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 »
This shot was conceived as an idea to update one of my all time fave photos “Portrait of a Psychedelic Surfer” but this time with a female perspective and a lady surfer. Of course it has nothing like the same spark, as this was contrived where the original was a spontaneous reaction to the way [...]
Feb 24, 2012 | Categories: Online | Tags: blog, Britain, british, compton, england, female, figure, isle-of-wight, jason swain, Lady Surfer, minimal, Mustang Sally, nature, ocean, photography, portrait, pose, s0ulsurfing, soulsurfing, surf, surfer, surfers, surfing, UK, waves, wellington boots, west wight, 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 »
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 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 »
I love this film, this to me is what soul-surfing is all about
Mar 10, 2010 | Categories: Surf Videos | Tags: B&W, birthright, sean mullens, soulsurfing, surf, surfing, swell, video, vimeo, wave, waves | 1 Comment »
What Digital Camera magazine ran a little blog on my ‘You should have been here yesterday’ series
Feb 18, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: big-wave, blog, blogged, freshwater-bay, isle-of-wight, jason swain, magazine, photography, published, soulsurfing, surf, Surf Gallery, surfer, surfers, surfing, swell, wave, waves, what digital camera, whatdigitalcamera.com | 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 »
this blog is about the day when it all felt ‘just right’
Jan 27, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: blog, freshwater-bay, isle-of-wight, photography, report, soulsurfing, surf, surfboards, surfer, surfers, surfing, swell, wave, waves, wipeout | Leave A Comment »
It was meant to be about capturing the surfer in, and celebrating his natural environment
Jan 22, 2010 | Categories: In print | Tags: article, blog, feature, isle-of-wight, iwcp, photography, portrait, published, soulsurfing, surfer, surfers, surfing, weekender | 1 Comment »
Was it just good luck or good karma, or was huey (the god of surf) in a good mood because we were paying homage to all the surfers who came before us?
Jan 20, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: blog, exhibition, freshwater-bay, isle-of-wight, mono, photography, report, soulsurfing, surf, surfboards, surfer, surfers, surfing, swell, wave, waves, wight, wight surf history | 1 Comment »
The Wight Surf history Project aims to document and celebrate 50 years of surfing on the Isle of Wight
Jan 13, 2010 | Categories: Online, Surf Blogs | Tags: blog, dimbola, exhibition, freshwater, isle-of-wight, jason swain, paul blackley, photography, soulsurfing, surf, surfer | Leave A Comment »
the best adrenaline rush was to had flying down the islands hills
Jan 11, 2010 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: blog, bodyboarding, landscape, snow, snowing, soulsurfing, vee-dub, vw, 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 »