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All the sun that shines
It all started when I saw one of my photos posted by someone else on Magicseaweed. It was quite upsetting momentarily but it was all easily and quickly sorted by the chaps at the ‘weed’ (who didn’t want to get their asses sued) and I got a nice apology from a grom (who probably didn’t […]
Goat boats go home
April 5, 2011
Nobody knows who rode the first wave for pleasure or where. However for the Polynesian people of the south Pacific, it is known that surfing has been an important part of their culture for the past 1,000 years and probably longer. Then along came captain Cook and his visit to Hawaii let the surfing gene […]
Easy Living
March 21, 2011
There’s been a real spring-like feeling in the air, it’s gone flat (and the Magnolia are in bud) which is a sign that summer is just around the corner! Here’s a poem about how wonderful it is to be a surfer in summertime (which is our natural state I think). […]
Horsemen, apocalypse and catflaps
March 12, 2011
As the four horsemen of the apocalypse saddle up and prepare to lay waste to our beautiful blue planet it is perhaps time to remind ourselves that not all waves travel at 500 mph and some are associated with joy rather than desolation. Sequence: Stuart Campbell out of the cat flap at Croyde last autumn. […]
I wandered lonely as a rogue wave
February 27, 2011
It’s taken a while but I’ve finally found time to sort through the photos from last Sunday. A big clean swell and one of the lowest tides of the year combined to produce some epic waves in unusual places…. (Click on images for the bigger picture) Oyster Falls put on a show And the […]
No public access beyond this point
February 17, 2011
The internet community was wild with eager expectations, tomorrow was already being dubbed as Big Wednesday and it was was going to be epic. The long term prediction didn’t waiver and as if to confirm it – the swell had bumped that afternoon and was still building. That evening however, the weather forecast showed […]
Mid winter surf gold
February 13, 2011
Plenty of swell around this weekend and pumping waves in north west Ireland by the looks of things. Lots of swell here in north Devon too and lots of miles clocked up by surfers and photographers alike; checking, searching and dodging the rain showers. With bad light and contrary tides I was thinking that […]
Postcard from Nicaragua
February 7, 2011
Good to hear from Wooly ripper Stuart Campbell, who Facebooked from Nicaragua to say how stoked he was to be on the cover of ‘Wanderings’ . He is there with Alan Stokes on a photo shoot for Carve Magazine. Which gives me a good excuse to plug the book again and celebrate the tenth sale! […]
Stormy Weather
February 4, 2011
Really wild and windy here today, there was plenty of swell so I went for a walk to check out a few spots I’d earmarked as potential locations for a good shot. It’s all about new discoveries and new angles at the moment in Surf Photography. It was muddy and I got wet on the […]
I hate having my photo taken
February 1, 2011
Nice to have a chat yesterday with local photographer Rob Tibbles, he is doing a piece in the local paper about my new book and came round for a portrait. Lots of people call themselves photographers by Rob is one of the rare breed who actually makes some money out of the profession. He’s not […]
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