General Information - Relentless Boardmasters in association with Vans - Europe's largest Surf, Skate & Music festival

The Relentless Boardmasters is Europe's ultimate action sport and music festival, held over 5 days in Newquay the UK's original surf town.

The festival is set across two locations. Fistral Beach hosts the sports competitions, retail village and crowd favourite bikini competition, while Watergate Bay entertains the masses with 3 music stages filled with the latest and greatest musicians from around the globe.

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- Men's Pro 5 Star WQS surf comp
- Vans Summer Sessions Vert Skate comp
- Vans Summer Sessions BMX mini ramp comp
- Relentless Beach Bar
- Retail village
- Relentless Beach Sessions - intimate, yet sometimes crazy gigs on Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday night.

All the action begins Wednesday morning at10am.

Two days of live music held at one of the UK's most scenic locations on the cliffs of Cornwall.

One of the hottest tickets of the summer festival cicuit, the Relentless Boardmasters has had some of the largest names in music grace its stages from Cypress Hill and Groove Armada to Razorlight and James Blunt.

Relentless Boardmasters will have its own campsite. Camping will be available for Friday and Saturday night of the festival with a festival ticket.

See accommodation below.

Relentless Beach Sessions - You must be 16 or over to get in and must be 18 or over with ID to buy alcohol.

Relentless Boardmasters at Watergate Bay - If you are under the age of 16 you must be accompanied by an adult or guardian of 18 years or over.

Relentless Boardmasters at Watergate Bay - Any children under the age of 5 do not need a ticket - however they must be accompanied by an adult or guardian of 18 years to enter.

Fistral Beach - There are many public car parks in Newquay. Relentless Boardmasters reccommends the below spaces as they are within walking distance of Fistral Beach.
- Tregunnel car park
- Dane Road car park
- Belmont Road car park
Full Map of Newquay car parks available here.

*Please note. Headland Road is closed during the event. (Access available to residents, Headland Hotel & Carnmarth Hotel guests.)

Relentless Boardmasters at Watergate Bay - Car parking is available for all RBM customers with a green tax fee of £5 per day or £8 for the weekend. All proceeds taken from car parking will be donated to Surfers Against Sewage.

Have a look at what the S.A.S is all about here: http://www.sas.org.uk/.

Fistral Beach - The Relentless Beach Session gigs are the only ticketed events at Fistral Beach. Upon entry your ticket will be exchanged for a wristband for that night only. Charger ticket holders can exchange their ticket at any Beach Session gig.

Relentless Boardmasters at Wategrate Bay - Charger, weekend and VIP tickets are scanned upon entry and exchanged for a wristband matching the ticket you purchased. Tickets may be exchanged at the entrance to the campsite as well.

Event	Dates	Starts	Finishes
Surf competition	3rd - 8th	8am	6pm
Retail Village	4th - 8th	10:00am	7pm
Beach Sessions	4th, 5th & 8th	7:30pm	12am
Watergate Bay Arena	6th	11am	12:45am
Watergate Bay Arena	7th	10am	12:45am
Campsite Opens	6th	10am	n/a
Campsite closes	8th	n/a	1pm

*Relentless Beach Bar will remain open on 6th & 7th

The Relentless Boardmasters now has its own camp site for Friday and Saturday night. Within a short walking distance of the festival entrance, this will be the hot spot to stay at during RBM 2010. The camp site has a limited capacity and tickets will go quickly. All campers must be out of the site by 1pm on Sunday 8th August.

For all those festival goers who don't fancy roughing it in the great outdoors there are many accommodation options available around Newquay and Watergate Bay. Check out www.newquaysfinest.co.uk for a great range of accommodation offers.