The date for the 2010 Newquay Paddle for Life event has been set. Put it in your calendars straight away, and register as soon as possible... The date is... the 23rd September 2010... Check out the Newquay Paddle page for more details!
The original Paddle for Life started after lifeguards from Fistral Beach held a Joe Way memorial paddle to raise money for charity in 2008. Joe is the inspirational little boy who touched people's lives around the country and beyond. His story of hope and fighting against all the odds with a cheeky smile has made what could have been the worse of times the best of times.
Our aim is to raise awareness of Joe’s story and inspire people to raise money for their chosen charity, to promote the paddle as a community event for people of all abilities and within five years to have 50 paddles and to raise £50,000 for various charity’s.
Local international surf champion Ben Skinner, has given his backing to a charity event in Newquay for the second year running.
Ben, also known in the surfing world as “Skindog”, the number 2 in the world surfing games and the European professional longboard champion will be supporting the “Joe Way Paddle for Life Event” on September 23rd.
“Skindog” donated a surfboard at last year’s paddle which raised over £1200.00 and this year the surfing-pro has donated the services of his surf school to provide high end surf lessons for a lucky beginner or experienced surfer.
Ben said, “It’s been a privilege to support Joe’s charity paddle and help Matt who has been stoked to get the board and the fact he is promoting his son’s story using a SKINDOG board is also a really honour”.
In addition to the generous donation of surfing lessons, Skindog’s board shaping team have designed and built a long board for Joe’s charity which will be ridden by the toddler’s dad, Matt Way.
The Skindog board production team made up of Ben, Chris Harris and Jason Gray have all given their time and materials free of charge to support the Way family with there ongoing journey of telling Joe’s story.
To find out more and visit the SKINDOG online shop CLICK HERE.
To book at the official BOARDMASTERS SKINDOG surf camp CLICK HERE.
Unleashed Surfer online magazine has become an official partner of the Joe Way ‘Paddle for Life’.
Unleashed Surfer is a brand new digital surfing magazine (Ezine) which promises to take surf lovers as close to the waves as possible, part of the launch has also brought about a new and exciting partnership with a Newquay based annual charity event the Joe Way ‘Paddle for Life’.
The highly anticipated 'Unleashed Surfer' is a free, monthly and exclusively online publication designed for those people who love surfing but all too often find themselves sitting in front of their computer in the office, classroom or home.
With cutting edge technology and articles by some of the UK’s best surf journalists the team at Unleashed are able to bring you a fully interactive magazine with videos, music, photos and articles which will make you yearn to get back out in the water.
A Richard Lander School pupil has taken to the waves at Watergate bay to keep the memory of Joe Way alive & raise funds for the Handstand Appeal.
Buzzing crowds gathered on the shoreline in the baking sun last weekend, as fifteen year old surfer, Louie Mavor from St Agnes competed in the BLU Competition alongside some of the all time greats at the British Longboard championships.
Keen to show off his skills and wearing his special Joe Way rash vest sponsored by Riverside Holiday Park to help enforce the message behind the Joe Way Appeal, Louie battled through several tough heats before being knocked out. The eventual winner of the Men’s long board competition was James Parry and for the ladies Candice O’Donnell.
Check out the latest PODCAST downloads by the Joe Way Paddle team talking to Ben Skinner, James Parry, Matt Travis, Loops Mavor, Anton Roberts, Bob Freshwater and the RNLI fundraisers at this weekends BLU comp at Watergate bay. Be inspired and don’t be left behind…
Local international surf champion Ben Skinner, has given his backing to a charity event in Newquay for the second year running.
A Richard Lander School pupil has taken to the waves at Watergate bay to keep the memory of Joe Way alive & raise funds for the 
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