This is 1971 and Hutch and I are coming off Barricane beach in Woolacombe. By this time we were both living in England and found it more convenient to leave our wives together (after a year or two with children) in Hutch’s house in Southsea, and to go down to the west country for a weekend rather than to come to the Island. Woolacombe was much closer than Newquay so we would leave at around 6:00 or 6:30 on a Saturday morning, reckoning to be in the water by 10:00 and then return late Sunday afternoon. I’m carrying the board that the customs confiscated.
In 1972 we went back to Biarritz where there was quite a gang from the Island I remember the Isle of Wight contingent sitting on the sea wall outside the surf club at Cotes des Basques, Biarritz watching the then world champion (Corky Carroll).
From left (ignoring the little girls) is me, Rory Angus, an Australian chap that we hooked up with, Bob Ward (I think, he was certainly around), Trev, his girlfriend, an English bloke called Alan that was with the Aussie, and their two girlfriends one who was English the other Australian.
The “IW” campsite. Hutch in the middle, Rory on his right andTrev + girlfriend in the background.
Rory at Chambre d’Amour. The waves were very small but he insisted it was worth going in, we gave him flack about surfing on wet sand.
Hutch on the left, unknown on the right. This is on the sandy beach between Bidart and Guethary
Hutch at our campsite.
Chambre d’Amour. Trev’s girl, Trev and Rory with Hutch in the car. Hutch and I were a bit better organised that the rest of them and did most of the shopping. Each day we would go into the little supermarket in Guethary and buy a platter of peaches, about 4 baguettes, two cheeses and 7 or 8 litres of beer. The girls there thought it was only for us so we achieved a little notoriety for our diet, but it was really for the other guys as well.
Tony Macpherson may remember it as the year he spent a night in a French gaol! He was camping in his van on the beach at Bidart and I asked him to try to sell a board for me. Despite my suggestion that he didn’t advertise it, he put an “A Vendre” notice on the board. The police hauled him off for not paying import tax or something. The options were to pay a fine or forfeit the board, he chose the latter and I lost my board! Tony didn’t offer to recompense me.
Sep 30, 2010 | Categories: The Seventies | Tags: 19070, 1970's, 1971, 1972, 70's, A Vendre, archive, Aussie, Australian, B&W, Barricane, Biarritz, Bidart, Bob Ward, Camp, Camping, Chambre d’Amour, compton, Compton Bay, Corky Carrol, Cornwall, Cotes de Basques, Customs, English, Fine, For Sale, Forfeit, France, French, Freshwater, freshwater bay, Gaol, Girlfriends, Girls, Guethary, history, Holiday Camp, Hutch, Hutchinson, Import Tax, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, longboard, Mike Hutchinson, Mike ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson, Newquay, Pat, Pat Morrell, Pay, photo, photographs, Rob Ward, Roger Backhouse, Rory Angus, Sid Pitman, Southsea, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Seventies, Tony Macpherson, Trev, Trevor, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory, Woolacombe, World Champion | 1 Comment »
At that time I had a board that had been made by a guy called Fitz at Westcoast boards based in North Devon. (Fitz subsequently died, I believe he tried to cool his electric shaper down by plunging it into a bucket of water). This board was fairly extreme for the day at 6’3”, and was an absolute delight to ride, but I found great difficulty in picking up waves, you had to be much nearer the hook than I was comfortable with and so I decided to sell it. I approached Tony Macpherson who was spending his holiday in a camper van on the beach in Bidart and suggested something along the lines of that if he would put the word out amongst the French surfers and sell it for me he could have 10% of the sale up to £30 and 50% for anything above that. However, I knew that the French customs had started clamping down on people selling surf equipment without paying import duty, so I told Tony not to put an “A vendre” (for sale) sign on the board, but just use word of mouth amongst the French guys. A couple of days later we went back up to Bidart, my board was nowhere to be seen. “Good” I thought, “Tony’s sold it”. When I asked where Tony was, no one knew. All that they could tell me was that the previous evening the police had shown up, and had whisked Tony and my board off somewhere. When Tony returned a few hours later it transpired that he had put a for sale sign on the board, and the police demanded to see the import documents, but when those weren’t forthcoming they had dragged him off for further investigation. The result was a fine of 290FF or forfeiture of the board. 290FF was about £30 which was approximately the value of the board, so Tony had told them to keep the board and had walked.
