by paul-wsh | Oct 10, 2013 | The Seventies
Roger Powley, Mike Smith and Neil Fordham started going to the castle car park to skate. They originally went skateboarding at Shanklin Old Village car park Other sites Roger remembers are the entrance to Blackgang Chine by the pirate figure, St. Marys roundabout...
by paul-wsh | Feb 15, 2012 | The Seventies Picture Gallery
In March 1977 the Isle of Wight Surf Club became 10 years old and in the winter issue of Wight Water magazine, Keith Williams wrote a great piece on his personal view of the previous 10 years. Next month (March 2012) the Isle of Wight Surf Club will be 45 years old...
by paul-wsh | Feb 6, 2012 | The Eighties
Image: Chris Slater riding the wave at Compton with Dougie Saunders in the line up during the early 80’s. The image has no relation to the below article. Old Clarks’ Glossary of Surf – taken from Wight Water Magazine 1981 Being an Authoritive Guide...
by paul-wsh | May 25, 2011 | The Noughties
After a very long day in poor weather and terrible waves Alan Reed finished 6th in the Masters section of the British Longboard Union round 2 at Saunton. The competition started at 8am and went on until 8.30pm in the freezing cold and in blown out conditions. All the...
by paul-wsh | Nov 16, 2010 | The Seventies
All of you who came to the movie night back in October will remember the great surf movie ‘Devon Lanes and Longboarding’ by Andrew Haworth. Andrew made the film to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. Andrew’s sister was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer...
