DAY TWO WHITE AIR

The second day of the White Air Extreme Sports and Music festival opened to glorious sunshine and light winds in Brighton so everyone seemed to head straight for the beach to make the most of the on-the-water 'have-a-go' sports and cool down with paddleboarding, kayaking, windsurfing and wakeboarding busy all day.

This year pro-rider Stew Mackie was teaching novices and experienced wakeboarders with one to one instruction on land and as a double tow on the water, while Sam Carne and Luke Thomas wowed the crowds on the beach with their awesome jumps and tricks taking advantage of unusually calm waters.

The Professional Windsurf Association sailors arrived on site with Alan Jackson and Jamie Hawkins, the UK 2nd and 3rd UK Slalom series being joined by Mat Pearch, Chris Martin, Robby Swift, Ant Barker and Guy Cribb.

Over on land Andrei Burton, current world record holder of the most trials bike 180's in a minute - 34 if you're counting - managed to successfully set another record with his drop from a 10ft platform proving that the current 2nd in Europe and Britain is still cracking out the challenges.

Further up the beach and really setting the pace the Thundercats were running 'have-a-go' sessions giving people the chance the try this amazing hi-speed adrenalin sport and feel what it's like to hit speeds of up to 59mp and pull 6 G's around corners on the water. In preparation for their races tomorrow a teams warmed up with a series of relay races.

Other fun challenges festival goers were trying included a time trial Orb slalom, where you have to navigate a small course in a massive 4m diameter ball, more usually seen rolling down grassy hills, and the RAF press-up challenge sited next to 'brushboarding', simulated surfing on a series of rotating brushes .. not as easy as it looks. The Orb Slalom time to beat currently stands at 18.82 seconds so if you want to win a VIP day out at Devils Dyke Orbing then come along to the event tomorrow! Still to come later are The Doves and The Cribs supported by a number of other fantastic acts followed by another massive after show party at Concorde 2 until 4am. If you missed the flaming night dive and evening skatepark freestyle jam then it all happens again tomorrow!

The sun is still shining, the live stage is warming up, and tonight sees headliners the Doves and The Cribs!