More than 80 surfers paddled out at Compton today to say goodbye to Dave Gray with many others lining the cliff tops to give him a really great send off
Feb 11, 2017 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: archive, beach, blog, compton, Compton Bay, Dave 'Digger' Gray, Dave Gray, David Gray, Digger, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, people, photo, photographs, portrait, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | Comments Off on Farewell Dave Gray
I asked Dave Gray if he would let me interview him for Wight Surf History and eventually he sent me this. We actually planned to do a proper interview and he was going to dig out some old photos but sadly it never happened. A history of surfing on the I.O.W. by David Gray aged […]
Jan 23, 2017 | Categories: Surfer Profiles, The Noughties | Tags: 1970's, 70's, archive, B&W, beach, blackley, blog, compton, Compton Bay, Cornwall, Dave 'Digger' Gray, Dave Gray, Dave Grey, David Gray, david Grey, Digger, Freshwater, freshwater bay, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, longboard, paul blackley, people, photo, photographs, portrait, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | Comments Off on Dave Gray R.I.P.
Wight Surf History has donated two framed photographs from it’s exhibitions which were on show at Dimbola, Sandpipers Hotel and The Waterfront Restaurant and Bar to the Big Art Auction. The Big Art Auction is the start of Wight Trash Skateboards and Ventnor Skate Park Association 12 month plan to raise £50,000 to finally make […]
Mar 28, 2015 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: Freshwater, freshwater bay, IOW, Isle of Wight, paul blackley, people, photo, photographs, stoked, surf, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, The Big Art Auction, The Noughties, Ventnor Skate Park, waves, Wight Trash, wightsurfhistory | Comments Off on Wight Surf History Prints part of the Big Art Auction
Sid Pitman sadly passed away while on holiday in the Mediterranean last week. Sid will be greatly missed by the whole Isle of Wight Surfing Community. Are thoughts at this time are with Sid’s wife Jan. Sid started body boarding during the early sixties with a homemade plywood board, curved at the front and painted […]
Jul 20, 2014 | Categories: Surfer Profiles, The Noughties | Tags: 1960's, 1970's, 60's, 70's, archive, B&W, beach, Ben Kelly, blackley, blog, Bob Booth, Colin Burgess, Colin Hickey, compton, Compton Bay, Cornwall, Dave Bottrell, Derek Thompson, Doug Saunders, Freshwater, freshwater bay, Geoff (Ned) Gardner, Glynn Kernick, history, Ian Vallender, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Jon Jon Ainsworth, Keith Williams, longboard, Mary Hughes, Mr Cosmic, paul blackley, people, photo, photographs, portrait, Rob Eldridge Dave Saleroe, Roger Backhouse, roger cooper, Rory Angus, Rusty Long, Sid Pitman, Steve Brown, stoked, Sue Ellis, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, Ventnor, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | Comments Off on Sid Pitman R.I.P.
Will Rome took on the lumps at Freshwater Bay this morning getting a couple of nice waves.
Dec 19, 2013 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: archive, beach, blackley, blog, Freshwater, freshwater bay, history, IOW, Isle of Wight, longboard, people, photo, photographs, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory, Will Rome, William Rome | Comments Off on Lone Surfer at Freshwater Bay
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 | Comments Off on Pre Christmas Surf
Isle of Wight featured in issue number 4 of what is thought to be the one of the first ever British Surfing magazines. British Surfer magazine no1 came out in March 1969. Surfing UK magazine published by Lindsay Morgan in Porthcawl in Jan 1969 pipped it to the post by a few months to be […]
Nov 21, 2013 | Categories: The Seventies | Tags: 1960's, 1970's, 60's, 70's, archive, blog, British Surfer, British Surfer magazine, compton, Compton Bay, Freshwater, freshwater bay, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Keith Williams, longboard, Magazine, niton, No 4, Number 4, Rod Sumpter, Roger Backhouse, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, Ventnor, Vol 1, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | Comments Off on Island Surf – British Style
Isle of Wight surfers join Movember and grow some sick moustaches raising vital funds and awareness for men’s health…. follow the link to donate to such a great cause uk.movember.com/team/1301269 Here are some of the Isle of Wight Team half way through Movember
Nov 19, 2013 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: Chris Mannion, history, IOW, Isle of Wight, Jamie Currie, lee sheaff, movember, people, photo, photographs, portrait, sheaffy, stoked, Surfer, The Noughties, wightsurfhistory | Comments Off on Movember in Memory of Lee Sheaff
With 2 metre swell predicted and northerly winds the early risers got some good waves at Freshwater Bay this morning. I got down late but what a glorious morning. With huge tides it was starting to get pretty bumpy when I got there but a few nice ones were to be found.
Nov 04, 2013 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: archive, beach, blackley, blog, Freshwater, freshwater bay, history, IOW, Isle of Wight, paul blackley, people, photo, photographs, portrait, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | Comments Off on Freshwater Bay 4 November 2013
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 | Comments Off on Always Smiling – Lee Sheaff
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 | Comments Off on Porbeagle Tag found on SAS Beach Clean
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 | Comments Off on Isle of Wight come 4th at the 2013 Offsure British Interclub Surf Championships
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 | Comments Off on Surfers to paddle out for Lee Sheaff at Whitecliff
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 | Comments Off on Matt Harwood through to Round 3
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 | Comments Off on Good luck to Matt Harwood at the European Surfing Championships
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 | Comments Off on Surfers Against Sewage Beach Clean
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 | Comments Off on Wind farm surf impacts study: SAS calls south coast surfers to meeting
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 | Comments Off on Perfect Day for Girls Surfing Lessons
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 | Comments Off on Lee Sheaff
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 | Comments Off on Matt Harwood gets 2nd at The English Nationals
‘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 | Comments Off on Through a Liquid Mirror – Wayne Levin
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 | Comments Off on Surfs Up for Freshwater Parish Council
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 | Comments Off on Isle of Wight Surfing History in Pictures
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 | Comments Off on Wight Surf History Exhibition now at The Waterfront