Rapanui Frostbite Surf Series Event 5 May Bank Holiday Monday saw the fifth and final event of the 2010/11 series take place at Sandown. After a poor run of swell no contest took place in April but a fortuitous Easterly wind-swell arrive at the start of May. With strong winds & currents it was going […]
May 11, 2011 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: Al Reed, alan reed, archive, blackley, blog, Chris Mannion, Dom Arnold, Dominic Arnold, Doug Richards, Dougie Richards, Douglas Richards, Dylan Hamlet, Frostbite, Henry Holmes, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, iowsurf.com, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, isurf, Jamie King, Jamie Whittle, joe truman, Josh Jupe, juniors, Kyle Abram, Mark New, Mart Drake-Knight, Martin Drake-Knight, Matt Harwood, May Bank Holiday, May Bank Holiday Monday, Nick Whittle, Oliver Harvey, paul blackley, people, Phil Skelley, Phillip Skelley, photo, photographs, portrait, Rapanui, Rapanui clothing, Rapanui Frostbite, Rapanui Frostbite Surf, Rapanui Frostbite Surf Series, Rapanui Frostbite Surf Series Event 5, Rapanui Head honcho, Robyn Forrest, Sandown, Sandown Bay, stoked, surf, surf clothing, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, waves, wightsurfhistory, www.rapanuiclothing.com | Comments Off on Fantastic finish to the Frost Bite Series
Saturday saw a huge swell hit the Island and I heard it was going off almost right around the Island (Would love to see some pics of the other side of the Island if anyone has any?). I managed to sneak down to the bay for an hour with my camera (was our wedding anniversary so I was supposed to be elsewhere) at lunchtime and then for a bit at dusk to see Chris Mannion, Matt Harwood, Will Rome, Phillip Skelley, Mark New and a couple of others take on some monsters. By lunchtime there was a light SW wind and it mean’t only half of the waves coming into the bay were makeable but it didn’t deter the boys from having a go.
Feb 14, 2011 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: 12 Feb 2012, 12 February, 12 February 2012, 12 th February 2012, 12/02/2012, 12/2/12, 2010, archive, beach, big, blackley, blog, bumpy, Chris Mannion, February, Freshwater, freshwater bay, history, Huge, IOW, Isle of Wight, longboard, lumps, lumpy, Mark New, Matt Harwood, Mick Thomson, Monster, paul blackley, people, Phil Skelley, Phillip Skelley, photo, photographs, stoked, SUP, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory, Will Rome | Comments Off on Fearless at Freshie Bay
The Isle of Wight Surf Club held the 4th event in this Winters Frost Bite series at Ventnor on Sunday. Conditions were difficult and wave selection was a quay part in scoring highly in heats. The semi finals saw Al Reed, Chris Mannion and Jamie Whittle get knocked out as the competitors found it hard to find high scoring waves.
The final came down to Matt Harwood (current leader in the championships standings), Joe Truman, Josh Jupe and Mark New. It was another closely contested final with Mark coming out the winner, with Josh 2nd and Matt 3rd. Congratulations to the Isle of Wight Surf Club and all the people who helped make this another successful event.
Feb 07, 2011 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: 2011, Al Reed, alan reed, archive, Championship, Chris Mannion, Competition, February, Final, Frost Bite Series, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, IOW Surf Club Frost Bite Series, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Jamie Whittle, joe truman, Josh Jupe, Mark New, Matt Harwood, people, Phil Skelley, Phillip Skelley, photo, photographs, portrait, rapa, Rapa Nui, Rapanui, Semi, stoked, Sunday, surf, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, Ventnor, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory, Winter, www.rapanuiclothing.com | Comments Off on IOW Surf Club Frost Bite Event No 4