Saturday at the Pearl and the Bay
Here are some great images coutesy of Will Rome of Freshwater Bay and The Pearl from Saturday 9th October 2010
Oct 14, 2010 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: 09/10/2010, 9/10/10, 9/10/2010, 9th October, 9th October 2010, Andrew Court, archive, Bay, beach, big, Big Saturday, Brighstone, Freshwater, freshwater bay, history, Huge, IOW, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Large, longboard, Oct 9th 2010, October 9th, October 9th 2010, pearl, people, photographs, stoked, surf, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Bay, The Noughties, The Pearl, Twin Peaks, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory, Will Rome, William Rome | Leave A Comment »
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 »
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 | 1 Comment »
