
OCT 23RD
- 30TH HOME INTERNATIONALS(all uk teams and bask teams in
a team only surf event) in QUIBERON FRANCE..
1st event as team captain ..
1ST Place ENGLAND TEAM…
Press this year
9 articles in Cornish guardian
8 articles in newquay voice
3 in 24/7 magazine (50k readers)
4 articles in paddles kayak magazine ( world wide)
3 in canoeist magazine
Feature cover photo on British Canoe Union surf magazine
Canoe and kayak 3 page profile issue 40 july 2004
Canoeist mag may 2004 2 page profile..
Paddles sept 2004 comp st ives open listed paddler.
Canoe & kayak issue 43 oct 2004 st ives bay open review
inc 2 photos.
FEATURED PADDLER IN SURF KAYAKING BOOK by Bill Matos..
ALL ABOVE INCLUDED PHOTOS.
Websites now or in near future.
Gath helmets,nookie,ripcurl,talk-to-me,mastervibe.com,the
koola,mega surf kayaks.
Television
Had a 10 min slot on Calton TV programme called Rush (ITV)dedicated
to my surf kayaking and Djing.(april 2003).currently in talks
about a feature on myself for summer 2004 for carlton
television.
PLANS FOR 2004.
RUNNING THREE SURF KAYAK EVENTS 2 ARE RANKING COMPS AND THE
3RD IS THE BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIPS ALL BASED IN THE NEWQUAY
AREA ..
COMPETE IN ALL COMPETITIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMING SEASON .
PHOTOGRAPHS
I have had a couple of photo sessions and these photos are
featured on www.beachfeature.com under Darren Bason or surf
kayaking
Thanks
D Bason Darren@mastervibe.com
Newquay
.cornwall 01637 877864 07971 194842
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