Sep 30, 2010 | Categories: The Seventies | Tags: 1970's, 1973, 290ff, 4 Aout 1973, 4 August 1973, 4th August 1973, 63, 70's, A Vendre, Anthony Macpherson, archive, Bayonne, beach, beaches, Bidart, compton, Crowded, Customs, Daughter, Duty, Fitz, For Sale, Forfeiture, France, French, Frenchman, Gaol, Guethary, history, Holiday, Hutch, Investigation, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Jail, Less Crwoded, longboard, Mike Hutchinson, Mike ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson, North Devon, Pat Morrell, Patrick Morrell, people, photo, photographs, Police, Receipt, Sale, Spain, St Jean de Luz, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, Tony Macpherson, Vendre, Ventnor, waves, weather, Westcoast boards, Westcoast Surfboards, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | Leave A Comment »
‘The start of surfing on the Island’ by Pat Morrell Hutch and I started body boarding at Compton in 1955. My parents rented one of the huts that were out there then. The boards were just flat plywood sheets – the “posh” people had boards with curved up noses but ours were home made. We [...]
Sep 30, 2010 | Categories: The Sixties | Tags: 1955, 1960's, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968, 60's, 63, 63/64, 64, archive, B&W, baord, beach, Biarritz, boards, Bob Ward, compton, Compton Bay, Cornwall, fins, flood, flooded, French, Freshwater, freshwater bay, Girlfriend, Girlfriends, Guethary, history, Hutch, illegal, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, IW, Len Howarth, longboard, Mike Hutchinson, Mike ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson, Mini, Newquay, niton, paddle, Pat Morrell, Patrick Morrell, people, photo, photographs, Plywood, plywood board, plywood surfboard, Polystyrene, Pyrenees, Race, Rob Ward, Roger Backhouse, Rory Angus, Ryde, Sid Pitman, Spain, stoked, storm, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfboards Basques, Surfer, surfing, swell, tent, tents, Tevor Woodley, The Sixties, Trev, Trevor, Volkswagon, Volkswagon Camper, VW Camper, VW Campervan, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | 2 Comments »
Come and join us for an evening of old and new Surf Movies at Sandpipers Hotel, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight.
7.30pm Saturday October 9th 2010.
We have a couple of 2010 UK surf movies ‘Fusion’ and ‘Devon Lanes and Longboards’ and will also be featuring the Isle of Wight Surf Club movie made in the very early 1970′s by Annie Macpherson as well as a couple of movies made by Sid Pitman during the 70′s too.
Bring along your own surf movies as we will have a mobile Cinema outside where we aim to be able so show anything that you may have. We will be able to show standard 8 and super 8 sound, VHS (full size and mini), Full and mini DV tape, and DVD disks.
Sep 29, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs, Surf Videos, The Noughties | Tags: 1970's, 70's, Annie Macpherson, archive, beach bar, Brown Water Blues, compton, Compton Bay, Cornwall, Devon Lanes and Longboards, DV, DVD, Freshwater, freshwater bay, Fusion, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Keith Williams, longboard, Mini DV, Mini VHS, Mobile Cinema, MOVIE, movies, Oct, October, October 9th 2010, Sandpipers Hotel, Sid Pitman, Standard 8, stoked, Super 8, Super 8 Sound, surf, Surf Movie, surf movies, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, The Seventies, VHS, waves, wightsurfhistory | Leave A Comment »
A DAZZLING display by surfer Johnny Fryer won him the open title at the Quiksilver British National Surfing Championships in Newquay.
