At TJ Board Hire we have been paddling on Chichester Canal and providing lessons and hires at this venue for the past 5-years, and have seen the popularity of this sport and this location grow rapidly during this time. Chichester Canal provides an ideal flat-water venue for paddlers to learn and progress their SUP skills…
At TJBoardhire we are passionate water users and long-time supporters of Surfers Against Sewage (SAS). For many years we have supported the SAS beach cleans and last year when these were expanded to include other waterways with their Summit to Sea campaign, we were keen to bring these events to Chichester Canal, where we offer…
Chichester Canal Clean with Surfers Against Sewage As passionate users of Britain’s waterway, especially those in and along the south coast, keeping open waters clean and safe to use is incredibly important to us at TJBoardhire. In fact, it is part of our Chichester SUP Club’s ethos to pick up any litter whilst we are…
Spring has sprung at TJ Board Hire and today saw the arrival of our new fleet of Hatha paddleboards at our SUP venue on the Chichester canal. As well as our SUP school favourites the Pulse and the Oxygen, Hatha have added some new and exciting kit to their awesome range with the Orb paddle…
Our paddle board season has now started. This week at TJBoardhire we have been thrilled to receive our new fleet of paddle boards for the coming season. Having been so impressed with last seasons fleet of Hatha paddle boards, we were in no doubt about the SUP company that we wanted to continue to support…
This summer it has been a pleasure to help Maddi from The Telegraph with the enviable task of trying out a range of paddle boards, including our excellent Hatha Paddle boards. Maddi has paddled with us on the tranquil Chichester Canal, West Sussex for our Chichester SUP Club socials, our stunning River Arun tours and…
We could tell you for days how great our stand up paddle board lessons are here in beautiful Chichester, West Sussex, so hear it straight from a recent customers mouth, Diary of a Detour with her latest blog on a summer time paddle boarding lesson along the beautiful Chichester Canal. Still not sure about picking up the…
Join us for a night time paddle to The Richmond pub and back. Please note you must have completed the two hour introduction to paddle boarding to attend. We meet at the Hunston pontoon jetty at 6:00pm to leave for 6:30pm. Waterproof head torches provided. £10 for all gear including canal license, if you have…
LEARNING TO PADDLE BOARD Learning to paddle board With Paddle boarding being the fastest growing water sport, more and more people are learning to paddle board. The attraction often stems from people seeing the tranquil social media posts, depicting warm tropical waters, blue sky and white sand. The reality in this country is often a…
We found out in the previous blog that the stretch of the canal from Hunston pontoon to the canal basin in Chichester was built to a larger scale and equipped with iron swing bridges, to enable coastal ships weighing up to 100 tons to reach Chichester. The swing bridges history lives on and can still…