Having hit the headlines throughout the UK and making an appearance on BBC 1's 'they think its all over' clad in their roweman cornish board shorts,  the three Aggie bodysurfers were ready for their date with destiny.............

The "brave" Cornish trio stepped onto the North Shore, Oahu, as the first Brits to ever enter the Banzai Pipeline Classic Championships. Facing huge barreling waves in the first of the heats, Tim Bawden, Mark Craze, and Andrew Whitworth are cut from a different cloth to their fellow competitors.

The UK Bodysurfing Team, all in their late 30's and hailing from the tiny village of St. Agnes, hit the freezing atlantic sea every day in the run up to the event and joked that their strict training regime included Hawaiian pizza, low-tar cigarettes and shandy!

As their heats began, Tim and Mark, who had expressed nothing but complacency throughout the build-up, took one look at the enormous waves and decided that their time would be better spent sunbathing.

"To be honest, the UK Bodysurfing Team is lucky to make it back to Cornwall alive." Tim Bawden.

However, despite being abandoned by his team-mates, like a true cornish legend, Andrew remained valiant. The fearless Cornishman took to the waters and wrestling with a colossal swell in his Kernow board shorts- claimed sixth place. Out of six.

UK Bodysurfing Team member and Tim Bawden of the Tap House St Agnes said: "Mark and I were completely out of our depth. Rather than compete, we felt that it was a lot safer to lie back on the beach and watch Andy make a fool of himself - show him some real support.

While the other entrants fought off fierce competition to earn a place at the exotic event, the UK representatives took a slightly different route. Bawden, Craze and Whitworth set up their own bodysurfing tournament in Trevanaunce Cove, Cornwall, 10 years ago. Having all won the event at some stage, the three felt entitled to crown themselves UK surf champions, therefore making themselves eligible for the championships in Hawaii.

Mr Bawden reflected on his sport: "A lot of surfers like it because it is just one person, one wave, and that's it."

A quick phone call to the tournament's organisers was enough for the trio to secure a place in the history books as the first ever UK Bodysurfing Team to enter the event. Roweman are proud to be involved in their ground breaking adventure.