Dave Gray R.I.P.

Dave Gray R.I.P.

by | Jan 23, 2017 | Surfer Profiles, The Noughties

I asked Dave Gray if he would let me interview him for Wight Surf History and eventually he sent me this. We actually planned to do a proper interview and he was going to dig out some old photos but sadly it never happened. A history of surfing on the I.O.W. by David...
Sid Pitman R.I.P.

Sid Pitman R.I.P.

by | Jul 20, 2014 | Surfer Profiles, The Noughties

Sid Pitman sadly passed away while on holiday in the Mediterranean last week. Sid will be greatly missed by the whole Isle of Wight Surfing Community.  Are thoughts at this time are with Sid’s wife Jan. Sid started body boarding during the early sixties with a...
Wight Water Magazine

Wight Water Magazine

by | Nov 22, 2013 | The Seventies

Colin Graham became the Isle Of Wight Surf Club Chairman in 1976, with Mike Smith and Dave Jacobs also on the committee. Roger Powley was given the job of putting together the IOW Surf Club’s 1st magazine. Wight Water Magazine was born, Rog edited the magazine with...
‘Do the Wight thing’ – Just Seventeen magazine

‘Do the Wight thing’ – Just Seventeen magazine

by | Oct 31, 2013 | The Nineties

In May 1992 there was a mother and daughter swept out to sea off Compton. It was at the end of a day surfing and about tea time and Isle of Wight surfer Andrew Plenty was just off home. The mother and daughter were hanging onto a rubber ring but panicked and let go of...