Returning to a familiar theme for this blog, and probably for most surfers too, the old ‘you should have been here yesterday’ routine. Over the last 20 years I’ve built my life next to the sea and the West Wight in particular, with the simple (and now not so secret) aim of leading a quiet [...]
Dec 20, 2011 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: beach, blog, Britain, coast, england, freshwater-bay, groundswell, isle-of-wight, photography, photos, s0ulsurfing, shoreline, silhouette, surf, surfboards, surfer, surfing, swell, wave, waves, west wight, wight | Leave A Comment »
Sitting here today, on a miserable grey December day, looking out the window at howling on-shores blowing out any chance of getting any decent waves, and i’m looking back over a few pics from a surf session that i voluntarily missed out on a few weeks back. I wasn’t too busy, i didn’t have to be somewhere [...]
Dec 08, 2011 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: beach, blog, Britain, british, canon, coast, compton, england, isle-of-wight, jason swain, longboard, ocean, photography, photos, s0ulsurfing, surfer, surfers, surfing, wave, waves, wight | Leave A Comment »
Some great GoPro HD footage from Compton Bay on Sunday the 20th of February 2011. Thanks to Nigel Bulloch for his camera, editing patience and skills. I missed this whole week of swell with the arrival of my son William, but its great to be able to experience it via this footage and some of the other great [...]
Mar 02, 2011 | Categories: Surf Videos | Tags: beach, Britain, compton, film, gopro, groundswell, isle-of-wight, joe truman, movie, nature, sea, shore, surf, surfboards, surfer, surfers, surfing, swell, UK, vid, video, water, wave, waves, wight | Leave A Comment »
Surfing under beautiful skies at Gwithian, Cornwall
Dec 29, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: beach, beaches, Britain, british, canon, clouds, coast, cornwall, dance, dancing, figure, godrevy, gwithian, healthy-lifestyle, holiday, humans, kernow, natural, nature, ocean, Outdoors, people, photography, reflected, reflections, s0ulsurfing, shore, shoreline, silhouette, sunset, surf, surfer, surfing, tourism, tourist, travel, UK, vacation, water, Water’s Edge, waves, west cornwall | Leave A Comment »
Finally remembered to upload some photos from my iphone, here’s a SOOC hipstamatic view of the lighthouse and beach at Godrevy with little fluffy clouds and surfers.
Dec 17, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: beach, beaches, Britain, british, camphone, canon, coast, cornwall, dance, dancing, figure, godrevy, gwithian, healthy-lifestyle, hipstamatic, hipster, holiday, humans, iphone, kernow, mobile phone, natural, nature, ocean, Outdoors, people, photography, s0ulsurfing, shore, shoreline, surf, surfer, surfing, tourism, tourist, travel, UK, vacation, water, Water’s Edge, waves, west cornwall | Leave A Comment »
This is not a rant, not even really a moan, it’s just a few rambling observations on life on earth, in the context of trying to make a living as a photographer and being a surfer on this planet
Nov 26, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: ashamed, auk, bay, beach, bird, birds, coast, coastal, coastline, Common Guillemot, Common Murre, disgrace, disgusting, distress, distressed, environment, freshwater, freshwater-bay, Guillemot, harmful, isle, isle-of-wight, ocean, oil, photojournalism, poignant, polluted, pollution, rspca, sad, sea, shame, shock, Uria aalge, water, wight, wrong | Leave A Comment »
Godrevy Surf School, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. ©2010 Jason Swain, All Rights Reserved This image is not available for use on websites, blogs or other media without the explicit written permission of the photographer.
Nov 25, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: beach, beaches, Britain, british, canon, coast, cornwall, dance, dancing, figure, godrevy, gwithian, healthy-lifestyle, holiday, humans, kernow, learning, lessons, natural, nature, ocean, offshore, Outdoors, people, photography, s0ulsurfing, shore, shoreline, surf lesson, surf school, surfer, surfing, tourism, tourist, travel, UK, vacation, water, Water’s Edge, waves, west cornwall 0 | Leave A Comment »
Empty cornish waves, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. Fragments from a beautiful day at Porthcurno. ———————————– ©2010 Jason Swain, All Rights Reserved This image is not available for use on websites, blogs or other media without the explicit written permission of the photographer.
