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FBOR’25

Will be on 21-22nd June 2025

INCORPORATING

THE CANOE WALES

NATIONAL OCEAN SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS

Supported by STELLAR Surfskis

Look out for FBOR'25 ENTRIES in January!

Four happy trophy winners.

FBOR'24 ELITE - RESULTS

The Welsh National Ocean Racing Championships and GB selection race. Super-competitive for Elite paddlers – Trophies galore. 

Single ocean canoe sprinting to the finish line

FBOR'24 OPEN - RESULTS

Your favourite challenging 13km downwind for Single Skis, OCs, SUPs and Mixed SS2 – with plenty of medals and trophies.

Female SUP paddlers racing

RESULTS - SUPs at FBOR'24

Spectacular SUP racing – Beach Sprint, and Technical! after the distance race on Sunday.

Father teaching son to paddle surfski

Ocean Ski Coaching

A wide range of Ocean SKi Coaching courses from first steps in surfski through to Advanced and Race Ready programs.

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Contact Us

Contact the FBOR Race team to ask any questions that our webpages and Facebook info doesn’t cover – for Paddlers, Organisers, Supporters and Spectators

What is the Fishguard Bay Ocean Race – FBOR?

A two-day open-ocean paddlesport competition for Ocean Skis, Ocean Canoes and SUPs, racing for the Welsh Ocean Ski National Championship, GB mixed double ski championship, GB team selection, FBOR Line Honours and Class Trophies

FBOR’25 will be the 10th edition of this major downwind race along Pembrokeshire’s wild North coast, starting at Goodwick beach and crossing 17km of open sea to finish on the wide sandy beach at Newport.
You paddle deep clear water, past towering cliffs, a couple of fun tide-races, a skid turn around a wave-tossed rock with a final sprint up the beach in front of Newport Surf Lifesaving Club.

You can read more about the courses by clicking: Saturday Elite Course and / or Sunday Open Course
Paddlers from all over the UK and beyond compete to show their extraordinary fitness, speed and skill in boat-handling, seamanship and navigation, to win this “black-belt,” no-holds-barred ocean race.
You’ve got to be in it to win it!

FBOR’25 Trophies

Saturday Elite Race

Perennial FBOR Trophy, FIRST ACROSS THE LINE 

FIRST LADY

Dragon-Wave Trophy for FIRST WELSH PADDLER 

Dragon-Girl Trophy for FIRST WELSH Lady 

FIRST OC6

SUP M & F Elite 17km

Sunday Open Races

FIRST ACROSS THE LINE

GB MIXED DOUBLE Champions

SURFSKIS

1st: Open, Ladies, Masters, Veterans

OCEAN CANOES

1st: OC1, OC2

SUP M & F Open 13km, Sprint and Technical

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Surfski sprint start

FBOR'25 21st-22nd JUNE

ENTRIES OPEN