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 »
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 »
Isle of Wight County Press IW Men in New Zealand whale rescue TWO NEWPORT men have been part of a desperate struggle to save a pod of pilot whales beached on New Zealand’s South Island. Former County Press employee Paul Blackley, of Caesars Road and Richard Harvey, of Field Place, were driving with friend Richard [...]
May 12, 2010 | Categories: In Print, The Nineties | Tags: antipodean, B&W, Beached, blackley, county press, Farewell Spit, flukes, Golden Bay, history, IOW, Isle of Wight, isle of wightr county press, iwcp, Long-finned Pilot Whales, mammals, nelson evening mail, nelson evening news, New Zealand, newpapers, news, newspaper, Ocean, paul blackley, people, photo, photographs, pilot whale, Pilot Whales, pod, portrait, press, print, radio station, rescued, rescuers, Richard Harvey, Richard Holmes, save, saved, stoked, Stranding, Strandings, surf, Surf Trip, Surfer, surfing, the dominion, The Nineties, the press, wetsuit, wetsuits, whale tail, whale tails, wightsurfhistory | Leave A Comment »
On Wednesday 17th November of 1993 myself (Paul Blackley) and Richard Harvey were on our way to the South Island of New Zealand in search of waves. We had traveled down from New Plymouth and were on the cross Island ferry about to disembark at Picton at 10pm when we heard a call on local radio from the Dept. of Conservation for volunteers to help to try and rescue stranded Long-finned Pilot Whales at Farewell Spit, Golden Bay, South Island, New Zealand.
Mar 30, 2010 | Categories: Surf Trips, The Nineties | Tags: 1993, 90's, archive, beach, Beached, December 1993, Department of Conservation, Department. of Conservation New Zealand, Dept. of Conservation, Dept. of Conservation New Zealand, Dolphin, Dolphins, Farewell Spit, Globicephala, Globicephala melas, Golden Bay, history, IOW, Isle of Wight, Kaikoura, Long-finned Pilot Whales, Mangamanu, melas, New Zealand, New Zealand Army, Newcastle, paul blackley, people, photo, photographs, Pilot Whales, Rich Harvey, Rich Holmes, Richard Harvey, Richard Holmes, Ritchie, Ritchie Harvey, South Island, stoked, Stranded, Stranding, Strandings, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, survivor, survivors, The Nineties, waves, Whale, Whales, wightsurfhistory | 3 Comments »
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 »
Isle of Wight Surf Club Trip to Morthoe 1987 In 1987 The Isle of Wight Surf Club organized a Surf Trip to North Devon about a week or so before the infamous storm of ’87. This was my first ever time to the West Country and my first ever surf trip with friends. We loaded [...]
Feb 18, 2010 | Categories: Surf Trips, The Eighties | Tags: Alex Farr, Annie, blackley, Bryn Saunders, Chris Salter, Dave Jacobs, Devon, Doug Saunders, Dougie, Dougie Saunders, Gail Sheath, Graham Skelley, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Johnny Hayward, Jon Hayward, Jonathan Hayward, Keith Williams, longboard, Malc Dredge, Mick Thompson, Mike Smith, Morthoe, North Devon, paul blackley, people, photo, photographs, Richard Harvey, Riverside Motors, Sid Pitman, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, Surf Trips, Surfer, surfing, waves, wightsurfhistory | 1 Comment »
“one of those days that will be etched in everyone memory as being one of the best swells anyone has seen for a long time”
Feb 13, 2010 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: 6 February 2010, 6/2/2010, 6th February 2010, Al Reed, alan reed, big, blackley, compton, Compton Farm, Epic, Freshwater, freshwater bay, joe truman, Mick Thomson, Military Road, paul blackley, perfect, Rex Haines, Roger Backhouse, Saturday, saturday 6th, Ventnor | 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 »
Were you surfing on the Island during the 1980′s? Tell us your stories and send us your images.
Jan 28, 2010 | Categories: The Eighties | Tags: blackley, compton, IOW, morte hoe, paul blackley, roger cooper, stoked, surf, surfing, zippy stick | 1 Comment »
