Isle of Wight featured in the 1972 book ‘Surfing In Great Britain’ by Carl Thomson Obviously prices, telephone numbers and much of the information given below is now not relevant and only for historical interest. For example please do not expect to get a ferry for £1.50. Extract on the Isle of Wight below: Isle […]
Oct 14, 2013 | Categories: The Seventies | Tags: 1970's, Arch Rock, Arch Rock Freshwater Bay, archive, B&W, beach, Bez Newton, blog, compton, Compton Bay, Cornwall, Cosmic, Cosmic Leashes, Cosmic Surf, Cosmic Surf Products, Derek Thompson, Dunnose, Freshwater, freshwater bay, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, roger cooper, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, Ventnor, Ventnor Pier, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | Leave A Comment »
Roger Powley, Mike Smith and Neil Fordham started going to the castle car park to skate. They originally went skateboarding at Shanklin Old Village car park Other sites Roger remembers are the entrance to Blackgang Chine by the pirate figure, St. Marys roundabout subway and the old rocket site at the Needles. During the mid […]
Oct 10, 2013 | Categories: The Seventies | Tags: 1970's, 70's, archive, Blackgang Chine, blog, Car Park, Chris Salter, Cornwall, freestyle#, Gail Sheath, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Mike Smith, Needles, Neil Fordham, old rocket site, people, photo, photographs, Roger Powley, Shanklin Old Village, Skate, Skateboard, Skateboarding, slalom, St. Marys, stoked, Surfer, the needles, wightsurfhistory | 1 Comment »
On Sunday 29th September the Isle of Wight Surfing Community came together to paddle out at Whitecliff Bay as a tribute for Lee Sheaff who very sadly passed away earlier this year. About 60 people came from all over to paddle out at 5pm to form a circle in remembrance of a great friend. Many […]
Oct 01, 2013 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: Always Smiling, archive, beach, blackley, blog, Chris Mannion, Circle, compton, Compton Bay, Freshwater, freshwater bay, history, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Johnny Fryer, lee sheaff, longboard, Matt Harwood, Memorial, paul blackley, remembrance, sheaffy, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, Tribute, waves, wetsuit, Whitecliff, Whitecliff Bay, wightsurfhistory | 1 Comment »
During a beach clean at Compton last year organised by Surfers Against Sewage local surfer Jamie Currie and his daughter olivia found this satellite tag. Jamie managed to contact the tagging company and received an email from a Gérard Biais from La Rochelle; The tag that you found was attached on a porbeagle in June […]
Sep 29, 2013 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: archive, beach, Beach Clean, blog, Brittany, compton, Compton Bay, history, IOW, Ireland, Isle of Wight, Jamie Currie, La Rochelle, Olivia, Porbeagle, SAS, satellite, shark, Spain, stoked, Surfer, Surfers Against Sewage, Tag, The Noughties, tracking, wightsurfhistory | 1 Comment »
Congratulations to the boys representing the Isle of Wight at the 2013 Offsure British Interclub Surf Championships at Bude – finishing 4th overall in the open. Competitors were welcomed to Widemouth Bay on day one by clean 2-3ft high tide shories. A total of 70 surfers from Bude, Boscombe, Croyde, South East Cornwall, Isle of […]
Sep 28, 2013 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: 2013 Offsure British Interclub Surf Championships, archive, blog, Bude, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, James Ransom, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, waves, wetsuit, Widemouth Bay, wightsurfhistory | Leave A Comment »
The Circumnavigation of ORINOCO FLO Part 3 by Rob Ward Marigot Bay, St Martin – Ansedes Colombiers, St Barts (A couple of days in the Caribbean) We arrived at St Martin’s by way of a stonking 13 knot close reach under jib and reefed main to Barbuda from Antigua. And after a Cray filled Barbuda (where […]
Sep 27, 2013 | Categories: The Nineties | Tags: Acetone, Anguilla, Anne Hammick, Ansedes Colombiers, Antigua, Antilles, archive, Australia, Bandaloop, Barbuda, Barracuda, beach, blog, Bream, Caribbean, Cat, catamaran, Ciguatera, Cray, Glass, Goatfish, history, IOW, Isle of Wight, Jameson, Lagoon, Manchineel, Marigot Bay, Mel Clarke, O Flo, Orinoco Flo, O’Rourke, Parrot fish, Philipsburg, polyurethane, Portishead, resin, Rob Ward, Sandown, Sandy Bay, Shuttleworths, Southport, Spanish Grunt, Squirrelfish, St Barts, St Martin, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | 1 Comment »
