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Boasting a position as the largest single event in the month-long North Devon Festival, the GoldCoast Oceanfest is a free sports and music festival held annually on the summer solstice weekend, a week before the world-renowned Glastonbury Music Festival.
Since its inception in 1998, breathtaking venues in north Devon have provided a wonderful backdrop for spectators and competitors to enjoy this lifestyle event. The evolving design, production and marketing of the GoldCoast Oceanfest has led to the event's becoming one of the best oceansports productions in Europe. The event showcases surfing, beach football and volleyball, paddle racing, surf boats, surf skis, aquathon, kitesurfing, BMX trials, mountain boarding, skateboarding, live music with jumbo screens and a trade village incorporating licensed bars and restaurants, adrenalin zones, demos, exhibitions, sampling, simulators and corporate hospitality. Sponsorship opportunities are therefore many and varied - from Title, Event and Associate to Media, Technology, Education and Automotive. The Oceanfest is a community initiative and thus plays a positive role in the social lifestyles of the 'stoked' kids who are stimulated and inspired to get involved in sport by the pro athletes who participate at GoldCoast. The event supports the community, extends access and participation, increases skills and activity and hence improves the quality of life of those touched by this experience. One of the major aims of the GoldCoast Oceanfest is to grow the oceansports industry, create awareness for ocean-related causes and encourage corporate participation in these endeavours. Together with the Devon Sports in Schools Partnership, GoldCoast hosts an Education Day, an awareness programme covering beach safety, conservation and ecology. Supported with presentations by Surfers Against Sewerage (SAS), the Whales and Dolphins Conservation Society (WDCS), the Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI), The National Trust and the Devon Wildlife Trust, up to 2,500 children from over forty-five schools throughout Devon enjoy a fun-packed day out at the beach, with the opportunity of returning to the Oceanfest with their friends and family over the weekend. The worldwide youth and action sports market represents and targets the most sought after consumer group of the moment: GoldCoast Oceanfest seems an ideal, tailored vehicle for many organisations now seeking to reach this influential money spinning audience group. GoldCoast is an energetic brand which reflects the core nature of the environment it plays in. Young, exuberant and continually dreaming up new fresh ideas, GoldCoast Oceanfest is dynamic in ensuring natural outdoor pursuits enrich the lives of those bold enough to get out there and do it.