Freshwater Bay Monday Blues
QPR Monday Blues, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. First day out with the camera in 2012 and a trip to my old home to catch some winter waves. Bit of a paddle out if you fancied a surf on this particular day at Freshwater Bay!
Sunset Surfer
Sunset Surfer, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. little bit of texture fun with flypapers adds a bit of extra warmth to a summery surfing scene from Watergate Bay in Cornwall. More Vertoramas to come this week as promised, but it is so cold and wet and grey and miserable outside today that i had to dish [...]
I should have been there yesterday.
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 [...]
Stunning short surf movie!
It’s not very often i’ll post a video from one of the big brands, but this rip-curl video really is worth watching for the pioneering film techniques alone. It looks like a fairly standard lifestyle surf vid until about 30 seconds in when things start getting really funky.
November Wipeouts
Following on from yesterdays post, where the camera lied a bit and made it all look very good with beautiful backlit waves and no close-outs or drop-ins, here’s the other side of the coin and a few wipeouts / bailouts and even one in the pouring rain!
Surf photography with the Sigma 50-500mm
Finally had a chance to shoot some surfing at Freshwater Bay again and test out the Sigma 50-500mm. I got the lens with surfing in mind almost a year ago a now and have barely had a chance to catch any waves with it till the last few days! The bay looked pretty bumpy and [...]
Joe Truman & others surfing Compton Bay Sunday 20-2-11
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 [...]
Archive surfing #1
I found a few shots that got overlooked, neglected, or fell down the back of the sofa
Surfing Compton Bay, 18th Jan 2011
every now and again I managed to grab a fast little section and escape the close-outs so no complaints about a surf session in the sun with only two other people out!
First Surf of 2011. Nice swell at Compton Bay.
…one of those choice set waves that made the whole thing worthwhile.
Hipsta Holidays
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.
I should have been here yesterday.
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.
Frost Bite Surf Comp, Compton Bay, Isle of Wight.
This Saturday sees the start of the IOW Surf Club Frost Bite Series!
Surf kit review: Wax buddy.
my boards are in need of a bit of attention, i’ve got a few dings to fix up, and both could do with a fresh coat of wax as the old stuff is half inch think and the colour of an old dog turd.
Wight Surf History. Surf Movie Poster.
Wight Surf History. Surf Movie Poster., originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. Tonight (Saturday October 9th 2010 at 7.30pm) there is a ‘Surf Movie Night’ at Sandpipers Hotel, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight. (entrance is free, but we will ask for donations to the freshwater lifeboat fund.) The wight surf history project, aims to document and celebrate [...]
Wight Surf History. Surf Movie Night
Wight Surf History. Surf Movie Night, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. This evening (7.30pm Saturday October 9th 2010.) we are holding a ‘Surf Movie Night’ at Sandpipers Hotel, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight. (It’s not a commercial venture, entry is free, although we will be asking for donations to the freshwater lifeboat fund.) The Wight Surf [...]
Fourth & final part of September Swells, an Isle of Wight Photo Blog.
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
September Swells on the IOW, looks can be deceiving (1 of 2)
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 [...]
September Swells on the Isle of Wight, Photo Blog Part three.
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.
Isle of Wight Surfer Johnny Fryer is British Champion!
Johnny Fryer was crowned the 2010 Quiksilver British National Surfing Champion on August Bank Holiday weekend.
Lights, Surfboard, Action (take #2 split tone)
Surfing backlit waves at Compton Bay on a late summers evening.
Wight Surf History t-shirt design vote!
what do you think of the various designs i’ve come up with for the ‘wight surf history’ project t-shirt ?
Shadow Puppet Surfing in the Green Room.
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!