Nov 15, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: beach, beach-break, beaches, Britain, british, canon, coast, cornwall, figure, godrevy, gwithian, healthy-lifestyle, holiday, kernow, natural, nature, ocean, offshore, Outdoors, photography, s0ulsurfing, sea, seascape, shore, shoreline, spray, surfer, surfing, tourism, tourist, travel, UK, vacation, water, Water’s Edge, waves, west cornwall | Leave A Comment »
OK, maybe its not THE perfect wave 
but its definitely a really nice one coming through at Godrevy, Cornwall.
Oct 28, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: beach, beach-break, beaches, Britain, british, canon, coast, cornwall, figure, godrevy, gwithian, healthy-lifestyle, holiday, kernow, natural, nature, ocean, offshore, Outdoors, photography, s0ulsurfing, sea, seascape, shore, shoreline, spray, surfer, surfing, tourism, tourist, travel, UK, vacation, water, Water’s Edge, waves, west cornwall | Leave A Comment »
Welcome to the weekend, have fun doing whatever you do.
Oct 23, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: beach, beaches, Britain, british, canon, coast, cornwall, dance, dancing, figure, godrevy, gwithian, healthy-lifestyle, holiday, humans, kernow, learning, lessons, natural, nature, ocean, offshore, Outdoors, people, photography, s0ulsurfing, shore, shoreline, surf lesson, surf school, surfer, surfing, tourism, tourist, travel, UK, vacation, water, Water’s Edge, waves, west cornwall | Leave A Comment »
This Saturday sees the start of the IOW Surf Club Frost Bite Series!
Oct 19, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | 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 | Leave A Comment »
A bit of fun with shifting focus at 300mm, i like how this shot from Godrevy, Cornwall has a slight tilt-shift feel about it.
Oct 14, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: beach, beaches, beautiful, beauty, Beauty In Nature, Britain, british, canon, channel, cliff, cliffs, cloud, clouds, coast, composition, cornwall, cumulus, English channel, figure, figures, fresh, godrevy, healthy-lifestyle, holiday, kernow, lighthouse, natural, nature, ocean, Outdoors, paradise, people, perspective, photography, s0ulsurfing, sand, scenery, sea, seascape, shore, shoreline, skies, sky, staycation, summer, sunlight, tourism, tourist, travel, UK, vacation, vista, water, Water’s Edge, waves, west cornwall | Leave A Comment »
Post surf sunset at Gwithian in Cornwall, no photoshop flood filter required, nature does it for you.
Oct 11, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: 10mm, beach, beaches, beautiful, beauty, Beauty In Nature, Britain, british, canon, channel, cliff, cliffs, cloud, clouds, coast, composition, cornwall, cumulus, dusk, English channel, evening, figure, figures, fresh, healthy-lifestyle, holiday, kernow, natural, nature, ocean, Outdoors, paradise, people, perspective, photography, reflected, reflections, s0ulsurfing, sand, scenery, sea, seascape, shore, shoreline, silhouette, skies, sky, staycation, summer, sunlight, sunset, surfer, surfing, tourism, tourist, travel, UK, vacation, vista, water, Water’s Edge, waves, west cornwall | Leave A Comment »
Two hours of getting pounded in closing out UK beach-break (still wearing a summer wetsuit in October) followed by a large hot-toddy!
