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Owing to its location, jutting straight out into the Atlantic Ocean, Cornwall is a magnet for surfers. Combine this with its milder climate and a host of great beaches and you have the UK's surf capital.

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'I surfed a 'fake wave' three hours from Cornwall and smashed it - quite literally!'
Surfing
When we said 'smashed it' we didn't really intend to break a toe, but there you are! The evening in A&E was almost as fun!
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Five beachgoers caught in rip just 90 minutes after lifeguard cover ended
RNLI
They had been enjoying a swim when everything went wrong
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St Agnes voted among best places to work from home in UK
Poldark
A strong community, superfast broadband, great beaches and good pubs and top surf spots - what's not to like about St Agnes?
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School kids who've never been to the beach to get surf lessons
Truro
There are young people who may live a few miles from the beach but have never been there
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Best Cornwall surf spots named by fashion brand that surfers would never agree with
Surfing
Cornwall has five places in this UK top 10 list - but was beaten to top spot by a beach in Devon
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Surf shop making waves online brings 'California to Cornwall' with new store
Surfing
Opening its doors in Lantegue Studios is the 10 Over Surf Shop
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The Wave Project in Newquay is saving young people's lives through the power of the sea
Surfing
The charity can only help 2,500 people a year nationally but wants to do so much more
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Cornish surfer sets sights on 2028 Olympics after winning silver in competition
Surfing
Lukas Skinner, 15, is already making waves in the watersport.
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Boardmasters 2024 line-up and tickets as first acts announced
Boardmasters
More than 30 acts to perform at Watergate Bay in Cornwall in August have been named, including headliners Stormzy and Chase & Status
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Cornish teen crowned best female surfer in British Women's Surfing Championship
Surfing
Lauren Sandland, 17, from Newquay, has won the biggest accolade possible in her home country
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BBC Survivor UK: Pegleg the Cornwall surfer wins over fans
TV
Survivor UK returned to screens over the weekend with a brand new group of competitors looking to take home the £100,000 and title of Sole Survivor
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BBC Survivor: Pegleg, the fearless one-legged big wave surfer
BBC
The new series of Survivor is expected to be aired later this month
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BBC Survivor: Psychological game show stars Cornish surfer
People
BBC Survivor starts tonight and viewers from Cornwall might spot a familiar face
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BBC Survivor line-up in full as one-legged surfer from St Agnes joins show
BBC
Pegleg is also the oldest of all 18 contestants to take part in the series
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How surfing went from weird to cool and reinvented Cornwall
Surfing
Surfing is now a multi-million-pound industry and very much part of Cornwall's identity
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New Polzeath home with space for all the family is short walk from beach
Dream Homes
Tremere has a field with static caravans and development potential
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Argos slashes paddleboard set perfect for beginners to just £175
Surfing
The Bestway Hydro-Force Aqua Glider Stand up is for swimmers only
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Once in a lifetime opportunity to buy bungalow moments from Polzeath beach
Dream Homes
Beach Haven is on the market for the first time in nearly four decades
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Truro vintage surfboard restorer in battle with Yorkshire Gas and Power who want him to pay for previous tenant's massive £5,800 bill
Surfing
The utility company wanted Jon to fork out as much for three weeks as what it'd cost him in six years
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Cornwall surfer Lukas Skinner wins World Grom Search Finals in Australia
Surfing
Like father like son - congratulations to the offspring of long board legend Ben Skinner, of the Skinner's beer family
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Surfer attacked by seal, breaks leg in waves then is too tall for air ambulance
Surfing
'I could feel the foot hitting the back of my leg'
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Newquay surfing spots targeted by 'opportunist' car thieves
Surfing
Police are now advising surfers to be extra careful with their car keys while out on the water
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Police officer's harrowing story about fatal A30 crash in Cornwall goes viral
Devon and Cornwall Police
'The faces of the people he has had to deliver bad news to are always there'
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Policeman’s wife voices horror at discovering officers are being funded to run surfing lessons
Devon and Cornwall Police
That's ten Devon and Cornwall Police officers taken off normal duties
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