Rob Ward

Rob Ward

I have recently been in contact with Rob Ward and this is what he had to say.   I am heading off into the South Australian desert in a week or so to Cactus. If you Google Ceduna South Australia and go west 60k to Penong, Cactus is on the coast 20k roughly south....
Old Clarks’ Glossary of Surfing

Old Clarks’ Glossary of Surfing

Image: Chris Slater riding the wave at Compton with Dougie Saunders in the line up during the early 80’s. The image has no relation to the below article. Old Clarks’ Glossary of Surf – taken from Wight Water Magazine 1981 Being an Authoritive Guide...
The Exlife File

The Exlife File

A tale written and illustrated after a few beers at the pub by Steve Williams and Dave Phillips. Most of part 1 first appeared in the IOW Surf Club magazine/newsletter Wight Water in 1981 and ended; ……’$15,000 Sports Council grant some years...
Archie Tricket

Archie Tricket

Just over a week a go Archie’s daughter Sarah put her fathers name into google and one of the early Wight Surf History articles came up with a small mention about Archie being one of the first people to surf on the Island. A few emails and phone calls later and...
1985 Isle of Wight Surf Club Calender

1985 Isle of Wight Surf Club Calender

In 1985 The Isle of Wight Surf Club produced a calender for sale to its members. It was pre-printed with all the years events, meetings and the tide times at Compton at the weekends. Highlights for that year were; Thursday 3rd January – Slides/Talk by Roger...