‘Surf’s Up with IW History on Film’ by The Isle of Wight County Press
Oct 02, 2010 | Categories: In Print, The Noughties | Tags: "jason swain", 1960's, 1967, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, 2010, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, archive, B&W, beach, beach bar, blackley, Chris Thompson, compton, Compton Bay, Craig Sharp, Doug, Doug Richards, Dougie, Dougie Richards, Douglas, Douglas Richards, Errant Surf, exhibition, Fat Cat, Fatcat, films, Freshwater, freshwater bay, history, IOW, IOW County Press, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight County Press, Isle of Wight County Press Newspaper, Isle of Wight Surf Club, longboard, memories, October 9th, paddle, paddle race, paul blackley, people, photo, photographs, portrait, project, Richard Harvey, Roger Backhouse, sandpipers, Sandpipers Hotel, Scene, Sid Pitman, South Coast Champion, stoked, surf, Surf Scene, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory, Young Businessman of the year | Comments Off on Surf’s Up with IW History on Film
From the Virgin Islands they traveled onto America, working their way across to the west coast. They stopped in North Carolina to stay with Barney’s sister Rosie who was at university there. Word had got around about Barney and Chris’s travels through Europe and across to the Caribbean and onto the U.S.A. and the university president had questioned Barney’s sister Rosie where they would be staying. When he found out that they were staying at her small flat he made arrangements for them to stay at his mansion. The staff were never to remember Barney and Chris’s name properly and they soon became known as Bonnie and Clyde by the them.
Jun 17, 2010 | Categories: Surfer Profiles | Tags: Airwave, America, Australia, Bali, Balsa, Bantham, Barnes, Barney, Barney Barnes, Barnstormer, Barnstormer Sails, Barnstormers, Bilbo, Board Rack, Bonnie & Clyde, Bonnie and Clyde, Boobies, Boscombe, Breaks, British Champion, British paragliding Champion, British Paragliding Team, British Surfing Magazine Wavelength, Byron, Byron Bay, Caribbean, Cerri, Chambre d'amour, Champion, Chapter, Chapter popout, chapter popouts, Chris, Coast, Colwell, Colwell Bay, Constantine, Cornwall, Cosmic Children, Dave Gray, Dave Grey, designer, Devon, Dorchester, Dorset, Easkey, Europe, Figuera de foz, Fim show, fly, fly glider, France, Freshwater, freshwater bay, George Greenough, Gibralter, gliders, Godrevy, Gwithian, Helston School, Holiday Camp, Ian Williams, Innermost Limits, International Paragliding, Ireland, Islands, Isles, Jim Taylor, Kimeridge, Lahinch, Little Apple Bay, Magazine, Mansion, Monte Grappa, New Zealand, Newquay, North Carolina, Paragliding, Peniche, Penzance, pilot, Plymouth, Point, Point break, Porthleven, President, Rack, Raglan, Ray Hutchings, Razers, reef, reef break, Rincon, Ringstead, roger cooper, Roger Mansfield, Rosie Barnes, Sail, Sailing, Sails, Sandown, Scene, Shanklin, Sharkies, Shop, South, Spain, Spanish Point, St Ives, steve williams, Stradbrook Island, surf, Surf Club, Surf Insight, Surf Trips, surfboard, Surfboards, test pilot, Tonga, U.S.A., UK, Uluwatu, United States of America, University, USA, Vaughn, Virgin, Virgin Isles, Wavelength, waves, Weymouth, Wight Water, Windsurfer, Windsurfing, Winsurfing School, Yacht | Comments Off on Barney Barnes
Were you surfing on the Island during the 1970’s? Tell us your stories and send us your images.
Jan 28, 2010 | Categories: The Seventies | Tags: 1970's, 70's, compton, Compton Bay, IOW, Island, Isle of Wight, Pitman, Scene, Shore, Sid, Sid Pitman, Sidney, surf, Surf Club, Surfer, surfing, The Seventies, Wessex | Comments Off on Iow Surf Scene through the Seventies