by paul-wsh | Nov 27, 2013 | The Seventies
Issue No 2 of the Isle of Wight Surf Clubs magazine ‘Wight Water’ came out in the autumn of 1976. It included a write up on the IOW Surf Club longboard competition won by Tad Ciastula, 2nd Dave Jacobs, 3rd Keith Williams, Pete Brown and Dave Grey. It also...
by paul-wsh | Apr 19, 2012 | The Eighties
IOW Surf Club wins the Annual Ventnor to Sandown Cracker Race – by Tony Macpherson This race took place in the early 80’s. We had a surf club meeting in the Castle Inn in Newport and this peculiar race was mentioned. It got everyone interested and we...
by paul-wsh | Mar 12, 2012 | The Eighties
A Stiff onshore breeze rendered the three to four foot surf bumpy and unpredictable for the IW Surf Club’s 17th annual competition at Compton Bay on Sunday, but an increasingly high standard of surfing was displayed as the competition progressed. A close first...