NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA TO PLYMOUTH, UK.
Tom Waddington aims to break the World Record. The current record for crossing the North Atlantic is 39 days.
The mission is simple: to promote mental health awareness, so suffering people will take action, seek help and get physically active via sports or exercise! Tom is passionate about raising £50,000 over the course of his row, for the charity Mind, a charity that provides advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. They campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding. With a mission to not give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets support and respect.
Tom is a Yorkshireman living in Switzerland, where he works as a ski instructor and runs his own ski school. Tom is focused on achieving quality in all that he does. As well as a ski instructor, he is also the highest level of both trainer and examiner for the next generation of British ski instructors. In addition to this, he has represented Great Britain at Interski, a congress of ski nations that happens every four years, where each country showcases their best instructors. He is also a volunteer firefighter in his hometown of Le Chable, as well as a qualified personal trainer.
In addition to skiing, Tom has been committed to training full time for this expedition, completing 400 hours of on sea experience to date, and worked with world class coaches. This includes multi day expeditions, overnight rowing, routing in bad weather conditions and getting to know how to live and create efficient routines on the boat. The safety requirement for the Mid Atlantic crossing is 150 hours of on sea experience. Tom has far exceeded this and plans to complete some longer day expeditions in the UK as well a commiting to an intense fitness program this winter. A combination of experience, feedback from coaches and full commitment to this expeditions means that Tom is ready to give everything to this expedition and is prepped for success.
Tom has always been fascinated by sports science, training, and nutrition and is preparing thoroughly for his arduous North Atlantic journey, working with sleep scientists, sports scientists, sports psychologists, and endurance nutritionists so that both his mind and body are ready for the ultimate test.
OUR AIM IS TO SUPPORT MEN FOLLOWING BEREAVEMENT.
Grief can cause severe emotional and physical health conditions which are often overlooked and even ignored, especially in men.
StrongMen’s aim is to understand, support and improve the physical and emotional health of men suffering from bereavement. We provide unique peer based services for men who have lost a close family member or friend and need support. These include our telephone based service, Man2Man, and Weekender retreats.
Charity champions such as Lawrence Dallaglio, Mark ‘Billy’ Billingham, Ronan Keating, Ulrika Jonsson and Kirsty Gallacher support and raise awareness of StrongMen and the work that they do.
CEO and Co-Founder, Efrem Brynin, says, “The never ending process of bereavement of somebody close to you is unique to all who have experienced it. Each of us have different relationships and dynamics, however, much of that experience is shared. To be able to provide the opportunity for people with similar experiences to reconnect with the outdoors, and share the comfort of those that have, and continue to “walk the walk” is something that not only excites me, but also helps me to continue my healing process.”
StrongMen also have a podcast called ‘Bare Yourself’. The podcast is about sharing extraordinary human stories of overcoming adversity to empower and inspire you. You can listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podbean and Amazon Music.
Our Planet. Our Future. Your Choice.
Boom Power is proud to announce their sponsorship with Protect Our Winters UK. We have signed up to be the climate change organisation’s ‘Summit Partner’. The sponsorship will empower POW UK to develop initiatives designed to educate and galvanise individuals into collective action on climate change, driving demand for a low carbon economy and a clean-energy future.
Protect our Winters originally started by snowboard legend Jeremy Jones in the US in 2007 and now holds a passionate crew of international die-hards, professional athletes, climate experts and industry brands, mobilising the outdoor sports community to lead the charge towards positive climate action.
The UK branch was born in May 2017 and aims to create an optimistic narrative around climate change, educating and empowering individuals to take simple and rewarding actions, which will in turn create consumer and corporate pressure for sustainable products and investments. POW do this by engaging individuals and organisations through their snow-sports livelihood and passion. They educate them on the risks of climate change and support them to take effective action.
“The past decade has been the warmest on record and climate change is already impacting winter, with serious implications for the future of snow-sports”, says Sandy Trust, founder of POW UK. “Transitioning to a clean- energy economy by investing in solar energy has always been one of our organisation’s core priorities. We’re very grateful to Mark Hogan and the team for their belief in POW UK and are really looking forward to working together to make a difference.”
Mark Hogan, Founder and CEO of Boom Power comments “I am delighted to have partnered with the incredible organisation Protect Our Winters UK. Together, our key objective is to take positive action on climate change by creating a sustainable, clean, low carbon economy. We recognise that it is increasingly important to empower people to take positive action and collectively we can change the face of the future. I am excited to watch our partnership evolve and make a difference collaboratively!”
“BUY LESS, USE MORE, GO EXPLORE.”
Cirkel Supply Co. is an outdoor rental company based out of Val de Bagnes, Switzerland. By making rental effortless, affordable and of high quality, Cirkel inspires society to buy less and use more.
Cirkel offers high quality gear from leading outdoor brands that share their respect for nature. In winter 2022-23, Cirkel’s premium skiwear rental service proved to be popular with ski tourists visiting the Swiss Alps. The secret lies in Cirkel’s ultimate convenience: tourists simply order online, and Cirkel delivers the chosen outfit to the tourist’s destination before they arrive.
Now that the market demand for skiwear rental is validated, Cirkel is launching summer rental in the categories of hike, bike, and mountaineering. The Cirkel team is on a mission to make outdoor adventures more sustainable, convenient, and accessible to everyone.
“We’re delighted to partner with Mark Hogan and BOOM Power. It’s inspiring to see how they’ve built a sustainable business model to scale – something that we are striving for in our corner of the circular economy. Thanks to the BOOM Team for your ongoing partnership and support.”
Join Cirkel in the rental revolution – hop over to their website to learn how Cirkel’s convenient rental service can help you buy less and use more on your next adventure!
Nicole
Allan
Boom Power have proudly secured a new sponsor in 2023, GB Athlete, Nicole Allan.
Boom are strong believers in supporting the local community, and Sussex born and bred Nicole, is a perfect example of the incredible talent we have on our doorstep, who we are so keen to support.
With an evolving list of achievements under her belt, Nicole is very quickly making a name for herself as one to watch in the industry.
Allan has five international Duathlon starts;
- World Duathlon Championships – 2022
- European Duathlon championships – 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022
Additional achievements include;
- Ironman 70.3.
- Ironman 70.3 Westfriesland – 2022
- Ironman 70.3 World Championships Utah 2022
Nicole’s next GBR race is the European championships in March 2023. She will also be racing for a French team in the Grand Prix, where she will compete in a series of high-level races around France.
Allan is currently planning a very exciting race season for 2023 and we can’t wait to watch her continued success.
Boom Power continue to support ‘proud village club’, PRFC. Based at the foot of the Sussex South Downs. A club which operates a whole range of teams going all the way through from the minis (under 6’s), up to men’s senior squad who run 3 teams with the 1stXV playing in London South East 3 league. In addition, the club also has a ever growing and improving girls and women’s section.
Captains and Coaches Report:
Matt Goring (Club Captain) and Matt Gue (Mens Head Coach)
“Coming to the hump of the season, we begin to welcome games against teams who we have already met, in a season which has been full of surprises and allowed us to rekindle our old Sussex rivalries.
The playing squad has an average age under 25 with most players coming through the clubs junior sections, which is testament to the hard work that happens on Sundays. Huge credit to Andy Bates and his coaching team in the colts who are producing players that are pushing for first team places; notable performances have come from Harry Dancaster, Sam Billingshurst and Dylan Townsend.
The core values of this team are – teamwork, loyalty, work rate, enjoyment and definitely no DHs. Buy in to this philosophy has seen player numbers continue to increase and we are consistently turning out a similar team week in week out, which is showing in our improved performances.”