The Circumnavigation of Orinoco Flo Part 2 by Rob Ward PART ONE FINISHED happily in Bayona on January 17th. The ‘Bay of Biscuit’ (Hils) had done its worst and the ship of fools had sailed into northern Spain on the back of a northeasterly gale with all nine relieved and happy – seven thinking that […]
Sep 26, 2013 | Categories: The Nineties | Tags: Alan Pope, Antigua, archive, Atlantic, Azores, Bay of Biscuit, Bayona, beach, Bombora, Burial of the Sardine, Cabi Frio, circumnavigation, Colin Archer, Coralejo, David Nicklin, Dolphins, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Gods of Sea and Earth and Wind, Graciosa, history, Ilheus Selvagem, Isla Lobos, Isle of Wight, Lanza, Lanzarote, Lobos, Madeira, O Flo, Orinoco Flo, Pico Ruivo, Playa Francesa, Porto Santo, Rob Ward, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory, World Surf Charters | Leave A Comment »
The Surfing community are to pay tribute to Lee Sheaff this Sunday at 5pm at Whitecliff. The plan is to be all ready to paddle out at 5pm so would advise people to please arrive early. Parking is limited so please take this in mind so we can all get on the water to pay […]
Sep 25, 2013 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: archive, blog, Chris Mannion, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Lee Sheaf, lee sheaff, longboard, Matt Harwood, people, photo, photographs, sheaffy, Sheafy, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | Leave A Comment »
The Circumnavigation of Orinoco Flo Part 1 by Rob Ward I BUILT Orinoco Flo in the years 1992-4 with a small gang of young helpers. The circumnavigation took the form of an extended charter to help pay the bills. It was a long one – 35,500 miles. And it took us into the Southern Ocean […]
Sep 24, 2013 | Categories: The Nineties | Tags: archive, beach, circumnavigation, history, IOW, Isle of Wight, O Flo, Orinoco Flo, Rob Ward, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | Leave A Comment »
Crossing the Atlantic and Returning Home (The Midnight Hour – Part 3) From-Multihull International, August 1990 By Rob Ward Antigua – Flores (Azores) initially making for Bermuda Having returned to Antigua for the second time from the Grenadines and many strange and wonderful anchorages in between, Tris, Ray and I set about preparing The Midnight Hour […]
Sep 17, 2013 | Categories: The Eighties | Tags: Atlantic, catamaran, Dolphin, history, IOW, Isle of Wight, Midnight Hour, Rob Ward, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | 1 Comment »
The Next 5, 000 Miles (The Midnight Hour – Part 2) From-Multihull International, July 1990 By Rob Ward This is written in Prickly Bay, Grenada. The Midnight Hour arrived in Barbados a week ago. We stopped in Bequia and Martinique and then took our charterers to their plane in Antique before picking up some friends, […]
Sep 17, 2013 | Categories: The Eighties | Tags: archive, Canaries, Canary Islands, catamaran, Fuerteventura, Graciosa, history, IOW, Isle of Wight, Lanzarote, Lobos, Midnight Hour, Multihull, Rob Ward, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | Leave A Comment »
Isle of Wight Surfer Matt Harwood part of the England team competing in the Azores for Eurosurf 2013 has made it through to Round 3. Matt a late call up for the England Team is competing against some of the best surfers Europe has to offer. You can watch Matt live at Eurosurf 2013 Live […]
Sep 17, 2013 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: 2013, Azores, blog, England Team, European Champioships, Eurosurf, history, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Matt Harwood, photo, photographs, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, waves, wightsurfhistory | Leave A Comment »
The Construction and First 5,000 Miles of The Midnight Hour From-Multihull International, March 1990 By Rob Ward With merely my third year’s subscription form for MI on the desk it may seem a bit presumptuous to put a new ribbon and double spacing on this battered Olympia and write a few words, the need to […]
