Stand Up Paddle Board Event From Kew Bridge to Richmond

Get on board with Be Richmond on Thursday 21st June 2018 and take part in our inaugural stand up paddle board event from Kew Bridge to Richmond.The event, which aims to highlight the problem of plastic pollution along the river and which will involve collection of plastic along the way, will culminate in a massed gathering of boarders at Richmond.

Be Richmond Chairman Erick Kervaon said:

“Richmond’s beautiful riverside setting is one of the town’s greatest assets. A healthy river is important to everyone who lives in, works in and visits Richmond. Our stand up paddle board event on 21 June will highlight the problem of plastic pollution and be great fun for participants and spectators alike.”

Anyone can take part, subject to completing a training session with our partners, Active 360. We’ll be offering very special discounted rates to the first 60 applicants on a first-come-first-served basis.

Register your interest today to receive priority notifications

Join us at the Barnes Film Festival for SUP Paddle and Pick sessions from Brentford Arches heading down to Barnes towpath.

Book a Paddle and Pick session - screening of A Plastic Ocean included!

Can't make it to a Paddle and Pick? Join us to watch 'A Plastic Ocean' documentary at 5pm with special guest Q&A in the Old Sorting Office (OSO) Arts Centre at Barnes Green, 49 Station Road, London SW13 0LF. Book your ticket for 'A Plastic Ocean'. There will also be a screening of 'North of the Sun'; book your place here.

Thames Tideway Tunnel is creating the Foreshore Festival to celebrate the fabulous and unique environment of the Tidal Thames, through Recreation, environmental engagement and safety!

We will be running two SUP 'Paddle & Pick' sessions from Kew to Putney:

• Paddle & Pick for beginners, 8:30-10:30am. Cost: £20 (including SUP lesson)
• Paddle & Pick for returning paddlers (if you've paddled with Active360 before), 9-10:30. Cost: £5
• Every participant will receive a Starboard Trash Picker. 

Book both sessions through the Active360 calendar

During the day you can visit the boathouses alongside the river to watch Sky's 'A Plastic Tide' and to find out more about the documentary 'A Plastic Ocean'.

Stand up paddleboarding taster sessions will also be running during the day. 

Come along for a full day of fun on this year's Tidefest, London's biggest and best foreshore festival. 

The day will start with a foreshore clean-up or stand up paddle boarding 'Paddle & Pick' from 9:30am-11:00am, followed by free film screening of 'A Plastic Ocean' from 3:00pm-4:45pm.

And if you are interested in learning more about the Thames you can also join for a guided SUP Eco Tour from 1pm-3pm. (All proceeds will go towards Watertrek.)

Limited places for the free film screening and Paddle & Pick available on Eventbrite.

Tickets for the SUP Eco Tour available via Active360. 

Open air film screenings:

• 12:15pm-1:00pm 'North of the Sun / Nordfor Sola'
• 4:00pm-4:45pm 'A Plastic Whale' (Sky News) [Warning graphic content. Viewer discretion is advised.]
• 6:00pm-7:40pm Headline: 'A Plastic Ocean' followed by Q&A with some of the team

SUP Paddle & Pick sessions:

• 12:00pm-1:30pm Paddle & Pick
• 4:00pm-5:30pm Paddle & Pick
• 8:00pm-9:00pm Paddle & Pick

Limited places for the free Paddle & Pick - book your place on Eventbrite.

Join us for a free stand up paddleboarding Paddle & Pick on the Grand Union Canal as part of the Westbourne Summer Festival from 12:00pm-1:00pm, followed by a free film screening of multi-award-winning North of the Sun (Nordfor Sola) from 3:00pm-3:45pm in the Electric Barge.

No bookings needed - just turn up!

Join us for another free stand up paddleboarding 'Paddle & Pick' clean-up along Paddington Basin from 9:00am-10:45am with Active360 & Watertrek.

Followed by a free 11:00am-12:00pm film screening of multi-award-winning North of the Sun (Nordfor Sola) at delicious Scandinavian restaurant-bar KuPP Paddington. An adventure-documentary surf film set in the isolated and uninhabited bay of a remote, arctic island by the coast of Northern-Norway, facing nothing but the vast Atlantic Ocean.

Limited places for the free Paddle & Pick filling up - book your place now by emailing info@active360.co.uk

No bookings needed for the film - just turn up! Stay for a little Q&A following the film.

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Come along to a free film screening of multi-award-winning North of the Sun (Nordfor Sola) from 5:45pm-6:30pm at delicious Scandinavian restaurant-bar KuPP Paddington. An adventure-documentary surf film set in the isolated and uninhabited bay of a remote, arctic island by the coast of Northern-Norway, facing nothing but the vast Atlantic Ocean. No bookings needed for the film - just turn up! Stay for a little Q&A with scientists following the film until 7pm.

Throughout the day, join us for free stand up paddleboarding 'Paddle & Pick' clean-up sessions along Paddington Basin from 10:00am-10:45am, 11:00am-11:45am, and 4:00pm-5:15pm with Active360 & Watertrek.

Limited places for the free Paddle & Pick filling up - book your place via Active360.

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Join us on Earth Day 2017 to kick off London's Plastic Ocean Festival with a free film screening of 'A Plastic Ocean' from 2pm-3:30pm and optional Stand Up Paddle Boarding 'Paddle & Pick' clean-up afterwards from 3:45pm-5:15pm.

More information and register your interest to secure a place via Paddington Central.

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