Island feature in ‘Surfing In Great Britain’ 1972
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...
IOW Surf Club Skateboarding
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...
Always Smiling – Lee Sheaff
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...
Porbeagle Tag found on SAS Beach Clean
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...
Isle of Wight come 4th at the 2013 Offsure British Interclub Surf Championships
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...
A Look at the Caribbean by Rob Ward
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...
Round the World Surf Charter by Rob Ward
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...
Surfers to paddle out for Lee Sheaff at Whitecliff
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...
The Circumnavigation of Orinoco Flo by Rob Ward
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...
Crossing The Atlantic – Part 3 by Rob Ward
Crossing the Atlantic and Returning Home (The Midnight Hour - Part 3) From-Multihull International, August 1990 By Rob Ward Antigua - Flores (Azores) initially making for Bermuda Having returned to Antigua for the second time from the Grenadines and many strange and...
The Midnight Hour – Part 2 by Rob Ward
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...
Matt Harwood through to Round 3
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...
Construction and 1st 5,000 Miles of The Midnight Hour – by Rob Ward
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...
Good luck to Matt Harwood at the European Surfing Championships
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...
Surfers Against Sewage Beach Clean
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...
Wind farm surf impacts study: SAS calls south coast surfers to meeting
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...
Perfect Day for Girls Surfing Lessons
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...
Lee Sheaff
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...
Matt Harwood gets 2nd at The English Nationals
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
Through a Liquid Mirror – Wayne Levin
'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...
SAS Beach Clean Success
In the freezing cold arctic conditions a team of volunteers took to Compton beach with bin bags and lots of enthusiasm to get their beach clean. Amazing work. 27 full bags brought up to the car-park and a further 19 left for the National Trust to pick-up with their...
Surfs Up for Freshwater Parish Council
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...
Isle of Wight Surfing History in Pictures
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...
1968 Isle of Wight French Surf Trip
An Isle of Wight Surf trip to France in 1968 remembered by Graham Sorensen who shared a campsite and waves in a field along with Bob Ward, Elizabeth, Angus, Hutch, Mo, Trevor, Dita and Pat. Traveled in a green kombi van with a kiwi emblem drawn on the front. Taken in...