Sep 17, 2013 | Categories: The Eighties | Tags: 1980's, 80's, archive, blog, catamaran, history, IOW, Isle of Wight, Midnight Hour, Multi Hull, Multihull, Rob Ward, Sail, Sailing, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | Leave A Comment »
The Isle of Wight Surf Club Chairman and the Islands representative for Surfers Against Sewage Matt Harwood is part of the England Surfing Team heading out to the Azores to compete in the European Surfing Championships from the 13th – 22nd September. Matt won the 2011 Isle of Wight Frost Bite Series and earlier this year […]
Sep 10, 2013 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: archive, Azores, beach, blog, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Matt Harwood, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | Leave A Comment »
SAS BEACH CLEAN Sunday 15th September (10am-12noon) at Grange Chine then Freshwater Bay (2pm-4pm) Come and do your bit! Surfers Against Sewage believe protecting our beaches from marine litter needs year-round volunteer action. This September sees the launch of the Cold Water Beach Clean Series, a new SAS initiative calling for community volunteers to join […]
Sep 10, 2013 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: beach, Beach Clean, blackley, blog, Freshwater, freshwater bay, Grange Chine, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Matt Harwood, paul blackley, people, Rubbish, SAS, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, Surfers Against Sewage, surfing, swell, The Noughties, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | Leave A Comment »
Surfers Against Sewage are inviting members of the Bournemouth surfing and Isle of Wight waveriding community to join them to discuss the potential coastal and surfing impacts of the Navitus Bay offshore wind farm. The meetings will take place with the developers of the proposed offshore wind farm at the Lakeside Park Hotel, in Wootton […]
Aug 12, 2013 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: Andy Cummins, beach, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Matt Harwood, Navitus Bay, SAS, stoked, surf, surfboard, Surfer, Surfers Against Sewage, surfing, swell, The Noughties, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory, wind farm | Leave A Comment »
A perfect day for girls surfing lessons at Yaverland. Thanks to Chris Mannion – iSurf and to The West Wight Landscape Partnership for putting this on. www.iowsurf.com/ SURF LESSONS AND SUP LESSONS ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT iSurf is the island’s only fully mobile surf school meaning we’re free to track down the best weather […]
Aug 09, 2013 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: beach, blackley, blog, Chris Mannion, Girl, Girls, history, IOW, Isle of Wight, isurf, paul blackley, people, photo, photographs, Sandown, stoked, surf, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory, Woman, Women, Yaverland | Leave A Comment »
We received some very sad news last week that Lee Sheaff passed away last Sunday due to complications with his cancer. Below are words from friends and fellow surfers and some great pics of Sheaffy in action. Paul Blackley I didn’t know Lee well but would bump into him at the beach all the time. […]
Jun 17, 2013 | Categories: Surfer Profiles, The Noughties | Tags: archive, beach, compton, Compton Bay, Freshwater, freshwater bay, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Le Sheaf, Lee Sheaf, lee sheaff, photo, photographs, Samoa, Sheafy, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, Thurso, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | 14 Comments »
Congratulations to Matt Harwood for getting 2nd place at The English Nationals. The Masters Results from the English National Surfing Championships with P20 Sun . Masters 5 Dale Lowe 4 Matt Thomas 3 Paul Barrington 2 Matt Harwood 1 Martin Connolly
Jun 17, 2013 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: 2013, beach, Cornwall, English National Surfing Championships, English Nationals, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Masters, Matt Harwood, people, photo, photographs, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | Leave A Comment »
