Well we have had some great logos over the past few years – which is your favourite?

Plumpton College regrets that, very reluctantly, the decision has been made to cancel the Open Day on Saturday 12 May 2012. The reason for this is that whereas the College can cope with the expected numbers of visitors around the College buildings, unfortunately the car parking fields are currently too wet. And although Saturday is [...]

PADDLE NEEDS YOU! As Paddle Round the Pier is run purely by volunteers – we are looking for reliable, enthusiastic, hardworking and happy people to fill a variety of roles throughout our two and a half day festival. Do you want to get involved in one of the biggest and coolest charity watersports’ events of [...]

Tickets are now on sale for the Paddle Party – a not to be missed event! It’s the Brazilian Carnival in Hove – so the dress code is sequins, feathers, glam, wetsuits(?) board shorts and Brazilian head gear is absolutely essential! The madder, the better and of course prizes for the best/most outrageous/wackiest attire. There [...]

Its all coming together, last week the Paddle Crew had their first planning meeting where we discussed some new and exciting water events which will be published very soon on the website. We have already had a lot of interest from competitors in many of the events and it all looks as if, yet again [...]

Wille and the Bandits are confirmed to return to the Brighton shores all the way from Plymouth. Jen Paddle LOVED these guys so much last year she begged them to come back Don’t miss them, Sunday 8th July 2012 The Story of Wille and the bandits began when Wille decided to leave for his birthplace [...]

Paddle Round the Pier is chuffed to bits to annouce that this year the acclaimed Letz Zep will be returning to the festival. After their mind blowing performance in the Big Top marquee in 2009, Jen Paddle has been pestering them to return and finally they’ve given in;) Sunday the 9th July 2012 will definitely [...]

Back for a second year at Paddle Round The Pier we welcome Slacklinz, who provide premium quality slackline throughout Europe. Based in Brighton and Eastbourne, they have gone from strength to strength over the last couple of years and demonstrated the activity to thousands of people. Slacklining is a sport a little like tightrope walking [...]

It is always heartening when you can be truly proud of a friend’s achievements but in this case we are glowing. James runs the local website Sharkbait and has provided pretty good surf predictions for our local spots since last century. In a town of transients and generally erratic surf his website has formed the [...]

The guys at Kamikaze have had a great little video put together from last year’s tarp surfing extravaganza: If you wanna go, come down to the paddle village on the 7th and 8th of July 2012. More Information here