University of Bristol Surf Club

Goooood Afternoon pookies 😝 it’s SUMMA FORMAL time!!! 🌞👙🌊🦎

We’ve got a fantabulouso evening planned for all you boozers. We know it’s a like exam season / essay season of whatevs - but hey, listen, it’s really time to think about your own happiness. Shut that laptop- let go of that one evening in the ASS and come have a little sunshine sizzle with us on Friday the 3rd 🌞🌞

🍹DATE: Friday 2nd of May
🍾TIME: 7pm (lateness will result in the confiscation of cocktail umbrella)
🔺LOCATION: London cocktail club (triangle)
💃👔DRESS CODE: formallll baby

—> TICKETS RELEASED (for free!!) 6PM TUESDAY ON THE SU

Thanks to all those who showed up to our AGM on Wednesday, here is the fantastic new committee for the 23/24 year!
President: Rosie Tuckley
Vice-President: Nick Yates
Social Secs: Tom Baxter & Jack Waller
Beginners' Reps: Hanin Altaiy & Sam Barnett
Kit Reps: Max Mcnally & Matt Richards
Treasurer: Izzy Elkington
Abroad Trip Sec: Rachel Ko
Media and Merch Rep: Katie Thornton
Charity and Equality Rep: Ella Upton

There will be a follow-up post on our Instagram. If you want to enter our charity raffle, tickets are £3 and you could win festival tickets or a 4-bed booking in a Newquay hostel (plus more)!
(tickets: https://www.bristolsu.org.uk/groups/surf-7833/events/charity-raffle-42e7 )

Charity Raffle @ Bristol SU £3 charity raffle ticket with the chance of winning prizes! All money raised is going to the charities you guys voted for! Prizes available: - 2 FREE tickets to the Spring Classic Festival in Woolacombe, Devon (1st-4th June) - 4 bed dorm for 2 nights at Blue Room Hostel in Newquay - 2 boxes of Mons...

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Some of the team 📸

Some our favourites. Circa 2023 photo creds:

Hey guys! We’ve just published the committee role descriptions on our page 🌞 check it out if you’re thinking of running for committee next year! The date of of the AGM meeting where we will decide committee will be announced soon 💙

🌺 Portugal 2023… WHAT a trip! Our shredders killed it in the Portuguese waters, with the excellent teaching provided by 🤙🏽 thank you also to Daniel for hosting us (), and for providing the sick accommodation and glorious party atmosphere!! We hope everyone is enjoying the golden glow Portugal has blessed us with 🌞 and see you all after the Easter holidays!

*****AGM*****
Yeeeeeeeeew!!!! 🏄‍♂️🏄‍♂️🏄‍♂️
Hope you’re all enjoying the holidays and hope those that joined us in Portugal have recovered (I haven’t)! It’s that time of year where we elect our new committee at the AGM. It will be held on Wednesday 19th April (first Wednesday after Easter) in the Stephenson Room in the Richmond Building 6-8pm. Here is an outline of the roles available:

President and Vice President:
In charge of running committee meetings and delegating tasks among committee members. Must be dedicated to Surf and be prepared to solve problems that appear throughout the year.

Social Secs (x2):
Organise and advertise weekly socials with themes and set up surf Sunday meet ups. Plan winter and summer formals. Organise socials for weekend trips and abroad trip. Needs to be welcoming and chatty and able to attend socials.

Beginners Reps (x2):
Have a positive and encouraging attitude to any new beginners. Be confident to teach a land and water lesson as well as prioritising safety when in the sea. i.e., give a good safety briefing and be able to rescue individuals from danger. Try to get the best price possible when booking coaches and hostels and maintaining a good relationship with them.

Kit Reps (x2):
- Organising required kit for trips, and liaising with surf schools for price negotiation and hire
- Liaising with keen surfers who want to borrow kit (includes an advanced version of where’s wally with the container key)
- Maintaining and repairing kit (I know Ollie won’t be there, but 80% is using a hot glue gun)
- General organisation of the container (maintaining its Moroccan style interior)
- Deciding what new kit, the club needs (ideal for marketplace trawlers)

It’s all totally manageable if you know where the container key is and is a great role for anyone who wants to learn or develop board fixing skills as the container is full of random tools. Perks of the role include: easy access to all the clubs kit, getting to meet lots of surf club members through hire and choosing cool new kit!

Social media and merch rep:
You’ll be in charge of the Instagram, regularly posting photos and stories of the fun stuff we get up to throughout the year. You’ll also liaise with the other committee members to make well-being posts, reminders to get tickets and posts about socials and trips!
Media rep will involve creating merch for the rest of the society to wear. You have complete creative control, and you can decide what clothing brands, designs, and graphic designers to go for!

