New champions have been crowned on an incredible weekend of action at the 2020 English National Surfing Championships.

Chunky conditions and strong winds forecast led to a relocation to Great Western Beach, in Newquay.

The venue's amphitheater setup provided a great location to absorb the action as the new 2020 champions were crowned.

The competition attracted many incredibly talented English surfers who put on a spectacle to watch.

With the forecast showing increasing swell size throughout the weekend, the contest director and event organizer set up a running order to ensure everyone stayed safe, and the event ran Covid-19 secure.

Saturday morning got underway with the U14 Boys, a strong round of 20 surfers who would have to show some serious stamina to make it to the final.

Reen Bowden-Inoue was showcasing as usual, with consistently high scores throughout the event, the highest combined scoring waves in the division, placing third overall when it came to the crunch.

Scores were close between Fynn Gillespie and Arthur Randell, who was also competing in the U18 Longboard, but Fynn took the U14 title.

Arthur a very talented multi-discipline surfer came close just behind, placing second but going home stoked with first place finish in the U18s Boys Longboard.

In the U14 Girls, Lauren Sandland was on fire, claiming the 2020 Champion title, and in the U18 and U16 Girls, Alys Barton took both trophies.

There was fantastic surfing from the other girls who charged on in some testing conditions and will now be into Winter training ahead of the 2021 event season.

Tegan Blackford was also showing her skills in shortboard and longboard, placing third in the U18s Girls Longboard and second in the U16 Girls.

In the U18s Girls Longboard, Izzy Henshall showed some dazzling style that earned her the champion title. Esmée Gregorius placed second and also placed fourth in the women's longboard.

The Women's Longboard was impressive to watch, Emily Currie taking the 2020 champion title, the Bude Surfers coming out on top as Beth Leighfield placed second, Tina Beresford coming in third.

Day two of action saw the U16 Boys Shortboard and Men's Longboard entering the water, alternate rounds running back to back as the event charged through whilst the surf continued to ramp up.

The boys were shredding, and the final was close, Kieron Smith coming out on top with the Champion title, with Beau Betteridge in second, and Alex Townsend in third.

Louis Ingram, who had high scores in the quarters and semis, chased the boys' tails coming in fourth when the hooter signaled the end of the heat.

In the men's longboard, Adam Griffiths was on fire on Sunday, continuously scoring highly throughout the event earning him the 2020 men's longboard champion title.

Ben Skinner was on hand cruising through rounds, placing second overall, Louis Thomas-Hudson, who traveled down from Tynemouth to show us his skills, placed third, and Jordan Zervas came in fourth.

Events organizer Hannah Brand said: "We're totally stoked to end the 2020 season on a high."

"It's been a year of challenges as we continue to negotiate a global pandemic, and we are so proud of all the surfers and the whole English surfing community for pulling together at this time."

"The surfing was phenomenal to watch. Huge congratulations to the champions, and we look forward to seeing you all in 2021. Keep charging!"

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