History of Boardmasters
BY LEONORA ELLIS
Now, let’s look back to the birth of Boardmasters Festival and how it became the showcase of surf, music, and wellbeing that we know and love today. Although our history as a music festival is relatively short, we span all the way back to the 1980s. Boardmasters is distinctly placed on the Cornish coast in Newquay. Why here you might wonder? Well, in 1981 Boardmasters was founded through the surfing competition on Fistral beach. Surfing legends like Kelly Slater and Rabbit Bartholemewl (who went on to win the World Championships) have graced the waves at Fistral.
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