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Fistral Beach is in Fistral Bay ((コーンウォール語:Porth an Vystel), meaning ''cove of the foul water'') on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated half-a-mile west of Newquay at .〔Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin'' ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5〕 Fistral Bay is bounded by two promontories, Towan Head to the north and Pentire Point East (''not to be confused with Pentire Head'') to the south.〔Ordnance Survey: Explorer 1:50,000 scale map sheet 106 ''Newquay & Padstow'' ISBN 978-0-319-24016-8〕 The straight sandy beach faces west-northwest onto the Atlantic and is approximately long. It is backed by steep sand dunes and is overlooked by the ''Headland Hotel''. The name "Fistral" is recorded as ''Fistal'' in 1813, coming from the Cornish ''bystel'' meaning ''foul water'' probably in reference to the waves making it an unsuitable landing site. ==Surfing== Fistral Beach is best known for surfing. Its west-facing aspect exposes it to Atlantic swells ensuring consistent waves suitable for surfing. The beach is the venue for major international surfing competitions and a competition suite for judges and competitors has been built at North Fistral along with a surf museum. The British Surfing Association, Newquay Surf Life Saving Club and the Newquay Boardrider Club are all based at Fistral Beach.〔() British Surfing Association〕〔() Surf Life Saving Cornwall website. Retrieved April 2010〕〔(Surf Newquay website. Retrieved April 2010 )〕 The Cribbar, a reef at the north end of the beach, causes waves to break when the swell is high. It is considered to be Cornwall's premier "big wave" location with wave faces as high as . On 21 September 2006 Fistral Beach hosted the British Surfing Association's invitational ''Gold Rush'' Big Wave Competition. During the competition the surf was over high because of the effect of Hurricane Gordon. The winner was 28-year-old Scott Eastwood of the Channel Islands who scored a perfect 10 in the final. The Boardmasters Festival is also held at Fistral Beach. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fistral Beach」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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