Coastal Sports

Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) Campaigns Director and keen surfer Andy Cummins reveals his top spots for surfing around the UK coast

Every September, over 400 surf-riders flock to Cornwall’s Chapel Porth Beach for the World Bellyboarding Championships - to celebrate five decades of this quintessentially British tradition… and for a day of good, old-fashioned fun. Words and photographs: Mat Arney

Cowes Week is one of the UK’s most successful sporting events. Here, Madeleine Barber discovers its history and appeal

Coast contributor James Stewart hangs out – and spends the night – on the side of an Anglesey cliff

Get your skates on! Rollerblading isn’t just for kids – it’s great for fitness and fun, too, as Hazel Sillver found out when she went for a spin...

Susie Moss goes fishing off the Dorset coast and learns how to gut her catch, then enjoys a tasty fish barbecue to end off the day. 

Donkey rides, ice cream and clean, safe bathing... we count down the UK shoreline's go-to places for keeping the little ones happy. Words: Alex Reece

There is nothing quite like a long gallop on the beach. Abigail Flanagan picks five of the best beach rides.

Emily Mawson heads to the Lake District National Park and discovers how being pulled by huskies on the beach is as exhilarating as it is in the snow

Tina Walsh heads to Beverley Airfield for a morning of microlight flying, taking in the jaw-dropping marine landscape from the air