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New spring and lenses

April 16, 2012

First outing with the new (to me) Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 L IS USM on a spring walk in an area of outstanding natural beauty AONB. Click on the pix to make them so much bigger. First impressions: Superb build quality, as you’d expect from a £1k plus lens, metal everything. I’m always a bit […]

Six of the best

December 8, 2011

Just finished choosing 12 photos for a calender to send to my Mum for Christmas. It’s a bit of a chore to sort through through a years worth of photos but a useful exercise nonetheless; not only does it secure my next years supply of socks and cake, it also acts like a ‘taking stock’ […]

Super Lynmouth Series

November 1, 2011

Reubyn Ash smashed his way to victory in the inaugural Relentless Lynmouth Super Series today with a mixture of old school grunt and new school cool. He combo’d Russell who sat on a 9.17 and a 8.60 in the final at Blacklands, which was perfect 3-4 foot, running and glassy, with a double alley-oop 9.77 […]

In My Opinion

September 23, 2011

Getting amped for the UKProTour event at Lynmouth this autumn and cant wait to see Britain’s best surfers hacking into one of Britain’s best waves. The event will be run in one day and the UKPST has allotted three wildcards from the 32 man draw to the local surf clubs; Croyde, Woolacombe and Westward Ho! […]

Choppers boat, sunsets and doggies

August 5, 2011

One of the pleasures of living on the coast is that you can go fishing when the surf is flat. How some people can say that they dont like fish is beyond me, they are cute, cuddly and taste great. Normally I fish off the rocks, which usually combines a nice evening stroll and […]

Night Surf and Shite Hawks

July 12, 2011

Now that the dust has settled from the Nightsurf event and I’ve managed to get a couple of goods nights recovery sleep under my belt, I must admit to still feeling quite euphoric. Which is quite unusual for me. It’s contest like no other and without being too much of a corporate arse licker, I […]

Ilfracombe Pilot Gig Regatta

June 27, 2011

Bloody good effort by all concerned, difficult conditions for all the teams, choppy and misty but wow the home made cake stall was epic (so that’s how you replace all those calories…… (All photos copyright ESTPIX Mostly on Canon 1D mk 2 attached to a 600mm f4 If you click on the image it will […]

Skyrattus alive and well in Devon

June 6, 2011

Some people hate foxes because they eat their chickens or rip up their bin bags, others hate squirrels because they eat all the nuts from the bird table. We in Ilfracombe hate seagulls, or more specifically Herring Gulls because they swoop and steal your chips. The Herring gull (Larus argentatus also known as skyrat here […]

Golden Wanderings

May 6, 2011

So stoked to get a double page spread in the latest issue of Carve Magazine. The picture is a line-up shot of a well known surf spot in North Devon taken from an entirely new angle. A surf break cannot be called a secret spot if you can see it from the road, and this […]

Might have gone too far

April 19, 2011

You know when you play a song to death and something you once loved turns into something you cant stand any more. After a long hard winter my play list was becoming a bit like that, jaded and over familiar, so I decided to add some different tunes to my mp3 player (which also happens […]