Trip Sec:
This role is great for a person with an eye for organisation and detail. You will be required to organise a weeks long surf trip somewhere abroad!! You need to be able to communicate well with people as you will be required to talk to surf companies, hostels and your fellow committee to arrange payments, transfers and all the little things.
The role is fun and exciting and most importantly requires someone who is enthusiastic and willing to give it their all.

Equality and Charity Officer:
This role ensures a welcoming and inclusive environment is maintained within the club. You will act as a well-being officer so you should be approachable, kind, and a friendly face around the society. You will also be involved in putting on charity events and similar activities in which organisation is an asset!

Treasurer:
- Oversee financial operations of the society
- Organise payments of invoices with hostels/suppliers and the SU
- Follow up and ensures payments are made in a timely manner
- Regularly check financial statements and balance sheets to ensure financial health of society and check for regular errors made by SU🤣

It’s a great role for anyone looking to support the society’s operations and experience in the organisation of finance. It is very manageable and requires less time than many of the roles however a fine attention to detail is needed to ensure no mistakes are made and that the society has adequate resources to run smoothly.

PRE PORTUGAL SOCIAL!!
Hey guys 😏
Can you believe in less than a week we will be in sunny portugal!! 🏄‍♀️🌊☀️
Come along to WG Grace, this Tuesday at 8pm to meet all the lovely faces who you will be shredding, drinking sangria, and making memories with 🥰

So excited to see you all!!
PS: those people sadly not coming on the trip are more than welcome!!

We’re going to the spring classic!

Wavelengths annual surf festival is back in June and the clubs invited!

Come and support our competitors in the exclusive Spring Classic Uni Surf Invitational

As well as some sick music at the festival!

We’ve been given a 25% discount on the festival ticket
dm for more info

We will arrange a car sharing system to get you all down there closer to the time

See you all there 🤙

Happy International Women’s Day! This day is to celebrate ALL women, with a special shout out to the incredible individuals within our society. We appreciate you all in whichever way you show up within this space. From our white-water wizards to our absolute shredders, we love to see everyone getting involved and are proud of the joy and strength that you all bring to the society! 💙

To celebrate this day: we are doing a chilled coffee morning this Wednesday (8th March) from 10-11:30 am at Coffee Number 1 by Clifton Down Sainsburys. Everyone is welcome to come and celebrate all our incredible women with a nice coffee and friendly chat. Please fill out the poll in the story so we have an idea of numbers! Feel free to filter in and out for whatever your timetable allows :))

Family night is back!!

This Wednesday the surf families will be competing against each other to complete a number of different challenges 🤙🏻
We will be finishing at the brass pig where the winning surf family will be crowned! 🏆
Your parents will give you more details in your family group chats!
Get ready for some classic family chaos! 🥰

Hi guys! We hope you’re all getting excited and ready for the Abroad Trip to Portugal. If you go the Surf account on SU website you will be able to pay the remainder of the ticket price. We will also add this link to our link tree‼️

🚨Please purchase the correct package when paying the remainder of your ticket.

We look forward to seeing you all at the next family social! If you would like to be put in a family there is still time to be added so please just drop us a message!!

Hi guys! We hope you’re all getting excited and ready for the Abroad Trip to Portugal. If you go the Surf account on SU website you will be able to pay the remainder of the ticket price. This needs to be done by Sunday‼️

🚨Please purchase the correct package when paying the remainder of your ticket.

We look forward to seeing you all at the next family social! If you would like to be put in a family there is still time to be added so please just drop us a message!!

Link to pay:
https://www.bristolsu.org.uk/groups/surf-7833/events/portugal-trip

The results are in! After your hard work of beer pong competitiveness and Valentine’s themed social… we as a society raised a total of £69 pounds for . Well done everyone for the collective effort!!

Exciting Announcement!
The time has come for the biggest, most unforgettable society event of the year!
The iconic Beanies and Bikinis Boat Party will take on Thekla for the first time!

Lost Track of Time is collaborating with Bristol’s 6 Snow and water sport societies, accompanied by Cirque Du Soul, to throw an epic party floating on Bristol Harbour.

Expect the immersive production of Lost Track of Time, the fresh sound of local artists and a lot of water and snow sport energy 🤙🏻

Tickets will be released on Monday at 8pm on Lost Track of Time FIXR…be quick so you can get them cheap!

This is an event you really don’t want to miss!

