Killing Time

I'm supposed to be writing an email logging tool into a website I work on today - but I'm just not feeling the magic happen. So it's officially time killing time! That generally means that Vimeo gets a hammering :)

So here's a vid to help pass that time...the last scene is particularly good where he tries to lob the board over the wave - hehehe...been there once or twice!

Cock O The North, Oliver's Mount - 2010

A great 10 minute documentary of the 2010 racing at Scarborough.

Nose Foot

A stunning video of some great longboarding - Pied de Nez.

Best Wave and Best Ice-Cream

Nic had another appointment at the Docs in Exeter yesterday (Monday), so that obviously meant that we headed once again to Cornwall on Thursday night to the dizzy heights of the pebble dash palace in Connor Downs. Jo, Andy and Nina once again humouring us for a few days - it's like a second home :)

The trusty M5 was closed around J20 something (as it was on the way home as well), thanks to some plebs being dicks - hey ho...

It's clear that school holidays have started - everywhere was rammed. The usual 50 fifty people painfully trying to catch a wave and busy car parks. Check out this pic taken by Finshack...

Friday saw what was my best wave ever! Long, clean, stable, comfortable, the list goes one. Everything about it was just nice. The build up, the take off and the ride. I was sure I could have gone for a comfortable nose ride, but the wave was too good to potentially spoil. I held it in there and flew gracefully off the back, feeling all smug :)

Saturday and Sunday, as expected, was busy as hell. So on Saturday we dilled around a bit and had a superb ice-cream at Mr B's. Banoffee pie and wild cherry ripple for me thanks :) The waves weren't happening so Sunday was the next session. As per usual, the crowds and kids start heading home when it's foody time, so we donned the suits (wishing I'd brought the boardies and vest - was well hot!) and went in. The tide was quite high, so it was a bit rough. Nic went in for the first time since her op! She struggled a bit, but that was more the conditions than anything. Next time ;)

Unfortunately my granddad died on Thursday night :'( So I felt it apt to dedicate my best wave to date to him :)

Glatze - Glatze EP Released

I've mentioned my buddy Samski (aka Sam Underwood) before. Well, he's just released his debut Glatze EP (click the link to listen to it - please support him by paying for it). Gotta say, even though he's a buddy - I'm seriously loving the music! Keep up the good work big boy :)

Shaping Tools

I came across the BoardRoom - Legends of surfboard shaping facebook page (via the Finshack facebook page) and saw this great photo of a planer.

Picture courtesy of BoardRoom - Legends of surfboard shaping

That's it really, just thought it was a really nice picture :)

Update: Here's a trailer to the movie...

We never did get those hover boards...

Today is the day that Marty McFly arrived in the future after hitting 88mph in a pimped out Delorean in 1985.

Pororoca - Surfing the Amazon

I've been planning on riding the Seven bore now for years, but never got round to it. I really should do it - it just seems so busy...

While I was at Danny's in Brighton this weekend we watched this little puppy on TV...

Pretty rubbish quality on here, but worth a watch. If you can't be bothered, cut to 20:40 and see the magic happening.

Don't forget, no diddling in the water!

Paddle Round the Pier - Part 2

So Saturday and Sunday saw our first visit to paddle round the pier in Brighton. We had a great weekend with our friends Danny and Sheri (who have a wicked Type 3 Fastback!).

It all started off for real on Friday when we headed down to The Witterings in what turned out to be an ambitious desire to get in the sea. After a pleasant few hours on the beach, laughing at a chav on a body board, we headed back to Brighton and took a look at the Hot Pipe for a surf. Although small, it was consistent and there were a fair few locals in. Danny hadn't surfed there before even though he has lived in the area for years. So boardies and vest were adourned and we had a great hour or so in the water :) Pizzas and a couple of brewskis in the evening almost instantly made me sleep (which seemed to be a theme for me for the whole weekend - falling asleep that is!).

We headed down to the festival on Saturday after a nice lazy morning. What a cracking event and all for free! There were quite a few exhibitors there, bands playing all day until 10 at night and a fair few things you could have a go at yourself - again free (albeit for a small donation to charity). There were a few guys from a parkour club called Urban Athletics. They were good :)

I think this bad boy belonged to Ocean Sports...

The RNLI did a demo rescue later in the day. It was slightly delayed as they had to go out with the helicopter to perform a real rescue - eek!

The weather was superb as well. The sea was rough and although Brighton Watersports were offering free (small charity donation) use of SUPs and kayaks, they had to stop as the surf was pounding the beach and was pretty difficult to get in and out of the sea. Quite amusing to watch though :)

The evening required a quick trip to a supermarket to get some bangers and burgers as the Brighton Watersports crew and the Brighton Surf Lifesaving Club were throwing a "B" and as Danny and Sheri knew them we tagged along ;)

Sunday saw us heading down to the festival again and there was an Animal Relentless bike tour show on. Pretty impressive stuff! We ate jerk chicken and watched the world go by...

Obviously, in the evening, there was a major requirement to have a quick tasting at the Harveys pub :)

An excellent weekend!

ooh! Forgot to mention these guys at Balsa Surfers. Makers of fine balsa surfboards and fins. Truly gorgeous boards and their fins are an inspiration to me!