by paul-wsh | Apr 19, 2012 | The Eighties
IOW Surf Club wins the Annual Ventnor to Sandown Cracker Race – by Tony Macpherson This race took place in the early 80’s. We had a surf club meeting in the Castle Inn in Newport and this peculiar race was mentioned. It got everyone interested and we...
by paul-wsh | Apr 12, 2012 | The Noughties
The Wight Surf History Exhibition officially starts tomorrow. The first exhibition of surf memorabilia and photography from the last 50 years at Dimbola Museum and Galleries, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight on Saturday 14th April 2012 and runs for 10 weeks. The...
by paul-wsh | Mar 12, 2012 | The Eighties
A Stiff onshore breeze rendered the three to four foot surf bumpy and unpredictable for the IW Surf Club’s 17th annual competition at Compton Bay on Sunday, but an increasingly high standard of surfing was displayed as the competition progressed. A close first...
by paul-wsh | Sep 23, 2011 | Surfer Profiles, The Seventies
Peter Smith contacted me this week with his concerns over the proposal to build a harbour from Freshwater Bay saying he used to surf on the Island back in the 1970’s. Peter now lives in Newport Beach, California and is owner of Avalon Wine. I asked him to tell...
by paul-wsh | Oct 12, 2010 | Surf Blogs, The Noughties
What a day Saturday the 9th of October turned out to be. The swell started to grow from only a couple of foot first thing to an epic swell that saw Compton, Freshwater Bay and The Pearl all fireing. I checked Compton early and a few of you were either in or going in...
