Issue No 2 of the Isle of Wight Surf Clubs magazine ‘Wight Water’ came out in the autumn of 1976. It included a write up on the IOW Surf Club longboard competition won by Tad Ciastula, 2nd Dave Jacobs, 3rd Keith Williams, Pete Brown and Dave Grey. It also covers the IOW Surf Club Darts […]
Nov 27, 2013 | Categories: The Seventies | Tags: 1970's, 1976, 70's, archive, B&W, B.H.C., Biarittz, Biarritz, blog, Canaries, Colin Graham, compton, Compton Bay, Darts, Dave Grey, Dave Jacobs, Freshwater, freshwater bay, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Keith Williams, La Fitenia, longboard, Lyn Powley, people, Pete Brown, photo, photographs, portrait, Rog Powley, Roger Powley, Sid Pitman, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, Tad Ciastula, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | Leave A Comment »
Colin Williams remembers all of his family holidays spent on the isle of Wight where he learn’t surf during the 60′s and 70′s. The Isle of Wight was and probably still is my favorite place in the world. I must say that Australia, for me,is the one of the greatest places on earth; however, a […]
Nov 25, 2013 | Categories: The Sixties | Tags: 1960's, 1970's, 60's, 70's, archive, Atlantic, Atlantic surfboard, blog, Colin Williams, compton, Compton Bay, history, IOW, Isle of Wight, people, Phil Jays, Phil Jays Surf shop, photo, photographs, portrait, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | Leave A Comment »
Colin Graham became the Isle Of Wight Surf Club Chairman in 1976, with Mike Smith and Dave Jacobs also on the committee. Roger Powley was given the job of putting together the IOW Surf Club’s 1st magazine. Wight Water Magazine was born, Rog edited the magazine with help from Colin, Mike, and his wife Lyn […]
Nov 22, 2013 | Categories: The Seventies | Tags: 1970's, 70's, archive, blog, compton, Compton Bay, Cornwall, Dave Jacobs, Freshwater, freshwater bay, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Lyn, Mike Smith, newsletter, Powley, Rog Powley, Roger Powley, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, waves, wetsuit, Wight Water, Wight Water Magazine, wightsurfhistory | Leave A Comment »
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 | Leave A Comment »
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 | Leave A Comment »
The Isle of Wight Surf club were very lucky to be given use of one of the huts owned by the National Trust at Compton. The club paid a donation every year to the NT which gave them use of the hut and free parking at Compton. The original hut was used to store surfboards […]
Nov 11, 2013 | Categories: The Seventies | Tags: 1970's, 70's, archive, B&W, beach, blog, Cheek Bros, Cheek Brothers, Clive Richardson, compton, Compton Bay, crane, Dave Downer, Dave Phillips, Graham Skelley, history, Hut, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Keith Williams, longboard, National Trust, people, photo, photographs, Rex Haines, Roger Butler, Sid Pitman, steve williams, stoked, surf, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | 1 Comment »
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 | 1 Comment »
In May 1992 there was a mother and daughter swept out to sea off Compton. It was at the end of a day surfing and about tea time and Isle of Wight surfer Andrew Plenty was just off home. The mother and daughter were hanging onto a rubber ring but panicked and let go of […]
Oct 31, 2013 | Categories: The Nineties | Tags: 1993, 999, Aaron Rogers, Andrew Plenty, archive, B&W, Baywatch, BBC, BBC 1, BBC1, beach, blog, Britain, Chicky babes, compton, Compton Bay, Cornwall, Girl, Hawaii, history, hunky, IOW, Isle of Wight, J17, Jamie Isaac, John, June, Just 17, Just Seventeen, Kelly Slater, Magazine, model, Neighbours, people, photo, photographs, portrait, programme, rescue, SAS, Scott Michaelson, stoked, surf, surf culture, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, Surfers Against Sewage, surfing, swell, Sydney, teen, teen girl, tv, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | Leave A Comment »
Wight Surf History has been given a surfboard originally thought to shaped by Dave Gray as part of a school project Dave passed the board onto Russell Farrel during the 1980′s and then passed to his brother Steve who has kindly given the board to Wight Surf History. Dave we would love to know a […]
Oct 22, 2013 | Categories: The Eighties | Tags: archive, Dave Gray, Dave Grey, history, homework, IOW, Isle of Wight, people, photo, photographs, portrait, project, School, Shape, shaper, shapes, stoked, surf, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, topic, waves, wightsurfhistory | 2 Comments »
In March 1920 Lord Louis Mountbatten was posted to the battlecruiser HMS Renown and accompanied Edward, Prince of Wales, on a royal tour of Australia in her. After Australia the Renown went on to Fiji, Samoa, Honolulu, and then to Colon via the Panama Canal. During September 1920 they stopped on Oahu, Hawaii, staying for a […]
Oct 18, 2013 | Categories: Surfer Profiles | Tags: 1920, archive, blog, David Kahanamoku, Governor, history, HMS Renown, Honolulu, IOW, Isle of Wight, Kalakaua Kawananakoa, Kanaka surf rider, longboard, Lord Louis Mountbatten, Moana Hotel, Mountbatten, Oahu, people, photo, photographs, portrait, Prince Edward, Prince of Wales, royal tour, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, Waikiki, waves, wightsurfhistory | Leave A Comment »
‘Fantasy: The Art of Riding Tubes’ (F.A.R.T.S. for short) by Dave Gray A piece in a 1979 copy of ‘Wight Water’, the Isle of Wight Surf club’s magazine In addition to his undeniable talents as a malibu surf rider, Dave Gray has submitted the following piece for inclusion in this August periodical. An ostentatious little […]
Oct 17, 2013 | Categories: The Seventies | Tags: 1970's, 70's, archive, blog, compton, Compton Bay, Dave Gray, Fart, farts, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | 2 Comments »
Tad Ciastula started shaping boards with fellow British Hovercraft Corporation (B.H.C.) apprentice Dougie Clarke, spending their spare time out in the old tin shed at the training centre near Osborne House designing and shaping a knee board like the one George Greenough rides in Crystal Voyager with a scooped deck. Surfing became a big part of […]
Oct 16, 2013 | Categories: Surfer Profiles, The Eighties | Tags: 1970's, 70's, Alex Williams, archive, B&W, BHC, British Hovercraft Corporation, Bronzed Aussies, Cheyne Horan, Chops Lascelles, Chris Jones, CJ, deck, Fistral, France, Fuerteventura, Guv, history, IOW, Isle of Wight, Lazor Zap, Mark Richards, No WORK TEAM, Osborne House, rails, rocker, shaper, Shaping, Spain, Spencer Hargreaves, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfboards, Surfer, surfing, swell, Tad, Tad Ciastula, Tarifa, Thailand, Vit Sea, Vitamin Sea, Wavelength, waves, wightsurfhistory, Wind & Surf Show, Wind and Surf Show, Wittering | 2 Comments »
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 | Leave A 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 »
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 »