by paul-wsh | Jun 19, 2012 | Surfer Profiles, The Seventies
Roger Mansfield has very kindly let me publish this great piece on Rob Ward taken from his book ‘The Surfing Tribe’. The story of British surfing would not be complete without reference to its underground surfers – those who passed up competition, fashion...
by paul-wsh | Jun 18, 2012 | The Noughties
(In other words – in the desert – The sun comes up; The sun goes down.) Just a few more shots. I’ve got anything you have sent before today which is Tuesday March 27th. I’m 66 in four days. Please send money. PO Box 82, Dunwich, 4183....
by paul-wsh | Jun 18, 2012 | The Noughties
In a reflective mood This is a toilet – 2 trunkated telegraph poles support the roof structure, they and all the interior fitting are secured to a concrete floor and the cement and sandstone boulders lead in a spiral to a well ventilated flushing loo. Ron says...
by paul-wsh | Jun 17, 2012 | The Noughties
March 15th 2012 This is a bit of a blow. Even under the awning you can (just?) see in the foto below, the light is way too bright for me to see anything on MAC’s screen. So I can’t write standing at the table I made from a panel of Carbon/foam/laminex...
by paul-wsh | Mar 30, 2012 | Surfer Profiles, The Seventies
Rob has now made it down to Cactus but before he left I asked him how he was getting on with his preperations for the trip and about the early days of surfing cactus during the 1970’s and if he ever met Paul Witzig (Surf movie maker during the 70’s) who...