Apologies for the title, it’s almost as bad as something out of one of the tabloids but I couldn’t resist. I have just been going through the Masters heats images and thought this little sequence needed to be shown even though the image quality is really poor. Everyone was watching as the first heat of […]
Oct 31, 2011 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: archive, beach, big, blackley, blog, Chris Mannion, compton, Compton Bay, frothing, heavy, history, Huge, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, lip, Madness, Manni, Monster, Onshore, paul blackley, people, photo, photographs, portrait, South Coast Surfing Championships, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | Comments Off on Manni’s Monster Madness
Saturday saw a huge swell hit the Island and I heard it was going off almost right around the Island (Would love to see some pics of the other side of the Island if anyone has any?). I managed to sneak down to the bay for an hour with my camera (was our wedding anniversary so I was supposed to be elsewhere) at lunchtime and then for a bit at dusk to see Chris Mannion, Matt Harwood, Will Rome, Phillip Skelley, Mark New and a couple of others take on some monsters. By lunchtime there was a light SW wind and it mean’t only half of the waves coming into the bay were makeable but it didn’t deter the boys from having a go.
Feb 14, 2011 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: 12 Feb 2012, 12 February, 12 February 2012, 12 th February 2012, 12/02/2012, 12/2/12, 2010, archive, beach, big, blackley, blog, bumpy, Chris Mannion, February, Freshwater, freshwater bay, history, Huge, IOW, Isle of Wight, longboard, lumps, lumpy, Mark New, Matt Harwood, Mick Thomson, Monster, paul blackley, people, Phil Skelley, Phillip Skelley, photo, photographs, stoked, SUP, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory, Will Rome | Comments Off on Fearless at Freshie Bay
Saturday at the Pearl and the Bay
Here are some great images coutesy of Will Rome of Freshwater Bay and The Pearl from Saturday 9th October 2010
Oct 14, 2010 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: 09/10/2010, 9/10/10, 9/10/2010, 9th October, 9th October 2010, Andrew Court, archive, Bay, beach, big, Big Saturday, Brighstone, Freshwater, freshwater bay, history, Huge, IOW, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Large, longboard, Oct 9th 2010, October 9th, October 9th 2010, pearl, people, photographs, stoked, surf, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Bay, The Noughties, The Pearl, Twin Peaks, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory, Will Rome, William Rome | Comments Off on Saturday at the Pearl and the Bay
February 2010 – Freshwater Bay Some great footage here of Freshwater Bay on 6th February 2010, filmed and edited by Chris Court Many thanks Chris
Feb 19, 2010 | Categories: Surf Videos, The Noughties | Tags: 6 February 2010, 6th February 2010, Andrew Court, big, blackley, Chris Court, Epic, Epic Swell, February 2010, Freshwater, freshwater bay, history, IOW, Isle of Wight, joe truman, longboard, paul blackley, people, Saturday, saturday 6th, stoked, surf, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, waves, wightsurfhistory, Wil Rome, Will Rome, William Rome | Comments Off on Epic Swell February 2010
“one of those days that will be etched in everyone memory as being one of the best swells anyone has seen for a long time”
Feb 13, 2010 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: 6 February 2010, 6/2/2010, 6th February 2010, Al Reed, alan reed, big, blackley, compton, Compton Farm, Epic, Freshwater, freshwater bay, joe truman, Mick Thomson, Military Road, paul blackley, perfect, Rex Haines, Roger Backhouse, Saturday, saturday 6th, Ventnor | Comments Off on Perfect Swells
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