Tomorrow’s surf Sunday is a little bit different! We will be doing a showing of “View From a Blue Moon”, a John John documentary 🍿. The film will start at 19:45 tomorrow but the social starts at 19:00. Come down to the Bristol SU, in the Odlum Room for a chilled film and chats!!!! See you there 🤙🏽

Roses are red 🌹violets are blue 💙 we have a surf social just for you

whether your single or taken we think valentines should be spent with friends 🫶

We will be heading to the White Harte at 8:30pm, followed by Brass Pig at 10pm 🍻🎊🍾🪩

The theme is dress to impress - relatively casual but a chance to get your shirts and dresses out!

We can’t wait to see you all 🫶

Lots of love, Elie and Rosie # # #

UOB tearing it up last weekend at Great Western, Fistral & Towan! 🤙🏽 thanks again to everyone who came and we hope you had fun with your families last night!!!! Photo creds:

Family Social!
This Tuesday will be family night!
Your wonderful parents have made a group chat to let you know your theme, house and anything you might need to bring … 👀
If you are not in a family but would like to be, drop us a message and we will get you adopted!
We will all be meeting at brass pig at 11 💃🏻🤙🏻

Hey guys! Hope you’re looking forward to a weekend of waves (forecast looks sick), and organised fun 😏. In the meantime, see you all at the White Lies social tonight ( obvs)! Here is some info for the trip down to Newquay this Friday

Get to the Richmond Building on Queens Road for 4:45/4:50 on Friday, the bus is due to leave at 5pm this time so don’t be late ‼️ If you are bringing your own board take the fins out before coming please. We will hopefully get to Newquay in time for a few pints at spoons! 🍻

1 space is free on our upcoming Newquay trip (3-5th Feb), message us if you’re interested!

Hey Guys!!
We hope those of you who have bought tickets to come on the Portugal trip are as stoked as we are!

We have had a couple of questions about flights and the shuttle so we thought we'd try to clear them up...

We suggest getting the earlier flight out of England and avoid getting the later flight at around 9pm to avoid disappointment of missing the shuttle.
For the return flight we suggest the later flights from Lisbon (you will probably be hungover).

Prices have gone up but have a look on sky scanner as there still are some good deals out there...but get on it quick!

We are currently planning on doing a midday ish and afternoon shuttle bus when we arrive in Lisbon and an afternoon shuttle on the way back.
More exact details about this will come once we know what flights have been booked.

Drop us a message on here or feel free to ask us at Surf Sunday or at the social on Tuesday (details to come) if you have anymore questions!!

See you soon shredders!!

Hey Guys!!
We hope those of you who have bought tickets to come on the Portugal trip are as stoked as we are!

We have had a couple of questions about flights and the shuttle so we thought we'd try to clear them up...

We suggest getting the earlier flight out of England and avoid getting the later flight at around 9pm to avoid disappointment of missing the shuttle.
For the return flight we suggest the later flights from Lisbon (you will probably be hungover).

Prices have gone up but have a look on sky scanner as there still are some good deals out there...but get on it quick!

We are currently planning on doing a midday ish and afternoon shuttle bus when we arrive in Lisbon and an afternoon shuttle on the way back.
More exact details about this will come once we know what flights have been booked.

Drop us a message on here or feel free to ask us at the next social (details to come) if you have anymore questions!!

See you soon shredders!!

Merch is now available on the SU website!!
https://www.bristolsu.org.uk/groups/81476/events/merch-drop-00d7/buy_ticket

Deadline for ordering merch is 10pm this Sunday (29th) so order quickly!!

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Tickets are available for the upcoming Newquay trip (3rd-5th February) on the SU website:

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Hi guys! As promised, here are the flight recommendations for our abroad trip to Portugal.

A lot of us have booked the 7:40am EasyJet flight out of Luton arriving in Lisbon at 10:30 on the 26th. Our flight back is the 21:25 EasyJet flight into Luton arrive at 00:35 in the early morning of the 3rd.

Other airlines are running flights to and from Lisbon at the same time as this flight. You can book these flights if they are the same times as above and this will mean you can get a transfer between the airport and the hostel. Looking forward to seeing you all at the social tomorrow starting at the Berkeley at 8pm!

We are SO excited to finally introduce our very own UOB surf merch ❤️‍🔥 I have been working hard to introduce high-quality, wearable pieces that flexes your love to the society 😉 we have a variety of colours to choose from, with the stock consisting of beanies, jumpers and sweatshirts. Our amazing new logo by is embroidered on the front, with a sick graphic design featured on the back (thank you to for working with us). Link for the drop is THIS THURSDAY at 6PM 🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