Relentless Energy Drink Boardmasters Festival is super excited to announce the return of local legend Newton Faulkner as we welcome him back to celebrate thirty years of Boardmasters!

Faulkner is one of the UK’s best-loved homegrown stars and has a devoted fan base amongst the like-minded UK surfers of the South West. Having first hit Boardmasters in 2007 as the main support to Seasick Steve and returning in 2010 to co-headline the main event, which lead to roadblock sell out. It is only right that the king of folk-rock returns for an exclusive intimate Beach Sessions show on Thursday 11^th August at Relentless Energy Drink Boardmasters Festival – the place where it all began for him!

Newton will performing classics such as Dream Catch Me, Gone in the Morning and Tear Drop from his best selling album Hand Built By Robots, one of the top 20 biggest selling UK digital albums of all time. Faulkner has been busy in the studio working on the release of his third album and is thrilled to be celebrating with surf fans for 30 years of the Boardmasters.

Newton Faulkner adds in to an already jam packed line up of artists at this year’s festival, including amongst many, dance music pioneer Fatboy Slim, female of the moment Eliza Doolittle alongside Bombay Bicycle Club and the super electro charged producer Krafty Kuts all set to make the UK’s premier surf, skate and music festival THE best festival line-up of the summer!

Full line up and festival info is below. For all the latest news please check it out at: www.boardmasters.co.uk

Relentless Energy Drink Boardmasters is Europe’s only surf, skate and music festival offering the ultimate in World Class surf and music. Set over two locations Boardmasters 2011 brings some exciting new additions.

As a celebration of 30 years of surfing at Fistral Beach the event has upgraded its Men’s ASP surf event to a 6 star event which will bring the best up and coming surfers on the planet to the festival.

In a move to represent all aspects of surfing, Relentless Energy Drink Boardmasters will introduce longboarding – including a 3 Star Men’s ASP event and 6 Star Ladies ASP event. With these new and upgraded events, Boardmasters will invest in its core surfing heritage and truly represent surfing as a whole.

When: 10^th-14^th August

Where: Fistral Beach & Watergate Bay – Newquay – Cornwall

Website: www.relentlessboardmasters.com

We Are The Ocean / Deaf Havana / Everything Burns @ Beach Sessions

Newton Faulker / Charlie Simpson @ Beach Sessions

Ali Love / Andy C / Back Beat Soundsystem / Bangers / Benjamin Francis Leftwich

Benji Boko / Benny MC / Ben Montague / Bombay Bicycle Club / Brother and Bones / Catalyst & Treazon / Charlie Simpson / Cloud Control / Crazy P / Crazy Arm / Crisis / Crocus / Devinyl & Leroy / DJ Yoda / Eliza Doolittle / Everything Burns / Flashguns / Francesqa / Friends Electric / Gentleman’s Dub Club / John Smith / Johnny G / Kids In Glass Houses DJ Set / Kasa / Klaxons / Krafty Kuts / Mr. Nice & Maxxi P / Re-Defeat & Grudge / RSB / Pippa Marias / Premise & Palm / Rich Thomas / The Skints / Siqnote & Digityl / Skindred / Solo Collective / DJ’s Stanton Warriors / Straight Lines / Stringer Bessant / Submental / Tom Law / Tom Odell / Twin Atlantic / Urban Knights / Winter Mountain Band / Yaaks

Art Brut / Ashley T & Greg Ziziglue / Ben Howard / Beth Rowley / Bleeding Knees Club /

Breakage / Charlie G / Crowns / CJ Beatz / Deluxx / Dub The Earth / Easy Star Allstars / Fatboy Slim / Freerange DJs / Freestylers / Gay For Johnny Depp / Hyper / I Am Harlequin /

Jaguar Skills / James Owen Fender / The King Blues / King Charles / Leatherhead / Lori Campbell / Lower Than Atlantis / Maverick Sabre / Max Raptor / Me vs. Hero / More Diamonds / Qemists / Scratch Perverts / Solo Collective DJs / Spokes / Snatch The Wax / Stereo MCs / Stuttering Munx & Steve Lid / Sub Focus Live / Suitnoir / Tim Nice & Steve Lid / Tom Cary Tom Costelloe & Tommie Quick / Tom Starr / Trevor Moss & Hannah Lou / The Violet May / Will Bailey / Willy Mason / Wolf Gang / Zane Lowe

Dub Pistols Live / Dancefloor Outlaws @ Beach Sessions