I have been told a story about Paul Taylor, Dave Grey & 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 [...]
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 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 »
Isle of Wight Surf Club movie made in the very early 1970′s by Annie Macpherson
Footage from Compton, Niton and Freshwater Bay starring Roger Cooper, Dave Salero, Roger Backhouse, Dougie Saunders, Sid Pitman, Keith Williams, Tony Macpherson, Pete Brown, Magic ‘Cosmic’ Surf, Dave Jacobs, Brian Hill and others.
Aug 15, 2010 | Categories: Surf Videos, The Seventies | Tags: 1970, 1970's, 1971, 1972, 70's, Annie Macpherson, archive, Brian Hill, Castle Haven, compton, Compton Bay, Dave Jacobs, Dave Salero, Dougie Saunders, Freshwater, freshwater bay, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Island, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Keith Williams, longboard, Magic 'Cosmic' Surf, niton, people, Pete Brown, preview, Roger Backhouse, roger cooper, Sid Pitman, stoked, surf, Surf Club, surfboard, Surfer, surfers, surfing, Tony Macpherson, waves, wight, Wight Surf History, wightsurfhistory, wightsurfhistory.co.uk | 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 »
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 »
