Here is an excerpt about the Isle of Wight from Roger Mansfield’s new book ‘The Surfing Tribe’ A History of Surfing in Britain’ Roger Backhouse and his friends Mike Hutchinson, Sid Pitman, Ben Kelly and a handful of others are attributed with being the first island residents to start surfing in 1964. They picked up [...]
Jan 28, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs, Uncategorized | Tags: Ankle Leash, Balsa, Bay, Ben Kelly, board, compton, Cosmic, Cosmic Leahes, Cosmic Leash, Derek Thompson, fibreglass, Freshwater, Glyn Kernick, History of Surfing in Britain, I.O.W. Surf Club, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Johnny Fryer, Keith Williams, longboard, Masters, Mike Hutchinson, Rob Ward, Roger Backhouse, roger cooper, Roger Mansfield, shaper, Sid Pitman, South Coast, South Coast Champion, surfboard, Tad Ciastula, The Surfing tribe, Ventnor | Leave A Comment »
Were you surfing on the Island during the 1970′s? Tell us your stories and send us your images.
Jan 28, 2010 | Categories: The Seventies | Tags: 1970's, 70's, compton, Compton Bay, IOW, Island, Isle of Wight, Pitman, Scene, Shore, Sid, Sid Pitman, Sidney, surf, Surf Club, Surfer, surfing, The Seventies, Wessex | Leave A Comment »
Were you surfing on the Island during the 1990′s? Tell us your stories and send us your images.
Jan 28, 2010 | Categories: The Nineties | Tags: 1990's, 90's, Indo, Indonesia, Java, Richard Harvey, Surf Trip, Surfer, surfing, The Nineties, Turtles, West Java | 1 Comment »
Were you surfing on the Island during the 1980′s? Tell us your stories and send us your images.
Jan 28, 2010 | Categories: The Eighties | Tags: blackley, compton, IOW, morte hoe, paul blackley, roger cooper, stoked, surf, surfing, zippy stick | 1 Comment »
Gallery of the images that were displayed on the ‘history wall’ at the opening wight surf history exhibition
Jan 26, 2010 | Categories: IOW surfing through the decades, Surf Exhibitions, The Eighties, The Nineties, The Seventies | Tags: archive, B&W, Clive Richardson, Craig Sharp, Crystal Voyager, Dave Grey, david Grey, exhibition, France, Graham Skelley, history, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Jason Mathews, Jay Mathews, Jo Turner, Les Sables D'Olonne, Malc Dredge, Mike Smith, Ned Gardner, people, photo, portrait, Ray Hutchings, Richard Harvey, Ritchie, Ritchie Harvey, Roger Backhouse, Sid Pitman, Stu Jones, Stuart Jones, wightsurfhistory | 1 Comment »
We had a great run of swell to coincide with the opening of the ‘Wight Surf History’ exhibition on Friday the 17th January 2010
Jan 26, 2010 | Categories: Surf Exhibitions, The Noughties | Tags: "jason swain", alan reed, B&W, blog, Chris Salter, Dave Downer, Dave Solero, exhibition, Gail Sheath, joe truman, Keith Williams, people, photo, portrait, Roger Backhouse, Sid Pitman | 1 Comment »
January 2010 sees the project to document and celebrate 50 years of surfing on the Isle of Wight get underway
Jan 22, 2010 | Categories: IOW surfing through the decades, The Sixties | Tags: B&W, compton, history, longboard, ned gardener, people, photo | Leave A Comment »
Double overhead sets at Freshwater Bay can seem pretty intimidating when you come face to face with them in reality
Jan 21, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs, The Noughties | Tags: B&W, big, blog, freshwater bay, photo, surf, Surfer, surfing, The Noughties | Leave A Comment »
