The Kintyre Forum

We finally managed to get Breaks Surf Shop, Longrow open yesterday (Monday 2nd July).
Surf boards and wetsuits are available for hiring, or buying, along with all surfing accessories and clothing.
We also have a couple of mountain bikes (with helmets) available for hire (no excuses not to get up the wee toon trail), and we are hoping to get more bikes if there is a demand for them. So if your passing please stop in for a look (the shop's bright orange, so you can't miss it).

cheers

Pete & Marna

Best wishes Peter and Marna with this - great to see another shop opening.

All the best

good luck!

Good luck

can I suggest you stock a couple of emergency spares for kitesurfers/ windsurfers - wouldnt cost much - If we put the word about it will get you more traffic.

Also as a long time customer of various surf/windsurf/kitesurf shops - the feedback from the owners is allways that you get maximum income from the surf wannabes - surfers are notoriously tightwaded as the kit can be expensive- ( yes you can buy a wetsuit for 50 quid, but no self respecting surfer is gonna accept anything but a decent steamer from the likes of excel at 5 times the price)

so if you can get t shirts and sannies with a logo on them do it.

Would be great to be able to hire a malibu to teach my kids with when I come down.

are they not a bit young to be drinking?

or is that me giving surfers a bad name?

Thanks for the best wishes, and suggestions.

At the moment we have some windsurfing spares, however we can order windsurfing/kitesurfing/wakeboarding/kneeboarding kit from our suppliers, and if its in stock it will be delivered within 2-3 days.
Breaks Surf Shop t-shirts and hoodies are already available, and we are just waiting on our delivery of uber-expensive Rip Curl suits for the die hards
We will keep stocking the shop for the next few months, and then see if there is any demand for winter clothing, jackets and possibly even snowboards, who knows! Personally I'd love to buy Robertsons and turn it into an outdoor sports emporium .... from small acorns and all that.

very best of luck to you, i had intended to pop in for a browse, you could expand your range if you ever move to larger premises to include kayaking and canoeing gear, i know from recent experience it's almost impossible to buy this stuff other than online. there is very little by way of choice in glasgow thats for sure!!!

best of luck with the new shop no doubt i shall pop in at the weekend for a wee look

Do you have any details on bike hire etc?

shop is lookin good

Here are the hire prices, as requested. Bike hire includes a helmet.

No. of Days..... 1....... 2.......7
Board Hire .....£15.....£25....£45
Wetsuit .....£10.....£15....£40
Bike .........£15....£30.....£80

Most of the people hiring bikes have been taking them up the wee toon trail, which can be completed in around an hour. With this in mind the bikes can be rented for £4 an hour. Any interest please phone 550424.

SBpete wrote:Here are the hire prices, as requested. Bike hire includes a helmet.

No. of Days..... 1....... 2.......7
Board Hire .....£15.....£25....£45
Wetsuit .....£10.....£15....£40
Bike .........£15....£30.....£80

Most of the people hiring bikes have been taking them up the wee toon trail, which can be completed in around an hour. With this in mind the bikes can be rented for £4 an hour. Any interest please phone 550424.

Cheers Pete. Don't think my Raleigh Racer will hold up to the Wee Toon Trail so I'll take you up on a hire really soon.

Where can people find out details of the trail? In terms of the route etc? If you have any maps etc e-mail me them and I'll create a page on the activities pages.

Regards

David

Thats a great idea, a classic bike race round the track, dig out your old racers, choppers, boxers, grifters and budgies!

We'll will speak to The Forestry and see if we can post their maps? In the meantime we have maps in the shop, and there is a map at the bottom of the track, just up from Kilkerran Graveyard.

If anyone wants a guided tour, Marna or I are up most nights and are quite happy for people to join us. I should point out that this is not a shop thing, neither of us are qualified bike trail leaders

cheers

Pete

Always good to support those who are pro-active in the area and contribute to the forum so here are a couple of photos I took on the rounds on Saturday.

Nice shorts SBPete, nice shorts!

Great to see a shop like this in town where surfing has become such a popular sport in the area.

Best of luck to the shop owners including their cute Springer Spaniel dog who gives you a warm welcome when you go into the shop.