A short movie from Friday afternoon at Compton Bay.
Sep 05, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs, Surf Videos, The Noughties | Tags: "jason swain", 360, 360 degrees, aerial, air, blackley, Chris Mannion, compton, Compton Bay, Freshwater, freshwater bay, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, joe truman, longboard, mal, mini mal, MOVIE, paul blackley, people, Ross Williams, Scot Gardner, stoked, surf, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, video, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | Leave A Comment »
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.
Sep 05, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs, Surf Videos, The Noughties | Tags: Andrew Tyrrell, blackley, blog, compton, Compton Bay, Girl, Girls, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, joe truman, longboard, paul blackley, people, photo, photographs, stoked, surf, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | Leave A Comment »
South coast surfers spend long flat summer days dreaming of September swells arriving from far-off tropical storms and hurricanes
Sep 03, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs, The Noughties | Tags: "jason swain", back-light, back-lit, blog, compton, Compton Bay, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, joe truman, longboard, Paddle Board, Paddle Boarder, people, photo, Sept, September, silhouette, stoked, SUP, surf, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, Swell lines, The Noughties, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory, wipe, Wipe out, Wipeout | Leave A Comment »
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.
Sep 03, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs, Surf Videos, The Noughties | Tags: blackley, blog, compton, Compton Bay, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, joe truman, longboard, out, Paddle Board, Paddle Boarder, paul blackley, people, photo, Sept, September, stoked, surf, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, Swell lines, The Noughties, Toby, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory, wipe, Wipe out, Wipeout | Leave A Comment »
Al Reed in the County Press for his 3rd place in the 60′s Stylemasters
Aug 09, 2010 | Categories: In Print | Tags: 40, 60's Stylemasters, Al Reed, alan reed, archive, Arreton, Black Da Cat, board, compton, Compton Bay, county press, Da Cat#, Freshwater, freshwater bay, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight County Press, Isle of Wight County Press Newspaper, Isle of Wight Surf Club, isle of wightr county press, longboard, Mickey Dora, Mickey Dora Black Da Cat, newspaper, North Devon, people, photographs, portrait, Rich Emerson, Rob Wright, Saunton, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, The Nineties, The Noughties, waves, wightlink, wightsurfhistory | Leave A Comment »
A great shot of Lennie Parker was used in the Isle of Wight – Island breaks 2000 official guide. Len now lives in Florida but regularly gets back to the Island and catches up with a family and friends.
Jul 15, 2010 | Categories: In Print, The Noughties | Tags: archive, compton, Compton Bay, Freshwater, freshwater bay, history, IOW, Isle of Wight, Len, Len Parker, Lennie, Lennie Parker, longboard, Parker, people, photo, photographs, stoked, surf, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, The Noughties, waves | Leave A Comment »
I think by now everyone will have heard the news, or maybe even had a look themselves, at the recent landslip along the military road
Mar 25, 2010 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: "jason swain", closure, compton, council, IOW, Isle of Wight, Military Road, photo, photographs, road, The Noughties | Leave A Comment »
I managed to contact Tad recently and thought many of you would be interested in what he is up to. Tad has also promised to dig out some good shots of the first surf trip to Biarritz in ’71. If you went to Biarritz in ’71 too, please let us know? Tad is still in [...]
Feb 26, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs, Surf Trips, The Noughties | Tags: 1971, 71, Bali, Biarritz, Carribean, Ciastula, Dave Mercer, history, Indonesia, IOW, Isle of Wight, Kite Board, Kite Boards, Kiteboard, Spain, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfboards, Surfer, surfing, Tad, Tad Ciastula, Thailand, The Noughties, Tobago, Tony Macpherson, Wake Board, Wake Boards, Wakeboard, waves, 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 »
In the water… Steve New, Matt Harwood, Scott Gardener and Manni.
Feb 18, 2010 | Categories: Surf Videos, The Noughties | Tags: Hayley Best, Manni, Matt Harwood, niton, Scott Gardener, Steve New, surf, Surfer, surfing, The Noughties, video, waves | Leave A Comment »
heavy waves, nice long walls of water and some fine surfing
Feb 10, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs, The Noughties | Tags: "jason swain", blog, freshwater bay, Isle of Wight Surf Club, longboard, people, photo, photographs, soul-surfing, surf, Surfer, surfing, The Noughties, waves | Leave A Comment »
The perfect location for the exhibition, at the Beach Bar in the Sandpipers Hotel
Feb 05, 2010 | Categories: Surf Exhibitions, The Noughties | Tags: "jason swain", bar, beach bar, exhibition, freshwater bay, paul blackley, photo, photographs, photography, photos, sandpipers, show, The Noughties, wightsurfhistory | 1 Comment »
Double overhead sets at Freshwater Bay can seem pretty intimidating when you come face to face with them in reality
Jan 21, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs, The Noughties | Tags: B&W, big, blog, freshwater bay, photo, surf, Surfer, surfing, The Noughties | Leave A Comment »
