** NEWS ** Issued: 12.08.15
BOARDMASTERS CELEBRATES BIGGEST FESTIVAL TO DATE
• 150,000 visited the festival across five days • 40,000 in attendance at SOLD OUT music weekend at Watergate Bay • Faithless, Rudimental and Bastille wowed the crowds with incredible headline slots • Hofei Collazo, Peony Knight, Edouard Delpero and Alice Lemoyne crowned surf champions www.boardmasters.co.uk #Boardmasters #WeBelieveInSummer t: @Boardmasters81 fb: @Boardmasters
Boardmasters 2015 has been hailed the biggest and best year to date with over 150,000 in attendance across the festival week. Cornwall’s own surf and music festival kicked off on Wednesday 5th August at the surfing mecca Fistral Beach, where the WSL (World Surf League) competitions took place. The music then opened on Friday 8 August at the stunning Watergate Bay site.
The sold out Watergate Bay music site saw over 40,000 visitors attend across the weekend with highlights including headline sets from Bastille, Rudimental and Faithless. Plus astounding performances from the likes of Everything Everything, Sunset Sons, Seasick Steve, Reef, MNEK, Clean Bandit, Kim Churchill, Rae Morris, Nick Mulvey, Circa Waves, Raleigh Ritchie, Lower Than Atlantis, Laura Doggart, Lethal Bizzle, Rhodes and much much more. The weekend also included secret DJ slots by Rag ‘n’ Bone Man and Raleigh Ritchie where festivalgoers had to sneak through a secret purple portaloo plus giant roaming balloon lobsters and singing fishermen performing on a boat. The Darkness’ Justin Hawkins was even seen ‘surfing’ through the crowd on a surfboard!
Down at Fistral Beach, the surf, BMX and skate competitions got underway from Wednesday 5 August culminating in thrilling finals across the weekend. In the Men’s Open presented by Carve, Hofei Collazo fought of Edouard Delpero, who nearly achieved a double win, to be crowned champion. Peony Knight took the top spot winning the Rocket Dog Women’s Open fending off former Boardmasters champion Keshia Eyre. The WSL made a welcomed return to Boardmasters 2015 with a men’s and women’s Longbaord Qualifier competition. Edouard Delpero and Alice Lemoyne showed poise, agility and skill to be named winners. The Junior Divisions had to be halted because of the declining swell on Saturday so all eight boys in the Up&Go Junior Pro Semi Finals agreed to share the prize money and the Girls Up&Go Junior Pro contest saw four of the best up and coming surfers share the prize money equally. Eventual winner of the Skate competition, Alex Halford, took things to another level on the ramp in the skate competition and Alex Coleborn, one of the biggest names in BMXing, was crowned champion of the BMX Pro Final.
Festival organisers said, “‘We are absolutely thrilled with the success of this year’s festival. This is the biggest the event has ever been with a sold out audience of 40,000 in attendance at the Watergate Bay music site and over 150,000 across the festival as a whole. Once again, international world-class surfers came to compete in the Boardmasters surf competition and
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** NEWS ** Issued: 12.08.15
it’s been great to have WSL on board again for this year. Last night to close the event, Bastille put on a brilliant show giving the festival an epic final night.”
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About Vision Nine: Founded in 1999, Vision Nine has had strong success in marrying lifestyles with live event experiences. The company founded and operates Boardmasters, the world’s only surf, skate and music festival. It also owns action sport and music festival NASS together with snow sport and music event The Freeze Festival. Vision Nine also promotes theatrical productions and touring shows including the recent Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular arena tour. Creativity is key in today’s live entertainment sector and Vision Nine has proven adept at curating events that connect with an audience’s passions. Alongside Vision Nine’s existing events they are also developing new entertainment brands with significant opportunity for growth.
! For Further Information, please contact: Ali Castriotis or Katie Silver, LD Communications Tel: 020 7439 7222 [email protected] / [email protected]