News Journal
01 October 2024
We Are Hiring: Maternity Cover – Administrative Assistant
Job Role: Maternity Cover – Administrative Assistant Location: Newquay, Cornwall Start Date: ASAP Contract: Temporary (Maternity Cover) with potential for further employment Working Hours: Full-time, including some weekends. Based in our Newquay office full time. Pay Rate: Based on experience We are seeking a tech-savvy and organised Administrative Assistant with an interest in the surfing […]
22 August 2024
Win £500 for Your Dream Getaway – Enter now!
To celebrate the launch of our new website we are offering the chance to win a Women and Waves voucher for £500 redeemable on all holidays and weekends! To win, all you need to do is find the answers to the questions in the form below using our brand new website. Closing date: […]
04 December 2023
What to Buy for the Water Women in Your Life This Christmas!
The festive season is upon us! It’s time to start mulling the wine, decking the tree and getting thoughtful gifts for everyone you love. If you’re stuck on what to get your water-loving mum, surf-mad sister, wild-swimming girlfriend or frothiest friend for Christmas this year, here’s our handy gift guide to help you find the […]
13 November 2023
15 Reasons Why You Should Book Your Surf Trip With A Reputable Brand
If your Instagram feed is anything like ours, it’s full of incredible female surfers, pumping waves and a whole heap of targeted ads for surf lessons, retreats and holidays. But, how can you tell what’s really behind all the Instagram shine? What sets a great surf camp apart, and what should you look for before you book?
26 July 2023
W+W X Babel Fish – surf & language retreat
Do you want to learn to surf or improve your current surfing level? Are you also someone who wants to improve their English? What if we told you that these two goals are both achievable this year, and that by the winter you’ll be cruising along on green waves and chit chatting in English like a local… It's true! Here’s how…
21 July 2023
Positive Waves – transforming lives through the power of the ocean
Positie Waves is a Pay It Forward campaign focused around the ocean; it’s about harnessing the energy and the physical and mental health benefits we get when we spend time in the water, and paying these opportunities forward to those who need them most.
07 July 2023
How to improve your style in surfing
As you progress on your surfing journey, you’ll soon realise that you don’t just want to surf well - you also want to surf with style. But what do we mean when we talk about style in surfing? Surfing style is all about how you choose to approach a wave. It’s in the way you move your body, the board you choose to ride and how you use that board to draw lines across the face of a wave.
20 June 2023
Newquay’s Plastic Wipeout!
A union of adventure and coastal preservation, by land, sea, and catching air; proof that cleaning can be exciting!
07 December 2022
How to guide: Packing your board for travelling
Surf holidays are the best type of holiday - there’s no question about it. But packing for a surf trip can add an extra level of anxiety when you’re unsure how to pack your beloved board properly. There’s nothing worse than arriving at your destination with pumping surf and your board is in two pieces or has a huge chunk out of the rail!
24 August 2022
Job opportunity: Surf Trip Leader
Women + Waves is an all-female surf collective, teaching women to surf through their leading Rip Curl Surf Academy in Newquay alongside other locations such as Croyde, Devon and international surf holidays to destinations worldwide including Morocco, El Salvador, and Portugal.
22 August 2022
Women + Waves X Rip Curl Launch The New ‘Surf Collective Capsule’ Collection!
We are so excited to announce a brand new ‘Surf Collective Capsule’ in partnership with Rip Curl! Following on from the successful launch of our new and dynamic Rip Curl X Women + Waves surf academy in Cornwall in January 2022, Rip Curl continues to enhance its support for women surfers and its partnership with […]
28 July 2022
Introducing adaptive surfer and legend, Zoe!
On our most recent Rip Curl Intermediate Surf Programme we had the pleasure of meeting Zoe, an adaptive surfer who in less than a six months went from never touching a surfboard to representing England. Zoe had her lower leg amputated after being a passenger in a car accident in 2015 resulting in her lower […]
07 June 2022
Places to stay in Croyde
Coming to Croyde but not sure where to stay? Here are some recommendations to suit all budgets!
29 April 2022
Women + Waves Wins Award for Top 10 Surf Schools in Europe!
We are super stoked to announce that we are now officially one of the best surf schools in Europe! It’s not every day that you win an award. So you can imagine how our jaws dropped and eyes popped out when we found an email from Beyond Surfing in our inbox earlier this month, congratulating […]
14 November 2021
Introducing Our Brand New Surf Academy in Partnership With World-leading Surf Brand Rip Curl!
Check out what we've got in sotre for you for 2022...
26 May 2021
Introducing the Women + Waves Surf Social Club Nights!
Have you ever rocked up to a new surf spot, wishing you had some surf sisters to paddle out with? Well, that’s why we started Women + Waves in the first place – to connect water women of all ages and abilities through the joy of surfing.
07 May 2021
Longboarder Lucy Small Calls Out The Inequality In Surfing
Women’s surfing made history when the World Surfing League committed to making all prize money equal in 2018 between men and women. The rule came into effect in 2019 and it was a great move, but it was also long overdue! So that is why it was a shock to hear that Australian surfer Lucy […]
