Tina Beresford

Hometown:  Newquay, Cornwall

 

Stance:  Regular

 

Sponsors : Gul, Escape Surfboards, KeNalu Paddles, Sports Hub @Treviglas, Seafoam swimwear

 

Local break:  Fistral

 

Favourite break:  Cloudbreak and Namotu in Fiji as I competed there for the 2016 ISA Worlds

 

Favourite surfers:  So many to choose from. Impressed by Shakira Westhorp at Cloudbreak at the 2016 ISA Worlds.  

 

Other Activities : Yoga, Pilates, Fitness classes at Treviglas College. Not much time to do anything out of the sea, so my life is mostly Shortboarding, Longboarding and Stand Up Paddling!

 

Music you listen to before events:   Bit of everything!

 

Favourite suit:   Gul Viper, it’s amazing

 

Why do you wear Gul Suits:  Top performance wetsuits for surfing made by a reputable British brand which keep me toasty warm in the cold British waters. I spend all my free time in the sea so I need to have the best wetsuit to live in, it’s my number one item of clothing!

 

BIO:

Having grown up near Manchester, away from the sea, I made a late entrance into competitive surfing at 28 years old. At first, it was just to help improve my surfing and to learn from the best surfers in Britain. But the competition lifestyle has me hooked and so many experiences have been opened up to me that I never thought were possible for me. I’m currently in my fifth year of competing, in Short, Long and Standup Paddleboard surfing and have exceeded my expectations.  There have been some respectable results so far, notably winning the Fistral Longboard women's open in April 2018 and coming 2nd overall in the British Longboard Union series. Plus winning the BSUPA National Sup Surf title twice in 2016 and 2015 leading me to compete for Team England in EuroSup 2016 and Team GB in the ISA Worlds in Fiji and Denmark. When I first stood on a surfboard at 18 I knew it would change my life and that I would surf for the rest of my life, until I can’t stand up anymore!  

 

COMP RESULTS:

 

2018

4th Women's Open Longboard - English Nationals 
1st Women's open -British Longboard Union Fistral Longboard Open - April 2018
1st Women's longboard - Hotdoggers open April 2018

 

2017

2nd overall Women’s open division - British Longboard Union
2nd overall Womens Sup Surf -BSUPA national series
13th overall Women's Sup Surf- ISA Worlds Denmark - Sept 2017
2nd Women's Sup Surf Nationals- Watergate - BSUPA
1st Women's Sup Surf open - Saunton BSUPA
2nd Women's Sup Surf open - Fistral BSUPA
3rd Womens Senior Shortboard - English Nationals Perranporth

 

2016  

12th Womens Sup Surf - ISA Worlds Standup - Cloudbreak, Fiji  
1st Womens Sup Surf - BSUPA Nationals Watergate  
2nd overall Womens Sup Surf - BSUPA series  
7th overall Womens Longboard - British Longboard Union series
9th Womens Shortboard - UKPro shortboard tour
11th Womens Longboard- WSL European Longboard QS tour
11th Womens Surf Sup- EuroSup- Lacanau, France- Team England
2nd Senior Womens Shortboard - British Nationals Perranporth
Semifinalist Womens Shortboard- UKPro Tour Night Surf Open, Fistral
Semifinalist Womens Shortboard - UKPro Tour Surface Pro Open
Semifinalist -Womens Shortboard & Longboard- English Nationals Watergate

 

2015

1st Womens Sup Surf - BSUPA National Sup Surf champs Watergate
5th Overall Womens Longboard-British Longboard Union tour
11th Womens Longboard - WSL European Longboard QS
8th WomensShortboard- UKPro Shortboard tour
3rd Womens Sup Surf-  Legend of the Bay Watergate
Quarterfinals -Womens Shortboard - Boardmasters  

 

2014

2nd Womens Sup Surf - BSUPA National Sup Surf Championships
8th Overall -Womens Shortboard- UKPro tour
Semi-finalist Womens Shortboard- UK Pro Tour Thurso
4th Womens Longboard - English Nationals