Johnny, 26, who lives in Newquay, but grew up in Shorwell, surfed consistently at the Fistral Beach event in the small but contestable surf.
He beat around 60 other surfers to take the title and it builds on his victory in the English Championships last year.
To win the British title the former Carisbrooke High School pupil demonstrated good knowledge and a competitive spirit.
He was presented with a Gibson Les Paul Studio guitar as the champion’s trophy.
Johnny said: “It was a fantastic feeling to win the British Championships because it was something I dreamed about as a kid.”
“Winning the English Champs last year was brilliant, but this tops that.”
He now has sights on winning the Euro Championships and the UK Pro Tour.
Johnny, who has travelled back to the Island to celebrate his win with his family at Shorwell, has been surfing since he was six years old.
He surfed mostly at Compton, but had no lessons and none of his family were surfers.
He now travels the world to take part in surfing events.
Talking about the Newquay event, Joanne Hillman, of the British Surfing Association, said all the competitors had helped to put on a great show.
“Every year the event just seems to be getting bigger and better,” she said.
Sep 29, 2010 | Categories: In Print, The Noughties | Tags: archive, British Champion, British Championships, British National Surfing Championships, British Surfing Association, British title, Carisbrooke High School, Carisbrooke High School pupil, Champion, compton, Cornwall, county press, English Championships, Euro Championships, Fistral Beach, Gibson Les Paul Studio guitar, history, IOW, IOW County Press, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight County Press, Isle of Wight County Press Newspaper, Isle of Wight County Press Online, Isle of Wight Surf Club, iwcp, Joanne Hillman, Johnny Fryer, Newquay, Quiksilver British National Surfing Championships, Shorwell, stoked, surf, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, UK Pro Tour, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory, winning, won | Leave A Comment »
Being a woodwork teacher, Hutch had made his own board, out of plywood naturally, and an invitation to try it at Compton was made. ‘Don’t try to shoot the curl’ he said, ‘just ride the white water’ What the bloody hell did all that mean?? Suffice to say that after half an hour I was exhausted, having totally failed to catch anything let alone ‘shoot the curl’.
Sep 27, 2010 | Categories: Surfer Profiles, The Sixties | Tags: 1" Pine Stringer, 1957, 1960's, 1965, 60's, Aluminium Channel, apprentice, archive, Bae, Bae Systems, bathroom, beach, Ben Kelley, Big Ear, Blue Peter, body surf, break, Brighstone, carpenter, Cascemite wood glue, Cat, Channel Islands, compton, Compton Bay, Cornwall, Cowes, crests, Cultural Revolution, Curl, Da Cat#, Dabell's, Dad, Dave Jacobs, Dave Jake, drainpipe jeans, drop-in, DSOTM, dumped, England, Experimental Workshop, fibre glass, fin box, foam blank, Gidget, Gidget Goes Hawaiian, Grange Chine, history, Holiday, Hurricanes RFC, Hutch, inventor, Inventor of the removable fin box, IOW, Isle of Wight, Jake, joker, July, Keith Williams, Kelley's Left, longboard, Magpie, Malibu, Man on Fire, Mickey Dora, Mid 60's, Mike Hutchinson, Miklos, Miklos (Micky) Chapin Dora III, Motorcycle jacket, Neap Tides, October, Odeon Cinema, Odeon Picture House, offshore, Pat Morrell, Patrick Morrell, pearl, Pictures, Plessey, Plessey Radar, plywood board, plywood surfboard, Polystyrene, Polystyrene foam, rainbows, removable fin box, resin, rockers quiff, Roger Backhouse, Rugby, Sandown, shaper, Shaping, Shoot the curl, Shore, shore break, Sid Pitman, Sidney Pitman, spray, steve williams, stoked, surf, surf board, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, swim, Teacher, The Cat, The Savoy, The Sixties, TV Programme, Uncle Fred, Waimea, Waimea Bay, waves, White water, wightsurfhistory, Woodwork, Woodwork Club, woodwork teacher | 2 Comments »
This morning started with an hour surfing at Compton and no one out but me, the Fulmars, Cormorants and Oystercatchers. Anyone that knows me will understand that for me it doesn’t get much better than that. Un-crowded waves and wildlife all around me as the sun comes up. A nice little autumn swell that grew [...]
