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 »
I found a few shots that got overlooked, neglected, or fell down the back of the sofa
Feb 02, 2011 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: archive, big-wave, blog, canon, england, freshwater-bay, groundswell, isle-of-wight, jason swain, photo, photography, photos, prints, report, soulsurfing, surf, surfboards, surfers, surfing, UK, wave, waves, wetsuits, wight | Leave A Comment »
My photo (Offshore, Empty wave @ Logan’s Rock, Porthcurno, Cornwall) is featured in this months (December 2010) edition of Digital Photography Enthusiast Magazine.
Dec 07, 2010 | Categories: In print | Tags: blog, cornwall, empty, england, english, GB, great britain, green, Image, In print, jason swain, Logan's Rock, news, paradise, perfection, photography, porthcurno, promotion, published, s0ulsurfing, social network, UK, united kingdom, wave | 1 Comment »
Seems like every week since that first september swell arrived here on the isle of wight that we’ve been blessed with decent waves, and I think i’ve been spoilt this autumn by an unusually high number of days with good surfing conditions.
Nov 12, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: blog, compton, isle-of-wight, jason swain, longboard, november, offshore, photo, photography, shortboard, silhouette, surf, surfer, surfing, swell, wave, waves, wight, winter | Leave A Comment »
SUP interlude between sets at Compton
Oct 20, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: back-lit, blog, compton, gold, golden, jason swain, light, longboard, Paddle Board, photography, september, shimmer, shimmering, silhouette, Stand up Paddle Board, SUP | Leave A Comment »
the final batch from the afternoon of Friday 3rd September, just after low tide with a pretty stiff offshore breeze making it good fun as the tide pushed in
Sep 23, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: back-lit, blog, compton, jason swain, longboard, photography, september, shortboard, silhouette, surf, surfer, surfing, swell, wave, waves | Leave A Comment »
September Swells on the IOW, looks can be deceiving (1 of 2), originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. Fingers crossed we have more waves on the way this weekend, so i’m clearing out the archives in expectation of them. Is Ross Williams just about to slip into a little barrel? or does that look suspiciously like a [...]
Sep 21, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: back-lit, blog, close-out, compton, jason swain, longboard, photography, september, shortboard, silhouette, surf, surfer, surfing, swell, wave, waves | Leave A Comment »
Fingers crossed for some new hurricane swell on the way (next weekend if we’re lucky), and i’ve finally got around to sorting out a few more photos from the great swell at the beginning of the month.
Sep 19, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: back-lit, blog, compton, jason swain, longboard, photography, september, shortboard, silhouette, surf, surfer, surfing, swell, wave, waves | 2 Comments »
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 »
here’s another batch of shots from Thursday 2nd, shot straight into the evening sun again so there’s a few more mono edits trying to make the most of the back-light and silhouettes.
Sep 05, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: back-lit, blog, compton, jason swain, longboard, Paddle Board, Paddle Boarder, people, photo, photography, Sept, september, shortboard, silhouette, stoked, surf, surfer, surfing, swell, wave, waves | Leave A Comment »
Back-lit Split Tone Mystery Surfer Shimmering Silhouette Saturday
Sep 04, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: back-lit, blog, compton, jason swain, longboard, Paddle Board, Paddle Boarder, people, photo, photography, Sept, september, shortboard, silhouette, stoked, surf, surfer, surfing, swell, wave, waves | Leave A Comment »
It’s the first solid swell since i got the Canon 7d, so as well as enjoying some proper waves myself, i made sure to hang around and take lots of photos too.
Sep 03, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: back-lit, blog, compton, jason swain, longboard, Paddle Board, Paddle Boarder, people, photo, photography, Sept, september, shortboard, silhouette, stoked, surf, surfer, surfing, swell, wave, waves | Leave A Comment »
This ones for my friends Pacey & SJ who are travelling the world looking for waves and generally having a great time, missing you guys, come back soon and do some baby-sitting 
Jul 30, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: blog, freshwater-bay, jason swain, pacey, photography, surf, surfer, surfing, swell, wave, waves | Leave A Comment »
Means of escaping one’s current predicament, typically an unfavourable situation.
