Cathcing up with some action back in December and here is a short movie from the 16 December 2011 at Freshwater Bay with Lee Webster, Joe Truman, Andrew Court, Will Rome and others enjoying a nice swell. Below are some great images of the boys getting in the Christmas spirit in costume – Santa, his Reindeer and Elves catching a few waves.
Jan 07, 2012 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: Andrew Court, archive, beach, blackley, blog, Bobby DK, Bobby Drake Knight-Knight, Chris Manni, Chris Mannion, Christmas, Elf, Elves, Father Christmas, Freshwater, freshwater bay, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, joe truman, Lee Webster, longboard, Manni, Mart Drake-Knight, Martin Drake-Knight, Matt Harwood, Oliver Harvey, paul blackley, people, photo, photographs, portrait, Rapanui, Reindeer, Rob Drake-Knight, Santa, Santa Clause, shortboard, stoked, surf, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, Twin Fin, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory, Will Rome, Winter, Xmas | Comments Off on Early Winter Waves and Xmas Fun
It seems that the last few weeks have been so dark, gloomy and wet that when on Tuesday we had glorious sunshine and waves on the same day it almost seemed to good to be true. Here are a few images from the morning at Compton.
Feb 10, 2011 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: blackley, Cam, Carve, compton, Compton Bay, Cutback, Dave Downer, Fish, Floater, Helmet, HelmetCam, history, IOW, Isle, Isle of Wight, joe truman, longboard, paul blackley, people, photo, photographs, Raff, shortboard, stoked, Sunny, Sunshine, surf, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, Ton Harris, waves, wightsurfhistory | Comments Off on Compton – 8th February 2011
In 1985 The Isle of Wight Surf Club produced a calender for sale to its members. It was pre-printed with all the years events, meetings and the tide times at Compton at the weekends. Highlights for that year were;
Thursday 3rd January – Slides/Talk by Roger Mansfield (Former UK Champion) 7.30pm, Sail Loft, Union Road, Sandown
Friday 18th January – Agm/Video, Teachers Centre 7.30pm
Friday 8th February – Fancy Dress Disco
Saturday 2nd March – Jumble Sale, Wilberforce Hall, Brighstone
Saturday 16th March – Swim Marathon
Friday 12th April – Surf Film/Video
Sunday 26th May – Longboard Contest 3.00pm and barbecue
Sunday 9th June – (Back up date for Longboard Contest) 3.00pm
Friday 21st – Sunday 23rd June – Camping Weekend/Compton Farm
Saturday 6th July – Open Day/Barbecue 12 noon onwards
Saturday 10th August – Paddle Race/barbecue 4pm onwards
Saturday 7th September – Barbecue/Frisbee Contest
Saturday 28th September – Shortboard Contest 10am
Sunday 13th October – (Back up date for Shortboard contest) 10am
Frday 15th November – Surf Film/Video
Sunday 15th December – Cracker Race
If you can shed some light on any of these events please get in touch. Some one told me that the IOW Surf Club won the Cracker Race in Sandown? 3 years in a row???
Jan 13, 2011 | Categories: In Print, The Eighties | Tags: 1980's, 1985, 80's, 980, AGM, archive, B&W, Barbecue, BBQ, Calender, Camping, Camping Weekend, compton, Compton Bay, Compton Farm, contest, Cracker Race, Fancy Dress, Fancy Dress Disco, film, Frisbee, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Jumble Sale, longboard, paddle, paddle race, Roger Mansfield, Sail Loft, shortboard, stoked, surf, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, Swim Marathon, tide, Tides, UK Champion, video, waves, wightsurfhistory, Wilberforce Hall | Comments Off on 1985 Isle of Wight Surf Club Calender
Starting this Saturday at 8am, the IOW Surf Club Frost Bite Series! Winter league. One Competition each Month. October to March Six events Best three results to count. So how does it work? The first Saturday of the month that has contestable waves means the contest is on. i.e. a rolling waiting period. Open Division […]
Oct 20, 2010 | Categories: The Noughties | Tags: beach, comp, compton, Compton Bay, contest, frost bite, groms, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, ladies, longboard, Open, shortboard, surf, Surfboards, Surfer, surfers, surfing, swell, UK, wave, waves, wight | Comments Off on IOW surf club contest! Compton Bay, Isle of Wight.
It was a day when you surfed until you just couldn’t surf anymore and your arms were like jelly. You would come up to the car park and grab something to eat and drink and talk about your waves until you couldn’t watch the swell rolling in anymore and go in again. It never seemed busy, only about 15 people in the line up at any one time but people surfed all day and into the night. Keith Williams as I remember was one of the guys who surfed all day on his Chapter Longboard and was catching wave after wave right from outside the wreck right upto the beach where there used to be a couple of lumps of concrete just under the waters edge at high tide. Steve Williams also stood out and seemed a master a riding Compton. Ray Hutchings was doing amazing cutbacks and just knew exactly where to put his board staying right in the critical part of the wave. Clive Richardson togot his fair share of waves too, going left or right seeming to always pick a perfect wall. Jason Matthews was about my age and started surfing at the same time as me, but was a much better surfer than me. Jason was a goofy foot and would smash the lip on his back hand through the inside at Compton.
Sep 24, 2010 | Categories: The Eighties | Tags: 1986, 80's, Adrenaline, archive, autumn, beach, Beetle, blackley, blog, Brian Hill, Carisbrooke High School, cassette, Chapter, Clive Richardson, compton, Compton Bay, Countryfile, critical, critical section, Crystal Voyager, Eighties, footer, Freebird, goofy, Gunville, history, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Jon Hayward, Keith Williams, longboard, Motorcycle, paul blackley, people, perfect, Perfection, photo, photographs, Pintail, Ray Hutchings, Rick Crutchlow, section, shortboard, Sixth Form, Snooker Club, steve williams, stoked, surf, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, thruster, Volkswagon, Volkswagon Beetle, VW, VW Beetle, wave, waves, Weather Chart, Weather Forecast, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory, ZZ Top | Comments Off on The Perfect Day