by paul-wsh | May 3, 2012 | The Noughties
Compton Beach : Compton Farm (Fields) Car Park Next Saturday 5th May 2012 first thing in the morning at 9am,we are meeting at Compton Farm Beach Car Park, Compton Bay to clean up the beach. You are not obliged to spend hours cleaning or if you cant make 9am no problem...
by paul-wsh | Apr 25, 2012 | The Noughties
This is my favourite beach on the Isle of Wight, but not how I wish to see it. 20-30 people with a black bin bag could have it all cleared in an hour or two. Ironically there is a bin washed up on the beach too. Surfers , walkers and other beach users walk past like...
by paul-wsh | Jan 30, 2011 | Surfer Profiles, The Noughties
I always remember seeing Johnny down the fields at Compton surfing from dawn until dusk, and then in 1994 people began to notice his amazing talent as he became best cadet in the South Coast Surfing Championships at Niton. Johnny grew up surfing on the Island and last...
by paul-wsh | Oct 4, 2010 | Surfer Profiles, The Sixties
Part 2: The Surf Cub is formed. It was at about this time (1966) that Jake came to me at work one day with the news that he’d seen an advertisement in the County Press saying ‘Isle of Wight Surf Club now formed. Write to The Secretary, Albert St, Ventnor’ This looked...
