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went down to meet and surf with UK surf champion Reubyn Ash and lunched with his stylish, laid back parents, who live in a gorgeous house overlooking the sea near Bude.


Born in Cornwall to a family of wholehearted surfers, Reubyn is one of the best surfers the UK has to offer. His grandfather, a ship’s surgeon in the war, brought surfing over to the Cornish coast from Australia. The long, rolling waves of his home coast and the passion his grandfather and his dad had for the sport, lead to the very early beginnings of Reubyn’s career. At the tender age of 4, he was already catching waves on his own or on his father’s back.


It was around this time that he started to develop his aerial act and he is now seen by many as the best aerialist in Europe, pushing himself to go harder, faster and higher each time he goes out. He invented a manoeuvre called “a front side backflip 540 aerial” which is as impressive as it sounds. He is a member of the British team set to compete in the run up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics where surfing will be included for the first time.


This year Reubyn added a third English Open Surfing Champion as well as UK Pro Surfing Tour Champion to his many titles. And to round off a great year he qualified as a lifeguard and surf coach and then opened his own surf school in his beloved Cornwall, enabling him to share his passion for the sport. Recently a luxury Swiss watch maker, Formex announced Reubyn as their new brand ambassador.


“It is important to me to break boundaries and take risks in the pursuit of my sport,” said Ash, “and to be involved with a company like Formex who do the same with the design and development of their incredible watches is fantastic.”


Reubyn’s impressive track record includes numerous titles as British champion in every category ranging from under 12’s to open division as well as European junior champion in under 14’s and under 18’s. After a period of some years of focusing on travelling, filming and working on his very progressive style and his


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explosive airs, inventing tricks like his “front side backflip 540 aerial” he came back into the competitive scene.


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As much as he loves the competitive spirit, he loves to go out and just enjoy the waves in a free surf session, trying hard to land aerial tricks, riding perfect barrels and being in tune with nature.


Reubyn keeps himself fit by training 3-4 times a week in the gym, boxing with his surf mates and simply surfing as much as possible. Not spending all his winters in Indonesia anymore allows him to work on his passion project and business during winter time: restoring old Land Rovers. He works on them whenever he’s not training or surfing and he loves the creativity and precision that goes into the restoration. He drives a Land Rover Series 1 from 1949 that he restored by himself, to get to the best surf spots the region has to offer. Fully dressed in his wet suit with booties, a hoodie and gloves, ready to brave the cold winter temperatures, he rushes out almost every day of the year into the Cornish sea. In the warmer summer months, when Cornwall attracts visitors from all over the world, Reubyn shares his passion as a surf coach at Reubyn Ash Surf School.


Check out the incredible videos of Reubyn surfing.


www.youtube.com/user/reubynash1/videos Yves de Contades


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