Cold, grey, first weekend in January, dry but still cold, did I mention the cold? Five degrees with wind chill on top of the cliff, twice as warm in the water for the lucky surfers (11ºC) – who were enjoying the first clean swell since summer. Here’s hoping the new year is better than that ratbag of a year that was the last.
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In the corner
Off Windy Cove
Set on main beach
Sewer pipe peak
All the way from Holland, to surf Combesgate.
Gouge
Lone paddler on main beach
Winter bottom turn
Hey ho
Si Ash
Morte Stone going off
Inside
Surfing at Combesgate
Grunta slider
More Grunta slider empty
Oh my gosh, so many unridden slides at Grunta
In the corner
Peak
Grunta reef slabbing
Indicator
Winter wooly surfland
Another peak
Outa position
Indicator
Surfing
Stoked that this pic (below) of the ‘sewer pipe left’ made it to a full page spread in this months Carve Surf Mag. (Feb 18 p97) – along with a lot of even better shots from some wonderfully young and talented cold water surf fotohogs. Respect to you guys.
Photos are better in print. Full stop. Like albums are better in vinyl. So buy the mag. you cheapskates, haha: For less than a fiver you can enjoy some fantastic imagery, over and over and over again, til you get bored with it, and then: Buy the next magazine which will be out in a months time with even more fantasticaminal photos from around our island shores. (From from Dublin to Doolin, from Whiterocks to West Strand, from Sennen to Saunton, from Aberavon to Aberystwyth, from Tiree to Torresdale, from Thurso to Tynemouth, from Skirza to Scarborough, from Brighton to Bantham.)
Keep the faith. Surfing is living. We’ll never surrender.
Sewer Pipe lefts (Wooly wonders)….
XT-2 w/ 100-400 thang
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Thanks
esterspears 
Posted on January 6, 2018
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