Monthly Archives: February 2011

Kitesurfing on a Cornish reef break.

This is probably the best place I’ve kitesurfed, but the wave isn’t long at all, and with any more than four people out it gets over crowded. Continue reading

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Lull of ‘kin tired!

Right now I’m swigging on a Peroni and waiting for the Green Chili delivered curry to arrive. Tonight is Friday and that means the unmissable Red Lion ale-feast to kick the weekend off. Continue reading

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Bennet & Moore’s Wave Master Clinics!

I am most delighted to announce that Will Bennet and I are running two 1 week Wave Master clinics this year in Cornwall, the first one kicks off June 4th and we’re throwing everything we’ve learned into it! Continue reading

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The warmest day of the year so far

The tides are extremely low at the moment – just 10cm above the absolute astronomical low tide. This means that waves are breaking in places where people normally don’t surf, and people are walking on sand that is usually underwater. Continue reading

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21 surfs later…

21 surfs later…and Fistral Beach was cranking! Continue reading

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Just when you thought it was safe to get out of the water…

Things are back to normal today and I got in for a lovely surf (19th in a row!) at low tide Fistral; 3ft and offshore – pretty much classic surfing conditions. Continue reading

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9’1 of bliss in an otherwise meaningless World

THE GUN is a real wave catcher that’s for sure. It also weighs a LOT so once it gets going, it just steam rolls down the face of the wave. I’m looking forward to learning the intricacies of this most wonderful piece of surfing equipment. Continue reading

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Cornwall Best Ever!

I don’t realy mind what happens now for the rest of the winter, this was certainly the session that I’ve been hoping for ever since I came back from Hawaii! Continue reading

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Sixteen surfs in sixteen days

There was all sorts of backwash and bump on the waves at Towan, but the atmosphere was much more light-hearted than the eerie, dangerous feel at Fistral this morning Continue reading

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1 hour of paddling, less than two minutes of riding

Here is a video I made today with the GoPro at faithful Towan Beach in Newquay. Amongs the usual close outs there was the odd wave peeling off in front of the Island, the sun was out, you could even feel it, so really there was no better place to be today than down on the beach. Continue reading

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