So, its five days and counting now that this spring swell has hung around, and thats pretty good going for the south coast, especially accompanied by offshore winds. Only had time for a really quick surf at lunchtime, and no photos either, but i did get back in the evening to shoot a few SUP’s [...]
Mar 28, 2012 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: beach, blog, Britain, coast, Compton bay, england, groundswell, isle-of-wight, jason swain, photography, photos, s0ulsurfing, shoreline, soulsurfing, surf, surfboards, surfer, surfing, swell, wave, waves, west wight, wight | Leave A Comment »
Following up on the theme of my last surf blog, where i’d missed out on the good swell at Freshwater Bay because i had to stay in and have my broadband line fixed. This time i’m happy to write about the waves I did get on a glorious days surfing at Compton Bay, on the [...]
Mar 26, 2012 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: beach, blog, Britain, coast, Compton bay, england, groundswell, isle-of-wight, jason swain, photography, photos, s0ulsurfing, shoreline, soulsurfing, surf, surfboards, surfer, surfing, swell, wave, waves, west wight, wight | Leave A Comment »
Isle of Wight Surfing. Returning to a familiar theme for this blog, and probably for most people who ever done a bit of Isle of Wight surfing 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 [...]
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 »
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 | 2 Comments »
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 »
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 »
It was the swell that kept on coming for days
Feb 17, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: B&W, big-wave, blog, canon, england, freshwater-bay, groundswell, isle-of-wight, jason swain, photography, report, soulsurfing, surf, surfboards, surfer, surfers, surfing, swell, wave, waves, wetsuits, wight | Leave A Comment »
the offshore winds created plenty of critical sections
Feb 13, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: big-wave, blog, canon, england, freshwater-bay, groundswell, isle-of-wight, jason swain, photography, soulsurfing, surf, surfer, surfers, surfing, swell, wave, waves, wight, wipeout | Leave A Comment »
Its not very often a surfing shot makes it to the front page of Flickr explore these days
Feb 11, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: big-wave, canon, explore, flickr, freshwater-bay, groundswell, isle-of-wight, jason swain, photography, published, screengrab, screenshot, soulsurfing, surf, surfboards, surfer, surfers, surfing, swell, wave, waves | Leave A Comment »
Another random selection from the swell on Saturday 6th Feb
Feb 10, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: B&W, big-wave, blog, canon, england, freshwater-bay, groundswell, isle-of-wight, jason swain, mono, photography, report, soulsurfing, surf, surfboards, surfer, surfers, swell, wave, waves, wight, wipeout | Leave A Comment »
a random selection of shots from the hundreds i took on Saturday
Feb 08, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: big-wave, blog, canon, freshwater-bay, groundswell, isle-of-wight, jason swain, photography, report, soulsurfing, surf, surfboards, surfer, surfers, surfing, swell, wave, waves, wight | 10 Comments »
More from the day when it was ‘just right’
Feb 02, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: blog, canon, freshwater-bay, groundswell, isle-of-wight, jason swain, paul blackley, photography, report, soulsurfing, surf, surfboards, surfer, surfers, surfing, swell, wave, waves, wight | Leave A Comment »
Still finding photos from the good swell of a few weeks ago
Jan 03, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: blog, canon, england, freshwater-bay, groundswell, isle-of-wight, report, soulsurfing, surf, surfboards, surfer, surfers, surfing, swell, wave, waves, wight | Leave A Comment »
more of the pictures from last weeks big swell
Dec 16, 2009 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: blog, canon, freshwater-bay, groundswell, isle-of-wight, report, soulsurfing, surf, surfboards, surfer, surfers, surfing, swell, wave, waves, wipeout | Leave A Comment »
The big swell continued through thursday and the sun came out too
Dec 11, 2009 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: blog, canon, freshwater-bay, groundswell, isle-of-wight, report, surf, surfer, surfers, surfing, swell, wave, waves, wight | Leave A Comment »
double overhead sets at Freshwater Bay can seem pretty intimidating when you come face to face with them
Dec 10, 2009 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: "big wednesday", big-wave, blog, canon, england, groundswell, isle-of-wight, report, surf, surfer, surfing, swell, wave, waves, wight | 1 Comment »
Tuesday 27th October (pm) – Finally a solid bit of groundswell hits the isle of wight, depending on what forecast you look at it was called at 3ft-16 seconds or 4.5ft-15 seconds. I’d say the bigger set waves were closer to 4-5ft and you could definitely feel the long wave period when one hit you [...]
Oct 28, 2009 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: groundswell, october, report, surf, surfer, surfing, swell, wave, waves | Leave A Comment »
Sit back and enjoy a slide-show of beautiful surfing photography.
Oct 21, 2008 | Categories: Surf Gallery | Tags: canvas, england, flash, groundswell, isle-of-wight, jason swain, photography, photos, prints, promotion, slideshow, surf, surfboards, surfers, surfing, wave, waves, wetsuits, wight | Leave A Comment »
A slide-show of beautiful wave studies from around our coast.
Oct 01, 2008 | Categories: Empty Waves | Tags: canvas, empty, england, flash, groundswell, isle-of-wight, jason swain, photography, photos, prints, promotion, slideshow, surf, surfboards, surfers, surfing, swell, wave, waves, wetsuits, wight | Leave A Comment »
