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About Our Beaches.The beaches of the UK & Ireland are wild, rugged places of stunning natural beauty, with scenery and nature that are crying out to be explored. Standing on a beach, watching a sun set, listening to the roar of the surf, feeling the spray off the waves with the cool wind in your hair, whilst sand swirls around your toes is a very relaxing and stress relieving experience. Our beaches can be places of tranquillity as your body readjusts back to the natural rhythm of the ebb and flow of the tide, places to reconnect with the natural environment. The beaches of the UK & Ireland are incredibly varied. From the imposing Welsh granite of the cliffs along the Pembrokeshire coast in Wales, through the long sandy beaches backed by rolling sand dunes in Devon or the white chalk cliffs on the south coast of England, through to the cobbled beaches of Suffolk with low lying marshes immediately behind them, there is a beach for everyone and every possible interest along our coast. If you want a beach with nightlife behind it or just cows for company, there is one out there waiting to be explored. More importantly our beaches can provide thrilling and exhilarating playgrounds, for surfing, kite surfing, windsurfing and many other adrenalin fuelled, hedonistic and social adventures, crammed with fun. Being by the sea intrinsically means being healthy, eating clean, locally produced food and improving your fitness and well-being. Most of all being on a beach is just fun. About Surfing Genie.Surfing Genie is your online portal to the beaches of the British Isles, where beach goers can interact and connect with local service providers. Surfing Genie provides a searchable database and online community where beach goers can find their dream destination and connect with local service providers to plan their next beach adventure, whether it is a day trip or main summer holiday. This website has been created to promote fun, adventurous travel to natural areas in a way that conserves the environment and improves the well being of local people. In short it is about living on the planet as if we mean to stay. Surfing Genie is about having fun in the water or on the beach, reconnecting with the environment in a sustainable way and promoting local diversity, variety and businesses. As an example, the entire county of Cornwall has a population of under 500,000 yet receives over 5 million visitors every year, so Surfing Genie aims to promote sensitivity and respect for local people and communities so the enjoyment of our beaches is sustainable over the long term. About the Website.Using Surfing Genie is simple: 1. Select your destination The database currently contains over: 200 beaches Simply search for beaches by using the regional map of the UK & Ireland or alternatively use criteria such as safety level, facilities, type of beach, children’s activities on the home page drop down search. Local accommodation and services are linked to each beach so finding local information couldn’t be easier. See where beaches and businesses are located by clicking on local Google maps and generate travel directions to each destination. By registering and joining the community you can create an individual profile, upload photos and videos, see reviews & comments written by other beach goers, send messages to other members or chat in the forums, write news items and blogs and receive email updates on latest events, news and offers. Plus if you are a business owner you can join the hundreds of other small businesses and add yourself to the listings database, editing your pages as you wish. About me.Surfing has been in my family for three generations now; my Grandad rode a plywood body board that he shaped himself in a metal bath tub, my Dad and Uncle learned to surf on ‘Pigs’ in the sixties and seventies, when their sideburns were nearly as long as their boards. I was first thrown in the Ocean as a toddler and was stand up surfing by the time I was 10. I learned on the same original Gordon and Smith ‘Pig’ that my Uncle surfed and developed my surfing on a bright red thruster in the early 90’s, when wetsuits were the colour of highlighter pens. I have been surfing and travelling to beaches ever since. I hope you enjoy using Surfing Genie and find it useful to take the first step towards your next adventure. See you on the beach!
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