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Judge Not

July 30, 2011

One day all judging towers will be as good as this one. Erected at Downend by Croyde Surf Club for the Atlantic Watersports Games, this little beauty was spacious, remote and with a superb view of the action from low tide up to high. Not only was it practical success, it is a great place […]

The pleasure and the pain

May 23, 2011

Yesterday was a massive day for English surfers, literally. Conditions for the English Championships at Watergate Bay were horrendous, strong onshore winds had whipped up froth to the horizon and competitors needed every second of the 15 minutes paddle out time to get out back. Only the fit and the brave accepted the challenge to […]

All the sun that shines

April 12, 2011

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 […]

Burning Bright

March 26, 2011

I’m looking forward to joining Joel Gray and Lee Bartlett at the Retallack Resort (that houses the Flowrider) this weekend for a Surf Solutions coaching session with the next generation of UK groms. I’m gonna have my UK Pro Surf Tour judging hat on and am expecting lotsa questions like; “does a hands free get […]

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. […]

Fads, fashion and flexability.

March 8, 2011

This is a shameless plug for my friends new yoga barn, which has opened recently here in North Devon. http://www.breathingyoga.co.uk/breathing_space/ I was thinking how funny it is that yoga is considered a girlie thing to do in this country. I guess it has this perception in the roots of all these ridiculous fads that girls […]

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 […]

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 […]