by paul-wsh | Feb 10, 2013 | The Sixties
An Isle of Wight Surf trip to France in 1968 remembered by Graham Sorensen who shared a campsite and waves in a field along with Bob Ward, Elizabeth, Angus, Hutch, Mo, Trevor, Dita and Pat. Traveled in a green kombi van with a kiwi emblem drawn on the front. Taken in...
by paul-wsh | Jan 20, 2011 | The Nineties
Beach break just south of the Kumara Patch Craig after a surf near Dunedin First time snowboarding and he was still doing 360’s after about 15 mins Paul Blackley and Craig paddle out at Stent Road Craig and Jo Blackley walking in a New Zealand forest Beach break...
by paul-wsh | Oct 7, 2010 | The Eighties
In July 1980 Dave Williams(Magic), Mick Thompson and myself arrived at Moliet Plage south western france having travelled down in Daves VW Camper, as the advance party for the Isle of Wight Surf Club. We were waiting for Dave Jacobs, Steve Williams, Keith Williams,...
by paul-wsh | Sep 30, 2010 | The Seventies
‘The Early Days’ by Pat Morrell Part 2 This is 1971 and Hutch and I are coming off Barricane beach in Woolacombe. By this time we were both living in England and found it more convenient to leave our wives together (after a year or two with children) in Hutch’s...
by paul-wsh | Sep 20, 2010 | Surf Trips, The Nineties
In 1991 I managed to persuade Stuart Jones and Richard Harvey to do a surf trip to the South of France. At that time Stuart and Ritchie in my opinion were among the best surfers on the Island. I had never been there before but had heard many tales from Steve and Keith...
