Shetland Isles & Orkney

117 km Lerwick to Sanday

Update! Challenge Completed

With severe weather forcing the cancellation of his Faroe Islands Vortex Crossing, Charlie set his sights on an equally bold challenge. The first-ever solo crossing from Lerwick in Shetland to Sanday Island in Orkney — an unbroken 117 km route over open seas, Thought to be the only Paddleboarder to do so!

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This endeavour was a test of endurance but also a mission to protect our oceans You can stand with Charlie and support the cause by donating through his dedicated fundraising page ￬

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Successive “first of a kind” long-distance paddles

• 7th November 2020: completed a remarkable overnight 106km nonstop crossing of Moray Firth solo unsupported in less than 24 hrs with 15 hours of darkness.

• 21st July 2021: crosses “The Minch” From Stoer to Lemreway 74km Solo unsupported

• 30th July 2021: crossed The Inner Hebridean Sea, a one-of-a-kind 82km feat solo from Lochboisdale to Tiree 15 hours later

• Friday 10th September saw a huge fundraising and endurance challenge to mark ‘The Last Stand’ of circumnavigating the United Kingdom, paddling a record breaking 140km nonstop in open water with no support vessel.

Exploring mental health, Stand Up Paddleboarding around the Scottish coastline.

Solo & unsupported raising money for ‘Dare 2 Express’ mental health charity.

On 11th September, endurance paddleboarder Charlie Head celebrated being the first person ever to circumnavigate mainland Britain by paddleboard solo – with no land or sea support vessels.

To mark completing his mammoth expedition, Charlie smashed the WORLD RECORD for distance paddled non-stop and unsupported in open water within 24 hours: 87.2 miles in 22 hours

Vital stats: Friday 10th September | Time: 5:30 AM | Trip Time: 22:03:15 | Dist. Traveled: 140.37 km | Average Speed: 6.36 km/h | Max. Speed: 15.32 km/h | Date: Saturday 11th September | Time: 03.32 AM

Route: Portpatrick (Scotland) to Maryport (England)

A pilgrimage of sorts

This journey was a passion project over a number of years, in between other expeditions.

The keystone to my self-development and mental health education. What started out as a coming-of-age, self-filmed bolt into the blue, became a journey of my evolving consciousness and unravelling everything it is to be human

This UK expedition was conceived as a social experiment

Going solo and unsupported forced me to ask for help, prompting strangers and communities to come together in collaboration and conversation. Talking about my own mental health as a catalyst for connection and communication”

A plantbased adventure for

#plasticfreeisland campaign on the Isle of Wight.

Supporting Surfers Against Sewage and 4Ocean

A truly special experience for a group of inspiring characters coming together to support change in each other.

The aim of this incredible experience was, to seed a change and to make us think about how much plastic we consume in our daily lives,

A curated circumnavigation of the Isle of Wight, over three days entirely on a plant based diet and we wild camped each night carrying our own supplies

The Last Descent

The Blue Nile River is a wild and remote source of the great Nile River in Ethiopia.

This was the last chance to document this historic river in its natural state. As the river was about to be blocked by the Grand Renaissance Dam.

Ben Peters and Charlie joined forces to produce a documentary dedicated to an education program, to inspire schools to be a part of the journey and learn environmental education through a live expedition.

We completed the first SUP descent of the Blue Nile River with a convoy of excellent raft guides to make the Last descent through the Grand canyon of Africa.

Polar bears and paddle boarders

In August 2013 a group of ten of us headed to the Arctic waters for the first time in an attempt to be the first Paddleboard expedition to one of the largest glaciers in the world.

Inspired by Justin Miles and Paul Hyman.

Write up - SUP the MAG

Footage courtesy of Greenland.com - greenland.com
Edited by Justin Hankinson - pbshowfolio.com/justinhankinson

trip around island of Ibiza

Pick-me-up trip around the renowned party island of Ibiza with 3 good friends. Exploring corners that many holiday-makers don't get to see, the trip around the island was something of a change of pace but still presenting plenty of kilometres a day of paddling in variable conditions. Made possible Thanks to Kiko Mathews Will Rogers from SUPBoarder Magazine and photographer and filmmaker Benjamin Sadd