September Sessions
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.
September Swells Photo Blog (JS) Part one.
South coast surfers spend long flat summer days dreaming of September swells arriving from far-off tropical storms and hurricanes
September Swells begin
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.
3rd for Al at the 60’s Stylemasters
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.
Epic swell greets exhibition in new home!
heavy waves, nice long walls of water and some fine surfing
Surf Photography Exhibition at Dimbola Lodge
We had a great run of swell to coincide with the opening of the ‘Wight Surf History’ exhibition on Friday the 17th January 2010
Big Wednesday
Double overhead sets at Freshwater Bay can seem pretty intimidating when you come face to face with them in reality
