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Director to leave after three years
by George Mojo
08/06/2005:// The National Director of the British Surfing Association Dave Reed has left the organisation after three years in the post.
A keen surfer, Reed is standing down to devote more time to the British Professional Surf Association UK tour which he set up several years ago.
Reed oversaw the BSA's move from Penzance to new state-of-the-art headquarters at Fistral Beach in Newquay and has been instrumental in promoting surfing across Europe.
Under his leadership, the BSA has experienced its biggest ever growth with more competitions being staged that at any time in the past.
Married with two children, Reed has been instrumental in raising thousands of pounds for victims of last year's Asian earthquake.
As part of Tsunami Surf Relief UK, Reed helped raise awareness of how surfers could assist those in the affected areas and he played a major part in setting up Surf Relief Day in April this year.
The disaster devastated a large swathes of coastal areas in the Indian Ocean including Inodnesia, Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
Last year, the BPSA Champion of Champions contest was held at Arugam Bay, on Sri Lanka's east coast. Hundreds were killed by the Boxing Day tsunami.
The event is being staged again in a few weeks time as a way of raising awareness of the work still needed six months on. The defending champion is Spencer Hargraves.
At the time Reed told BBC Guernsey: "Many British surfers, professional and amateur alike, have spent time in Asia and know the areas and often the local families affected by this terrible disaster. They desperately want to show their support and give something back to those communities and Tsunami Surf Relief UK will provide a focus for that. Our aim is to support long-term projects, using our local contacts and aid organisations on the ground to identify and deliver relief to specific communities."
The BPSA tour has gone from strength to strength since it was first muted by Reed in the early 90s. As well as Sri Lanka, events are also staged in Devon, Cornwall, Yorkshire, Wales and Scotland. Prize money has grown attracting huge interest among contest surfers from Britain, Australia, South Africa and Europe.
It's unclear, at this stage, who will take over as National Director of the British Surfing Association made vacant by Reed's departure.
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