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 »
Rob has now made it down to Cactus but before he left I asked him how he was getting on with his preperations for the trip and about the early days of surfing cactus during the 1970’s and if he ever met Paul Witzig (Surf movie maker during the 70’s) who bought up alot of […]
Mar 30, 2012 | Categories: Surfer Profiles, The Seventies | Tags: 1969, 1970's, 1972 Bells Beach, 70's, Amaerican, Angourie, archive, Aussie Pipe, Australia, Australian, beach, blog, Cactus, Caves, Dennis Conquist, Desert Diary, Evolution, Frank Pithers, Gerry Lopez, Hawaiin Pipe, history, Howard Owen, IOW, Isle of Wight, Jack O'Neill, John Witzig, leg rope, Magaret River, Mark Warren, Narrabeen, New Zealand, Orinoco Flo, Paul Witzig, Point Sinclair, Reno, Reno Abellira, Rob Ward, Rolling Home, Santa Cruz, shark, Simon Anderson, Smiths, South Afican, stoked, surf, surf magazine, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, Sydney, Terry Fitzgerald, The Noughties, Tom Hoye, Tracks, Tracks magazine, Waimea, waves, Wayne Lynch, wightsurfhistory | 3 Comments »
Ian Pacey is half way round the world enjoying some great waves and living the life. Ian and SJ have so far been to Singapore, Indonesia, Australia and are now in New Zealand. Here are a few images and comments from Ian. I will update as and when Ian uploads more, or you can check out all of Ian’s pics on flickr. Ian Pacey Pacey Psychedelic Surfer SJ New Zealand Australia Indonesia Bali Indicators Raglan Ruapuke Indi’s Manu Manu Bay Shipwrecks Shipwreck Bay Pataua Cover up Cover-up Noosa Dolphins Bottlenose Dolphins Alexandra Bay Broken Head Narrabeen LennoHead LennoDawn Patrol Dawn Coofs Harbour Manly Sydney Freshwater Beach Palm Beach Bondi Bondi Lineup Dee Why Warriewood Humpback Humpback Whale Cape Solander Cronulla NSW New South Wales Queensland Victoria Johanna Winkipop Uluwatu Wave machine Racetrack line up The Peak Ulus Ulu’s Cutback Air Psychedelic dancing Balangan Belangan Impossibles Sick Bingin Glass Glassy Lembongan Low tide Nusa Lembongan Medewi Balian
Jan 28, 2011 | Categories: Surf Trips, The Noughties | Tags: air, Alexandra Bay, archive, Australia, Balangan, Bali, Balian, Belangan, Bingin, Bondi, Bondi Lineup, Bottlenose Dolphins, Broken Head, Cape Solander, Coofs Harbour, Cover up, Cronulla, Cutback, Dawn, Dawn Patrol, Dee Why, Dolphins, Freshwater Beach, Glass, Glassy, history, Humpback, Humpback Whale, Ian Pacey, Impossibles, Indi's, Indicators, Indonesia, IOW, Isle of Wight, Johanna, Lembongan, Lennox, Lennox Head, line up, low tide, Manly, Manu, Manu Bay, Medewi, Narrabeen, New South Wales, New Zealand, Noosa, NSW, Nusa Lembongan, Pacey, Palm Beach, Pataua, photo, photographs, Psychedelic dancing, Psychedelic Surfer, Queensland, Racetrack, Raglan, Ruapuke, Shipwreck Bay, Shipwrecks, Sick, SJ, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, Sydney, The Noughties, The Peak, Ulus, Uluwatu, Victoria, Warriewood, Wave machine, waves, wightsurfhistory, Winkipop | 3 Comments »