Splish Splash: The 2013 World Belly Boarding Championships
Over a hundred surfers with traditional wooden boards turned out for the 11th annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth in Cornwall, England on Sept. 8. According to the WBBC, the event was first started in 2003 by Martyn Ward and Chris Ryan as a memorial contest to the late Arthur Traveller, a Londoner and Chapel Porth boarder. Organized by the National Trust, the championship celebrates the art of surf riding. | Photos by Matt Cardy of Getty Images.
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- A vintage surf board is displayed on the roof of a classic Mini Traveller at the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- Belly boarders warm up on the beach prior to taking part in a senior mens heat during the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- Belly boarders warm up on the beach prior to taking part in a senior ladies heat during the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- Belly boarders run into the sea to take part in the first heat of the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- Belly boarders run into the sea to take part in the first heat of the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- Belly boarders run into the sea to take part in the first heat of the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- Belly boarders run into the sea to take part in the first heat of the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- Belly boarders run into the sea to take part in the first heat of the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- Belly boarders run into the sea to take part in a senior ladies heat during the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- Belly boarders run into the sea to take part in a senior ladies heat during the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- A belly boarder catches a wave as she takes part in a senior ladies heat of the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- Belly boarders catch a wave as they take part in a senior ladies heat of the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- A belly boarder catches a wave as she takes part in the senior ladies heats of the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- Vintage bellyboards are displayed at the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- A man looks at vintage bellyboards displayed at the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- Traditional bellyboards are displayed for sale at the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- People stop to look at traditional bellyboards displayed for sale at the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- Belly boarders pose for a photograph as they take part in a senior ladies heat of the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- People sit in traditional deck chairs as they watch the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- A belly boarder poses for a photograph as she holds a National Trust flag and takes part in the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- Belly boarders run into the sea to take part in the first heat of the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- A belly boarder catches a wave as she takes part in the senior ladies heats of the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- Belly boarders run into the sea to take part in a senior mens heat during the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- Belly boarders catch a wave as they take part in the first heat of the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- Belly boarders catch a wave as they take part in the first heat of the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- A belly boarder catches a wave as he takes part in a senior mens heat of the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- Belly boarders catch a wave as they take part in the first heat of the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- Belly boarders catch a wave as they take part in the first heat of the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- A belly boarder looks to catch a wave as she takes part in a senior ladies heat of the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8 2013 in Cornwall, England. Over a hundred surfers of all ages and all on traditional wooden belly boards, gathered for the annual charity event organised for the National Trust and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). The event was started in 2002 as a celebration of how surfing began in Britain more than a century ago and because, since the 1920s, Cornwall has become the focus for surfing in the UK. Originally surfers used the wooden ‘belly boards’ on which they laid down and it was only later that they started standing up, with Cornwall having the first visual evidence of that, in 1929. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 180009198
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- Belly boarders catch a wave as they take part in a senior ladies heat of the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- A belly boarder takes part in the senior ladies heats of the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- People sit in traditional deck chairs as they watch the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- A woman sits with her dogs as she watches the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- A belly boarder tries to catch a wave as she takes part in a senior ladies heat of the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- A belly boarders catches a wave as she takes part in the first senior ladies heat of the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- A belly boarder catches a wave as she takes part in the senior ladies heats of the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- Belly boarders catch a wave as they take part in the first heat of the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- A belly boarder runs into the sea to take part in the first heat of the annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 8, 2013 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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