Surfing at The Watersplash

Jersey has been a surf destination for eighty years and for a few years was one of the most important surf spots in Europe. At one stage, Jersey was considered to be the surf capital of Europe. In the 1960's thousands of people packed St Ouen's Bay to watch the British Surfing Team riding boards made locally by one of Europe's only board manufacturers, Freedom Surfboards. The first Jersey Surf Club was created in 1923 by Nigel Oxenden and a group of friends, this was probably Europe's first Surf Club and surfing is still taught in the same place today at the thriving Jersey SurfSchool.