FBOR’23
8-9th July 2023
CANOE WALES
NATIONAL OCEAN SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS
Supported by STELLAR Surfskis
FBOR'23 Entries are NOW OPEN!
FBOR'23 ELITE ENTRIES
CLICK HERE TO ENTER the ELITE Saturday Welsh National Ocean Ski Championships (Singles only) incorporating GB Team Selections and, new for 2023, OC6 racing.
FBOR'23 OPEN RACE ENTRIES
CLICK HERE TO ENTER the OPEN Sunday racing. Open to capable intermediate and advanced paddlers on singles skis, SUPs and Prones PLUS, new for 2023, Mixed Double Ski and OC6 racing.
2022 Results - ELITE Race
Open Race, for fit and capable Intermediate and Advanced Skis, SUPs and OC1. A hot and challenging 13km race – brimming with medals and Trophies, including new male and female First Finishers!
2022 Results - OPEN Race
Racing for GB Team selection for the World Ocean Racing Championships in Portugal. Incorporating the WELSH OCEAN SKI NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS – with new Dragon-Girl, Dragon-Wave and First Lady Trophies!
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 to expect on the Fishguard Bay Ocean Race 2023
Racing for the Welsh Ocean Ski National Championship, FBOR Line Honours and Class Trophies
Fishguard Bay Ocean Race 2023 (FBOR’23) is a major downwind race for Ocean Racing Skis, along Pembrokeshire’s wild, award winning 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 and a final sprint up the beach at Newport Surf Lifesaving Club.
The Fishguard Bay Ocean Race 2023 will be the 8th year of this annual tussle and was awarded Welsh Ocean Ski National Championship status in ’21 by Canoe Wales. In ’23 we have NEW events: Mixed Double Skis (Sunday) and OC6 – both days.
Paddlers from all over the UK and beyond compete to show their extreme fitness, navigation, boat-handling and seamanship skills, to win this “black-belt,” no-holds-barred ocean race.
FBOR’22 Winners
Perennial FBOR Trophy, FIRST ACROSS THE LINE – Chris Carson
FIRST LADY – Jane Swarbrek.
Dragon-Wave Trophy for FIRST WELSH PADDLER – Matt Rowlands.
Dragon-Girl Trophy for FIRST WELSH Lady – Olivia Geddes.
Sunday Open Race: FIRST ACROSS THE LINE – Drew Howells (U18)
Sunday Open Race: FIRST LADY PADDLER – Sam Barlow
Open SUP – Dave Ewer
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