by paul-wsh | Dec 12, 2013 | The Nineties
A postcard found on ebay by Len Parker (now in Florida) titled ‘Surfer’s and Dogs Delight, Compton Bay’ The surfer is Martin ‘Bert’ Spencer sometime during the early 90’s carrying a Custard Point longboard at Compton Bay, Isle of...
by paul-wsh | Oct 14, 2011 | The Noughties
Something a little bit different from me today ‘Wipeouts’. We all have them, I’ve certainly had more than I care to remember. Yesterday I somehow managed to capture quite a few on camera. So I thought I’d put a little gallery together of the...
by paul-wsh | Oct 13, 2011 | The Noughties
With the lack of swell forecast for over the weekend the South Coast Surfing Championships have been postponed until the back up dates of 29-30th October 2011. Anyone with any queries should email the Matt or Oli at the IOW Surf Club. Today on the other hand saw a...
by paul-wsh | Oct 18, 2010 | Surf Videos, The Noughties
A great big thanks to Andy for coming down to the Island for the Surf Movie Night weekend and for being there with his camera when we got those great waves on Saturday 9th October 2010 at Compton. Andy has a great Longboarding movie ‘Devon Lanes and...
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...