Sep 25, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs, The Noughties | Tags: 2010, 25 Sept, 25 September, 25/09/10, 25/09/2010, 25th Sept, 25th September, Atumnal, autumn, Bay, blackley, blog, Chris Court, compton, Compton Bay, Dave Downer, history, IOW, Isle of Wight, Jamie Whittle, joe truman, longboard, paul blackley, people, Phil Chase, photo, photographs, Sept, September, stoked, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | Leave A Comment »
It was a day when you surfed until you just couldn’t surf anymore and your arms were like jelly. You would come up to the car park and grab something to eat and drink and talk about your waves until you couldn’t watch the swell rolling in anymore and go in again. It never seemed busy, only about 15 people in the line up at any one time but people surfed all day and into the night. Keith Williams as I remember was one of the guys who surfed all day on his Chapter Longboard and was catching wave after wave right from outside the wreck right upto the beach where there used to be a couple of lumps of concrete just under the waters edge at high tide. Steve Williams also stood out and seemed a master a riding Compton. Ray Hutchings was doing amazing cutbacks and just knew exactly where to put his board staying right in the critical part of the wave. Clive Richardson togot his fair share of waves too, going left or right seeming to always pick a perfect wall. Jason Matthews was about my age and started surfing at the same time as me, but was a much better surfer than me. Jason was a goofy foot and would smash the lip on his back hand through the inside at Compton.
Sep 24, 2010 | Categories: The Eighties | Tags: 1986, 80's, Adrenaline, archive, autumn, beach, Beetle, blackley, blog, Brian Hill, Carisbrooke High School, cassette, Chapter, Clive Richardson, compton, Compton Bay, Countryfile, critical, critical section, Crystal Voyager, Eighties, footer, Freebird, goofy, Gunville, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Jon Hayward, Keith Williams, longboard, Motorcycle, paul blackley, people, perfect, Perfection, photo, photographs, Pintail, Ray Hutchings, Rick Crutchlow, section, shortboard, Sixth Form, Snooker Club, steve williams, stoked, surf, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, thruster, Volkswagon, Volkswagon Beetle, VW, VW Beetle, wave, waves, Weather Chart, Weather Forecast, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory, ZZ Top | 2 Comments »
In 1991 I managed to persuade Stuart Jones and Richard Harvey to do a surf trip to the South of France. At that time Stuart and Ritchie in my opinion were among the best surfers on the Island…..
As is often the way the very next day the swell came up and it was cranking. We were all bleary eyed, very hung over and the waves coming through on the left were some of the best I had ever seen. When two guys started to paddle out we could see it was a good size too. We soon got ourselves together. This was what had come for, so we got into our wetsuits and paddled out…..
The swell lasted nearly all week and it was soon obvious that we were staying at one of the best set ups along the coast as one day a load of pros including Tom Curren, Lisa Anderson, Michael ‘Munga’ Barry, Paul Russell and others turned up with Maurice Cole and a few Surf Photographers to surf our left hander.
