On Wednesday 17th November of 1993 myself (Paul Blackley) and Richard Harvey were on our way to the South Island of New Zealand in search of waves. We had traveled down from New Plymouth and were on the cross Island ferry about to disembark at Picton at 10pm when we heard a call on local radio from the Dept. of Conservation for volunteers to help to try and rescue stranded Long-finned Pilot Whales at Farewell Spit, Golden Bay, South Island, New Zealand.
Mar 30, 2010 | Categories: Surf Trips, The Nineties | Tags: 1993, 90's, archive, beach, Beached, December 1993, Department of Conservation, Department. of Conservation New Zealand, Dept. of Conservation, Dept. of Conservation New Zealand, Dolphin, Dolphins, Farewell Spit, Globicephala, Globicephala melas, Golden Bay, history, IOW, Isle of Wight, Kaikoura, Long-finned Pilot Whales, Mangamanu, melas, New Zealand, New Zealand Army, Newcastle, paul blackley, people, photo, photographs, Pilot Whales, Rich Harvey, Rich Holmes, Richard Harvey, Richard Holmes, Ritchie, Ritchie Harvey, South Island, stoked, Stranded, Stranding, Strandings, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, survivor, survivors, The Nineties, waves, Whale, Whales, wightsurfhistory | 4 Comments »
During the early sixties it wasn’t just the boys enjoying the waves, there were some pretty hardcore girls surfing on the Island with no wetsuits or leashes too.
Mar 29, 2010 | Categories: The Sixties | Tags: 1960, 1965, 1967, 1968, 60, 60's, Aston Martin, Atlantic, Atlantic Coast, Bournmouth, Bude, Champion, compton, Constantine, Cornish, Cornwall, Crantock, Fistral, freshwater bay, Galway, Girl, Girlfriends, Girls, Ireland, Isle of Wight Surf Club Secretary, Judy Bull, Kimmeridge, La Hinch, leashes, Lynmouth, Marazion, Merry Hughes, Mini, niton, Ocean, Oil Spill, Oil Tanker, Oiltanker, Prah Sands, RAF ST Mawgan, Renuyle, Rita Long, Rolls Royce, Ryde, Sandown, Shanklin, Shigo, Split Screen, Split Screen VW Van, Steephill Cove, Sue Backhouse, Sue Ellis, Sue Ellis (Backhouse), Supertanker, Susan Backhouse, Susan Ellis, Sweeney's Hotel, Sweeney's Oughterard House, The Sixties, Torrey Canyon, Ventnor, Victoria Freer, Victoria Pickering, Watergate, Wendy, wetsuits, White City, Whitecliff Bay, Women, Woolacome | Leave A Comment »
I think by now everyone will have heard the news, or maybe even had a look themselves, at the recent landslip along the military road
Mar 25, 2010 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: "jason swain", closure, compton, council, IOW, Isle of Wight, Military Road, photo, photographs, road, The Noughties | Leave A Comment »
During the early 1960’s a group of friends had started to hang out on the cliff tops between Ventnor beach and Steephill Cove. These bored teenagers soon began to focus their attention on the ocean. The Island at that time still had many unexplored pockets of coastline or so it felt to this group of friends. The ocean soon became their playground.
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