Over the last few months we have been given these lovely mugs that were given out at the 1982 and 1984 Isle of Wight Surf Club competitions. On the mugs it says they were sponsored by Burts Brewery. We would love to know more about the mugs and the competitions, if anyone has further information [...]
Jul 29, 2010 | Categories: Memorabilia, The Eighties | Tags: 1982, 1984, archive, Brewery, Burts, Burts Brewery, Competition, contest, exhibition, history, I.O.W., I.O.W. Surf Club, I.W.Surf Contest, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Mug, Mugs, Sponsored, stoked, surf, surfing, wightsurfhistory | Leave A Comment »
The Stylemasters is purely for 60′s boards, only surfboards dating to before 1970 are allowed to be ridden. Surfers go into a draw to pick one of the 10 boards for the competition. Bilbo’s, Dewey Webber, Harbour are just some of the boards that are available to ride, some of which are quite heavy. Rollercoasters, Cavemans & El Telephonos as well as other vintage moves are what score the points in this competition. The rules are no leashes and to try and surf as stylishly as possible without losing your board.
Not until you try to surf one of these boards yourself do you realise just how talented these guys are.
Jul 23, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs, The Noughties | Tags: 1960's, 2010, 60's, Al Reed, Alan, alan reed, Bilbo, Bilbo's, blog, Brian Sawdon, British, Cavemans, Champions, Chapter Hotdoggers, Devon, dewey, El Telephonos, European, exhibition, Ford Pilot, Greedy, Greedy Reedy, Gul, Harbour, history, Hotdoggers, IOW, Isle of Wight, Jersey, Leash, link, longboard, Longboarders, Masters, Mike Dudley, Mobile Museum, Museum, no leash, no leashes, Norman Wright, North Devon, Ols School, people, photo, photographs, portrait, Redwood Club, Reed, Reedy, Rollercoasters, Saunton, Saunton Hotdoggers Surf Club, Saunton's Hotdoggers Surf Club, Spomsor, Sponsor, stoked, Style, Stylemasters, Styling, Stylish, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, The Hotdoggers, UK, Vintage, Wales, waves, Webber, wight, wightlink, wightsurfhistory, Woody | 4 Comments »
A great shot of Lennie Parker was used in the Isle of Wight – Island breaks 2000 official guide. Len now lives in Florida but regularly gets back to the Island and catches up with a family and friends.
Jul 15, 2010 | Categories: In Print, The Noughties | Tags: archive, compton, Compton Bay, Freshwater, freshwater bay, history, IOW, Isle of Wight, Len, Len Parker, Lennie, Lennie Parker, longboard, Parker, people, photo, photographs, stoked, surf, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, The Noughties, waves | Leave A Comment »