Sep 20, 2010 | Categories: Surf Trips, The Nineties | Tags: 1991, aerial, air, Airs, Alcohol, Alex Williams, Angus, bar, Barrells, Beach Break, Beer, Biarritz, Bidart, Biere, Birthday, blackley, Body Board, Body Boarder, Body Boarders, British Surfing Magazine Wavelength, Bryn Saunders, Camp, Camping, Canon, Chantilly, Cherbourg, Cote de Basque, Damien Hardman, Dave Jacobs, Dino Andino, Dune, English, Festival, France, French, Fun Fair, Girls, Guethary, hang over, Harvey, Hossegor, Hung over, impact zone, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Jones, Keith Williams, La Barre, La Tranche, La Tranche sur Mer, Lafatania, Le Vieux Port, Lisa Anderson, Maurice Cole, Messanges, Michael 'Munga' Barry, Michael Barry, Munga, Paddling, Party, Paul Russell, photographs, photography, photos, Pine Forest, Pine Trees, Port D'Albret, Rave, Respect, Rich, Rich Harvey, Richard, Richard Harvey, Rip Curl Pro, Ritchie, Ritchie Harvey, Sables D'Olonne, Sand, Sand Dunes, September, Sid Pitman, South of France, steve williams, stoked, Stu Jones, Stuart, Stuart Jones, surf, surf photography, Surf Scene, Surf Scene Magazine, Surf Shop, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Nineties, Tom Carroll, Tom Curren, Vieux Boucau, VW Camper, VW Campervan, VW Combi, Waterproof Camera, Wavelength, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory, Woman | Leave A Comment »
Johnny surfed consistently throughout the event in the small but very contestable surf. He showed his true competitive spirit and knowledge to be crowned British champion, and took home a Gibson Les Paul Studio guitar as the champion’s trophy. Jayce Robinson & Oli Adams both surfed well in the final but it was Johnny’s day.
Sep 20, 2010 | Categories: In Print, The Noughties | Tags: 2010 Quiksilver British Nationals, Adam Zervais, Alex Murray, Alyssa Podesta, British Champion, British Surf Contest, British title, Charlotte O'Connor, Chris Griffiths, Colin Bright, Cornwall, Cully Murrell, Dan Mc Dermott, DC, DC shoes, Ester Spears, Eugene Tollemarche, expression sessions, Fistral Beach Bar, Gibson, Gibson Les Paul Studio guitar, goofy-footer, Greg Owen, history, I Am Giant, IOW, iphone, Isle of Wight, Jayce Robinson, Jed Stone, Jim Richardson, Joanne Dennison, Joanne Hillman, Johnny Fryer, Lee Bartlett, Masters, Micah Lester, Monster, Monster Energy, Monster Energy skate ramp, Newquay, Nicole Morgan, Oli Adams, Open, photo, photographs, Pro skaters, Quiksessions music stage, Quiksilver, Robert Green, Rueben Ash, Sam Bosworth, Sam Burrows, Sam Pulley, Sarah Beardmore, Seniors, skate demos, skate ramp, stand-up paddle boarding, stoked, Sup Final, surf, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, Tassy Swallows, The Dappers, The Last of the Pilots, The Noughties, The Sum Off, Tiger 24, Toby Donachie, Tony Good, Tyson Greenway, veterans, Vets, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory, Womens | Leave A Comment »
The original Paddle for Life started after lifeguards from Fistral Beach held a Joe Way memorial paddle to raise money for charity in 2008
Sep 19, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: Alan Stokes, Ben Skinner, charity, Fistral, Joe Way, Johnny Fryer, paddle, Paddle for life, surfers, Tom Butler | 1 Comment »
Johnny Fryer was crowned the 2010 Quiksilver British National Surfing Champion on August Bank Holiday weekend. The 2010 Quiksilver British National Surfing Championships in Association with with Roxy, Tiger 24, Gibson Guitar, DC, Monster Energy & Fistral Blue saw Twenty-five year old goofy-footer Johnny Fryer originally from the Isle of Wight surfing at his best at Fistral Beach, Newquay to claim the British title.
