Surfing, bingo, music… The Isle of Wight has it! The Isle of Wight is home to almost 140,000 residents, as well as the 2.7 million tourists who visit the island every year. The sights and wonders of this abundant land have captivated the United Kingdom and the world especially during the summer season – when […]
Oct 16, 2013 | Categories: Guest Article | Comments Off on Beachside Bonanza
This is where we play by Andrew Townsend. Writing is hard graft. Whether it is writing for a tabloid or for a novel or for academia or, as in my case, attempting to make an extremely boring subject interesting to members of the public putting words together is serious stuff. I have just finished writing a […]
Nov 15, 2012 | Categories: The Seventies | Comments Off on This is where we play
Starting this Saturday at 8am, the IOW Surf Club Frost Bite Series! Winter league. One Competition each Month. October to March Six events Best three results to count. So how does it work? The first Saturday of the month that has contestable waves means the contest is on. i.e. a rolling waiting period. Open Division […]
Oct 20, 2010 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: beach, comp, compton, Compton Bay, contest, frost bite, groms, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, ladies, longboard, Open, shortboard, surf, Surfboards, Surfer, surfers, surfing, swell, UK, wave, waves, wight | Comments Off on IOW surf club contest! Compton Bay, Isle of Wight.
The original Paddle for Life started after lifeguards from Fistral Beach held a Joe Way memorial paddle to raise money for charity in 2008
Sep 19, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: Alan Stokes, Ben Skinner, charity, Fistral, Joe Way, Johnny Fryer, paddle, Paddle for life, surfers, Tom Butler | Comments Off on Joe Way Paddle for life
We’re looking into having some wight surf history t-shirts produced, and would love to hear your feedback on the design ideas laid out below.
Sep 15, 2010 | Categories: Memorabilia, The Noughties | Tags: design, designs, ideas, surf, surfers, surfing, t-shirt, wsh | Comments Off on Wight Surf History T-shirts!
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 | Comments Off on September Swells Photo Blog (JS) Part one.
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 | Comments Off on Will 2010 be the year when the Military Road is closed?
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 | Comments Off on Niton video – Feb 6th 2010
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 | Comments Off on Epic swell greets exhibition in new home!
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 | Comments Off on New home for ‘Wight Surf History’ exhibition of contemporary photography.
Gallery of the images that were displayed on the ‘history wall’ at the opening wight surf history exhibition
Jan 26, 2010 | Categories: IOW surfing through the decades, Surf Exhibitions, The Eighties, The Nineties, The Seventies | Tags: archive, B&W, Clive Richardson, Craig Sharp, Crystal Voyager, Dave Grey, david Grey, exhibition, France, Graham Skelley, history, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Jason Mathews, Jay Mathews, Jo Turner, Les Sables D'Olonne, Malc Dredge, Mike Smith, Ned Gardner, people, photo, portrait, Ray Hutchings, Richard Harvey, Ritchie, Ritchie Harvey, Roger Backhouse, Sid Pitman, Stu Jones, Stuart Jones, wightsurfhistory | Comments Off on The History Wall
We had a great run of swell to coincide with the opening of the ‘Wight Surf History’ exhibition on Friday the 17th January 2010
Jan 26, 2010 | Categories: Surf Exhibitions, The Noughties | Tags: "jason swain", alan reed, B&W, blog, Chris Salter, Dave Downer, Dave Solero, exhibition, Gail Sheath, joe truman, Keith Williams, people, photo, portrait, Roger Backhouse, Sid Pitman | Comments Off on Surf Photography Exhibition at Dimbola Lodge
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 | Comments Off on Big Wednesday