Jul 22, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: blog, comedy, freshwater-bay, jason swain, longboard, photography, surf, surfer, surfing, swell, wave, waves, wipeout | Leave A Comment »
That’s it now, the last batch of surf photos from the last big day, maybe we’ll get another good swell now that they are all gone.
Jun 11, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: big-wave, blog, canon, england, freshwater-bay, groundswell, isle-of-wight, jason swain, photography, photos, prints, report, soulsurfing, surf, surfboards, surfers, surfing, UK, wave, waves, wetsuits, wight | Leave A Comment »
Part Five of the ‘you should have been here yesterday’ photo blog from February 6th at Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight.
May 28, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: big-wave, blog, canon, england, freshwater-bay, groundswell, isle-of-wight, jason swain, photography, photos, prints, report, soulsurfing, Stand Up Paddle Board Surfing, SUP, SUP Surfing, surf, surfboards, surfers, surfing, UK, wave, waves, wetsuits, wight | Leave A Comment »
There’s nothing quit like the feeling of being one of the only surfers in the water on a nice winter’s day in New Zealand.
May 26, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: Aotearoa, blog, New Zealand, NZ, soulsurfing, Stand Up Paddle Board Surfing, SUP, SUP Surfing, wave, waves | Leave A Comment »
I’m not even pretending there’s a link to surfing anymore
May 19, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: 2010, 7d, advert, anthropomorphism, Avian, barn owl, barred owl, beak, bird, birds, blog, canon, canon 7d, captive, captivity, cumbria, endangered, england, European Eagle Owl, eyes, Feather, Feathers, great horned owl, jason swain, lake district, natural, Natural History, nature, Nature Watching, Owl, owls, Photograph, photography, photos, Picture, Pictures, prey, sigma, snowy owl, sooc, Strigiformes, wildlife | Leave A Comment »
iphone blog taken during yesterdays 2010 Walk the Wight, in aid of the Earl Mountbatten Hospice.
May 17, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: blog, Earl Mountbatten Hospice, hipstamatic, iphone, jason swain, moblog, photography, photos, walk, Walk the Wight, wight | Leave A Comment »
I called the first shot ‘Sun Worship’ because that’s what it felt like to me
May 12, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: 7d, blea tarn, blog, canon, castlerigg, cat bells, cumbria, derwent water, england, english, eskdale, fells, hardknott, hiking, hills, jason swain, keswick, lake district, lakes, landscape, maiden moor, mountain, mountains, natural, nature, panorama, panoramic, photography, photos, roman fort, scafell, scafell pike, skiddaw, soulsurfing, stone circle, treking, valley, vertorama, walking | Leave A Comment »
the first time i can remember going anywhere without a surfboard or wetsuit in a very long time
May 07, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: blog, canon, cumbria, england, english, fells, glencoyne, harrison stickle, hiking, hills, isle-of-wight, jason swain, lake district, lakes, landscape, langdale, langdales, mountain, mountains, natural, nature, panorama, panoramic, Pavey Ark, paveys ark, photography, photos, pikes, soulsurfing, stickle, tarn, treking, Ullswater, valley, vertorama, walking | 1 Comment »
for the last few days, dawn patrol has been in my back garden with red, and i’ve been more excited about that than i remember being watching the action at Compton or Freshwater Bay.
Apr 20, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: 7d, action, blog, canon, canon 7d, jason swain, lightroom, photography, photos, raw, red, red squirrel, sooc, squirrels, wildlife | 9 Comments »
We are particularly keen to hear from Surfers who may have funny stories, opinions, views etc on the topics above.
Apr 13, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: BBC, blog, Britain, comedian, comedy, entertainment, john bishop, John Bishop’s Britain, show, surfer, surfers, TV, UK, wanted | Leave A Comment »