Sep 16, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs, Surf Videos, The Noughties | Tags: 2010 Quiksilver British National Surfing Champion, Annemarie Hughes, August, Bank Holiday weekend, blog, British Champion, British Championships, British National Champion, British National Surfing Championships, British Surfing Championships, British title, Cornwall, crowned, DC, Fistral Beach, Fistral Blue, Fryer, Gibson Guitar, goofy, goofy-footer, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Jill, Jill Fryer, John, Johnny, Johnny Fryer, Jon, Monster Energy, National Champion, National Surfing Champion, National Surfing Championships, Newquay, NewquaySurfer, people, photo, photographs, portrait, Quiksilver British National Surfing Champion, Quiksilver British National Surfing Championships, Roxy, stoked, surf, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, Surfing Champion, swell, The Noughties, Tiger 24, Twenty-five year old, waves, wightsurfhistory | 1 Comment »
We’re looking into having some wight surf history t-shirts produced, and would love to hear your feedback on the design ideas laid out below.
Sep 15, 2010 | Categories: Memorabilia, The Noughties | Tags: design, designs, ideas, surf, surfers, surfing, t-shirt, wsh | 7 Comments »
A short movie from Friday afternoon at Compton Bay.
Sep 05, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs, Surf Videos, The Noughties | Tags: "jason swain", 360, 360 degrees, aerial, air, blackley, Chris Mannion, compton, Compton Bay, Freshwater, freshwater bay, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, joe truman, longboard, mal, mini mal, MOVIE, paul blackley, people, Ross Williams, Scot Gardner, stoked, surf, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, video, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | Leave A Comment »
Friday saw the peak of the swell and Compton became as busy as I’ve seen it in a long time. A lovely glassy early morning with many of the girls getting their fair share of the waves and one guy out with a very old school, looking belly board. Joe Truman grabbed a few nice ones as did Andrew Tyrrell amongst others too.
Sep 05, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs, Surf Videos, The Noughties | Tags: Andrew Tyrrell, blackley, blog, compton, Compton Bay, Girl, Girls, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, joe truman, longboard, paul blackley, people, photo, photographs, stoked, surf, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | Leave A Comment »
South coast surfers spend long flat summer days dreaming of September swells arriving from far-off tropical storms and hurricanes
Sep 03, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs, The Noughties | Tags: "jason swain", back-light, back-lit, blog, compton, Compton Bay, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, joe truman, longboard, Paddle Board, Paddle Boarder, people, photo, Sept, September, silhouette, stoked, SUP, surf, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, Swell lines, The Noughties, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory, wipe, Wipe out, Wipeout | Leave A Comment »
The start of September and we have a lovely little swell to get us all back into water. This morning I got up early and was in the water before 6am, although not first in the water as 5 guys went running past me at speed desperate for waves. Still a little wait between sets but like they say, ‘good things come to those who wait’. Shaun Jones came down with a jet ski to practice some tow in surfing. Keep practicing Shaun, at least it kept us amused, in between sets.
Sep 03, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs, Surf Videos, The Noughties | Tags: blackley, blog, compton, Compton Bay, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, joe truman, longboard, out, Paddle Board, Paddle Boarder, paul blackley, people, photo, Sept, September, stoked, surf, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, Swell lines, The Noughties, Toby, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory, wipe, Wipe out, Wipeout | Leave A Comment »
I have been told a story about Paul Taylor, Dave Gray & Chris Salter once doing a trip to the west country. At the end of the trip and time to think about returning home they realised that they were all skint, totally penniless. The boys soon came to the conclusion that the only way to get home would be to try and raise some money some how. To get enough money to get home they were would have to sell something. They decided to draw straws and unfortunately for Dave Gray, he lost. Dave had to sell his wetsuit as a means of raising cash so they could get home.
Sep 01, 2010 | Categories: Surf Trips, The Seventies | Tags: 1970's, 70, 70's, archive, Chris, Chris Salter, Christopher, Christopher Salter, compton, Compton Bay, Cornwall, Dave, Dave Gray, Dave Grey, Gray, Grey, Home, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Money, Paul, Paul Taylor, people, photo, photographs, Sale, Salter, Sold, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, Surfer, surfing, Tayler, Taylor, The Seventies, waves, West, West Country, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | Leave A Comment »