Oct 06, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: back-light, backlit, beach, beach-break, beaches, beautiful, beauty, Beauty In Nature, Britain, british, canon, coast, cornwall, dusk, evening, figure, figures, fresh, godrevy, green, gwithian, healthy-lifestyle, holiday, kernow, natural, nature, ocean, offshore, Outdoors, paradise, people, perspective, photography, s0ulsurfing, sea, seascape, shore, shoreline, silhouette, silhouettes, spray, staycation, summer, sunlight, sunset, surfer, surfing, tourism, tourist, travel, UK, vacation, vista, water, Water’s Edge, waves, west cornwall | Leave A Comment »
Backlit Gwithian
Oct 05, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: back-light, backlit, beach, beach-break, beaches, beautiful, beauty, Beauty In Nature, Britain, british, canon, coast, cornwall, dusk, evening, figure, figures, fresh, godrevy, green, gwithian, healthy-lifestyle, holiday, kernow, natural, nature, ocean, offshore, Outdoors, paradise, people, perspective, photography, s0ulsurfing, sea, seascape, shore, shoreline, silhouette, silhouettes, spray, staycation, summer, sunlight, sunset, surfer, surfing, tourism, tourist, travel, UK, vacation, vista, water, Water’s Edge, waves, west cornwall | Leave A Comment »
surfing under these skies at Gwithian was really something special
Oct 04, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: 10mm, beach, beaches, beautiful, beauty, Beauty In Nature, Britain, british, canon, channel, cliff, cliffs, cloud, clouds, coast, composition, cornwall, cumulus, English channel, figure, figures, fresh, healthy-lifestyle, holiday, kernow, la manche, landscape, Logan’s Rock, natural, nature, ocean, Outdoors, paradise, people, perspective, photography, porthcurno, pristine, relax, Rock Formation, s0ulsurfing, sand, scenery, sea, seascape, shore, shoreline, sigma10-20, skies, sky, staycation, summer, sunlight, tourism, tourist, travel, UK, vacation, vista, water, Water’s Edge, waves, west cornwall, wide-angle | Leave A Comment »
I dont think i take and share enough line-up shots, so here’s one from one of my favourite beaches, Porthcurno in Cornwall.
Sep 20, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: 10mm, beach, beaches, beautiful, beauty, Beauty In Nature, Britain, british, canon, channel, cliff, cliffs, cloud, clouds, coast, composition, cornwall, cumulus, English channel, figure, figures, fresh, healthy-lifestyle, holiday, kernow, la manche, landscape, Logan's Rock, natural, nature, ocean, Outdoors, paradise, people, perspective, photography, porthcurno, pristine, relax, Rock Formation, s0ulsurfing, sand, scenery, sea, seascape, shore, shoreline, sigma10-20, skies, sky, staycation, summer, sunlight, tourism, tourist, travel, UK, vacation, vista, water, Water's Edge, waves, west cornwall, wide-angle | 1 Comment »
Johnny Fryer was crowned the 2010 Quiksilver British National Surfing Champion on August Bank Holiday weekend.
Sep 16, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: 2010 Quiksilver British National Surfing Champion, action, Annemarie Hughes, bay, beach, blog, Britain, british, British Champion, British Championships, British National Surfing Championships, British Surfing Championships, coast, cornwall, england, english, Fistral Beach, goofy-footer, holiday, Image, iow, IOW Surf Club, isle-of-wight, Johnny Fryer, Newquay, NewquaySurfer, photo, photographs, photography, Picture, Quiksilver British National Surfing Champion, Quiksilver British National Surfing Championships, Roxy, sea, stoked, surf, surfers, surfing, waves, wight | Leave A Comment »
Surfing backlit waves at Compton Bay on a late summers evening.
Sep 16, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: action, back-lit, bay, beach, Britain, british, coast, compton, england, english, holiday, Image, iow, isle-of-wight, jason swain, photo, photography, Picture, sea, silhouette, speed, summer, surf, surfers, surfing, tourist, UK, vacation, waves, wight | Leave A Comment »
Last weekends swell seems a lifetime away already, there’s been no decent waves since then, and there’s none on the horizon, we’re definitely having a boom-bust cycle with surf this year!
Sep 11, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: action, back-lit, bay, beach, Britain, british, coast, compton, england, english, holiday, Image, iow, isle-of-wight, jason swain, photo, photography, Picture, sea, silhouette, speed, summer, surf, surfers, surfing, tourist, UK, vacation, waves, wight | Leave A Comment »
A nice little summer swell rolls into Compton Bay
Jun 29, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: 10mm, beach, Britain, british, canon, channel, cliff, cliffs, cloud, clouds, coast, composition, compton, Compton bay, cumulus, English channel, foreground, hanover, isle-of-wight, la manche, landscape, ocean, panorama, panoramic, perspective, photography, s0ulsurfing, sand, scenery, sea, seascape, shore, shoreline, sigma10-20, skies, sky, summer, UK, vertorama, vista, water, waves, wide-angle | Leave A Comment »
