by paul-wsh | Sep 16, 2011 | The Sixties
South Coast Surfing Contest – by Keith Williams After several meetings with the South Coast Surf Club guys at various venues over time, they said it would be a good idea to have a strictly South Coast competition, held on the Island. Having organised several...
by paul-wsh | May 25, 2011 | The Seventies
More from Keith Williams Equipment As mentioned earlier, most of us didn’t have our own boards in the early days; this was because: a) the only place in the UK at that time where you could buy boards was Cornwall & b) we couldn’t afford one anyway. The other main...
by paul-wsh | Feb 11, 2011 | The Noughties
I caught up with the Rapanui boys Martin and Rob Drake-Knight yesterday at their office in Bembridge. For anyone who doesn’t know them or Rapanui, the two brothers set up Rapanui in 2008. They make eco-fashionable clothing from natural organic fabrics in a Fair Wear...
by paul-wsh | Jan 20, 2011 | Surfer Profiles, The Noughties
During the early Nineties the surfer on the Island leading the way was Stuart Jones, but not far behind him was a young Craig Sharp who was starting to turn heads. Over the next few years the gap between them got smaller and smaller. By November 19-20th 1994 it was...
by paul-wsh | Aug 15, 2010 | Surf Videos, The Seventies
Here is a short preview of a great Isle of Wight Surf Club movie made in the very early 1970’s by Annie Macpherson. We are planning to have a movie night very soon with some footage of the best Island surfers from the 1970’s and finishing off with a modern...