‘Through a Liquid Mirror’ an Exhibition by Wayne Levin Internationally acclaimed Photographer, Wayne Levin from Hawaii has brought his exhibition all the way to Dimbola Museum and Galleries on the Isle of Wight. Wayne started out with a Brownie Camera and started developing his own film. Wayne has exhibited all over the world including New […]
Apr 03, 2013 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: B&W, Freshwater, freshwater bay, Hawaii, Hawaiian, history, Humpback Whale, IOW, Isle of Wight, people, photo, photographs, pilot whale, portrait, Sam Scadgell, shark, surf, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, Through a Liquid Mirror, waves, Wayne Levin, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | Leave A Comment »
Last night the Freshwater Parish Council invited Paul Blackley to be guest speaker at their Annual General meeting at Freshwater Memorial Hall. Paul showed the Councillors and members of the public a slideshow of images taken form the recent Exhibition at Dimbola Museum and Galleries and talked about how the Wight Surf History Project. With […]
Mar 20, 2013 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: 1960's, 1970's, 60's, 70's, Al Reed, alan reed, archive, B&W, beach, blackley, blog, Chris Mannion, Clive Fleury, compton, Compton Bay, Cornwall, Freshwater, freshwater bay, Freshwater Parish Council, Gill Kennet, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, joe truman, Johnny Fryer, Keith Williams, longboard, Matt Harwood, people, photo, photographs, portrait, Roger Backhouse, Sally Woods, Sid Pitman, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | Leave A Comment »
Isle of Wight Surfing History goes back over many decades and in 2012 Wight Surf History put together an exhibition including images at Dimbola Museum and Galleries at Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight. The Exhibition closed with an amazing Jubilee party with live music from Sam Scadgell, Black House Crows and The Shutes. Here are […]
Mar 18, 2013 | Categories: Surf Exhibitions, The Noughties | Tags: 1960's, 1970's, 60's, 70's, Al Reed, alan reed, archive, B&W, beach, blackley, blog, Chris Mannion, compton, Compton Bay, Cornwall, Freshwater, freshwater bay, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, joe truman, Johnny Fryer, Keith Williams, longboard, Matt Harwood, paul blackley, people, photo, photographs, portrait, Roger Backhouse, Sid Pitman, stoked, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | Leave A Comment »
An Isle of Wight Surf trip to France in 1968 remembered by Graham Sorensen who shared a campsite and waves in a field along with Bob Ward, Elizabeth, Angus, Hutch, Mo, Trevor, Dita and Pat. Traveled in a green kombi van with a kiwi emblem drawn on the front. Taken in the month of mid-August 1968 […]
Feb 10, 2013 | Categories: The Sixties | Tags: 1960's, 1968, 60's, Angus, archive, B&W, Bayonne, beach, Bob Ward, Camp, Camping, Combi, Dita, Elizabeth, English Gentleman, France, French, Graham Sorensen, Guethary, history, Hutch, Hutchinson, IOW, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Kiwi, Kombi, longboard, Mike Hutchinson, Mo, Moonie, Pat, Pat Morrell, Patrick Morrell, Pete Stuart “Moonie” McAllum, Rob Ward, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, Trevor, V-bottom, VW, waves, wightsurfhistory | 1 Comment »
Both Wight Surf History Exhibition Prints are now displayed at The Waterfront Bar and Restaurant, Totland Bay, Isle of Wight. If you somehow missed the exhibitions previously then get yourself down to Totland Bay. It may not have great waves but it has to be one of the best places on the Island to enjoy […]
Nov 03, 2012 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: 1960's, 1970's, 60's, 70's, Al Reed, alan reed, archive, B&W, Bar & Restaurant, Bay, beach, blackley, blog, Chris Mannion, compton, Compton Bay, Cornwall, exhibition, Freshwater, freshwater bay, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, joe truman, Johnny Fryer, Keith Williams, longboard, Matt Harwood, paul blackley, people, photo, photographs, portrait, Roger Backhouse, Sid Pitman, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, Totland, Waterfront, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory, wsh | Leave A Comment »