Jason swain and Chris Court enjoy a pre Christmas surf at Freshwater Bay yesterday.
Dec 13, 2013 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: "jason swain", 2013, archive, beach, blackley, blog, Chris Court, Christmas, Freshwater, freshwater bay, IOW, Isle of Wight, longboard, paul blackley, photo, photographs, stoked, surf, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory, Winter, Xmas | 1 Comment »
Freshwater Bay once again delivered some epic waves. The swell to hit the Island was a good as almost anywhere in the country. I got to Freshwater Bay before sunrise and there were already 4 surfers in the water. It was a really beautiful morning, as the moon slowly disapeared we were treated to absolutely […]
Feb 21, 2011 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: Andrew Court, archive, beach, blackley, blog, Chris Court, compton, Dawn, Dawn Patrol, Edd Thompson, Freshwater, freshwater bay, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, James Ranson, joe truman, Lee Sheaf, longboard, Mark New, Matt Harwood, Nick Clemens, paul blackley, people, photographs, portrait, stoked, Sunrise, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, Ton, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory, Will Frost, Will Rome | Leave A Comment »
Having missed out on the great waves in the bay on Monday I was really looking forward to getting some left overs at Compton this Tuesday morning. Sadly due to the great Island roads I found a nice big pot hole which was in a puddle outside the Farringford Hotel and my tyre blew out. Luckily I can say I have great firnds who were willing to take time out to help me even when the waves were up. Thanks again to Jason and Chris, sorry you missed the best of the waves Jason. Here are a handful of images I took while I was waiting for a new tyre to be fitted. Joe Truman took a Go-Pro Camera mounted to a helmet to try out. If you have any good footage Joe we would love to see it.
Jan 19, 2011 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: "jason swain", archive, beach, blackley, Chris Court, compton, Compton Bay, Dave Downer, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, joe truman, longboard, paul blackley, people, photo, photographs, S0ulsurfing, Soulsurfing, stoked, surf, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory, Wipeout | 2 Comments »
I got a text Friday night from a good friend Chris Court to say that Compton could be good in the morning. Compton wasn’t exactly epic but there were some fun waves to be had. After about an hour and a half I got out and was chatting to Bert and let him try out […]
Oct 02, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: archive, beach, Bert, blackley, blog, break, Breaks, Broken leg, Chris Court, compton, Compton Bay, history, IOW, Isle of Wight, longboard, Martin 'Bert' Spencer, Martin Spencer, paul blackley, people, photo, photographs, portrait, stoked, surf, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | 1 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 »
February 2010 – Freshwater Bay Some great footage here of Freshwater Bay on 6th February 2010, filmed and edited by Chris Court Many thanks Chris
Feb 19, 2010 | Categories: Surf Videos, The Noughties | Tags: 6 February 2010, 6th February 2010, Andrew Court, big, blackley, Chris Court, Epic, Epic Swell, February 2010, Freshwater, freshwater bay, history, IOW, Isle of Wight, joe truman, longboard, paul blackley, people, Saturday, saturday 6th, stoked, surf, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, waves, wightsurfhistory, Wil Rome, Will Rome, William Rome | 3 Comments »