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 [...]
Jan 03, 2012 | Categories: Online | Tags: backlit, cornwall, gold, jason swain, longboard, longboarding, photographer, photos, silhouette, sun, surf, surfing, watergate bay, waves | Leave A Comment »
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 »
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.
Nov 03, 2011 | Categories: Surf Videos | Tags: film, mirage, movie, rip-curl, surf, surfing, video | Leave A Comment »
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!
Nov 02, 2011 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: backlit, cold, freshwater-bay, isle-of-wight, jason swain, longboard, longboarding, photographer, photos, surf, surfing, waves, wight, winter, wipeout | Leave A Comment »
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 [...]
Nov 02, 2011 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: backlit, cold, freshwater-bay, isle-of-wight, jason swain, longboard, longboarding, photographer, photos, surf, surfing, waves, wight, winter | 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 »
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 »
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!
Jan 21, 2011 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: cold, compton, isle-of-wight, jason swain, longboard, longboarding, paul blackley, photographer, photos, surf, surfing, waves, wight, winter | Leave A Comment »
…one of those choice set waves that made the whole thing worthwhile.
Jan 10, 2011 | Categories: Surf Blogs | Tags: cold, compton, isle-of-wight, jason swain, longboard, longboarding, paul blackley, photographer, photos, surf, surfing, waves, wight, winter | 1 Comment »
Its a little insight into the lifestyle of a pro kiter, without showing all the actual work
Jan 10, 2011 | Categories: Surf Videos | Tags: 2010, Australia, Boracay, BVI's, Dominican Republic, Fuerteventura, Hawaii, Kiteboarding, Necker Island, om Court, surfing, video | 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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.
Oct 15, 2010 | Categories: Reviews, Surf Blogs | Tags: clean, cleaning, longboard, longboarders, longboarding, maintain, maintenance, malibu, mini-mal, repair, review, surf, surfboard, surfer, surfing, test, trial, wax, wax buddy, wax comb | 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 »
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 [...]
Oct 09, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: design, designs, event, history, ideas, iow, isle-of-wight, jason swain, poster, surf, surf movie, surfers, surfing, UK, waves, wight, wightsurfhistory | Leave A Comment »
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 [...]
Oct 09, 2010 | Categories: Online | Tags: design, designs, event, history, ideas, iow, isle-of-wight, jason swain, poster, surf, surf movie, surfers, surfing, UK, waves, wight, wightsurfhistory | 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 »
