COSMETICS – Tecare , the Paris-based cosmetics company that specialises in cosmetics for sports and notably for extreme sports, has a range of products for sun protection, massages, general care and well-being, and for sport. Use the sports products to warm up and relax muscles or to relieve pains following bangs & falls. The well-being creams help the suppleness and freshness of the skin – for hands, face and feet. After a hard effort on your board, whichever type you use, or bike then relax using the massage oils and tone your muscles up for the next effort. Finally, whether you’re on the mountains or the water or elsewhere you need to protect yourself from the sun with Tecare’s sun creams and after-sun potions. All the products and their packaging have been made with the sportsman in mind and on the go, and are being taken up as quickly by the guys as the girls. CANADA – Hello Beautiful will join local bands My Darkest Days, Sex Bomb and Silvercade at Beavermead Park at the Kawartha Lakes Wakeboard Open on June 28 and 29. Formerly called the KLWC Icebreaker, the fourth annual event will include amateur wakeboard competition, wakeskate competition, pro wakeboard expression and slider competition, beer garden, a live music stage, Sportboat best trick format in wakeboard and wakeskate divisions, freestyle motocross, boarder village, and a food court. Hello Beautiful will also headline Wakestock in Toronto on July 24. UK – a couple of events coming up in July: the Skate-o-rama skateboard festival at Wellholme Park, Brighouse, and the Cliffhanger “outdoor event” at Millhouses Park, Sheffield: watch this space! Surfing Want to win a custom built surfboard? Get your entries in to win your brand new “Gold Coast Surfboards ” surfboard, custom made for this competition – the surfboard will be delivered to the winner, anywhere in the world. Top surfers are visiting Jersey for the Quiksilver King of the Gromits qualifying competition this weekend at the Watersplash. The Five Mile Road event is essential for Jersey surfers wishing to qualify for the unofficial World under-16 championships, which are due to be held at Cap Breton, southern France on 31 July. The Maldives presents Sri Lankan Airlines Pro – ASP 6 Star WQS Event Nº 16: Pasta Point, Maldives, 9 to 15 June. Event Brief: widely considered one of the premier events on the prestigious ASP International World Qualifying Series. Since 2001 it has been held in the Maldives during early June and always delivers high quality surf – the event is famous for being held in the warmest surfing waters of any event worldwide, at an average of 30 degrees. The number one seed this year is Michael Campbell (AUS), a former world number 2 rated surfer and the field includes the likes of 2000 ASP World Champion Sunny Garcia (HAW), Travis Logie (ZAF), Masotoshi Ohno (JPN), Aritz Aranburu (SPAIN), Jay Quinn (NZ), Brett Simpson (USA) to name just a few of the outstanding surfers here this year.