01 Mar 2011
28 days later! (Actually 29)
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So what began at the start of the month as ‘Project Green Grass’, my seven day surf trip at home has turned into a month long adventure.
18 Feb 2011
Just when you thought it was safe to get out of the water…
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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.
15 Feb 2011
Sixteen surfs in sixteen days
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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
31 Jan 2011
Project Green Grass, Day #1
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The point: To live with ‘surf trip’ focus for a week and see if it is possible to capture that ‘surfed out’ feeling by getting up early and making the most of each day.
10 Jun 2010
The hardest thing about being a surfer
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Time is short we say, and it is because we’re working all the overtime we can to pay for the crap that we think should make us surf better.
17 Mar 2009
A corner turned…summer rolls towards us in Newquay
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The last few days have been beautiful in Newquay. We’ve had 16 degrees air temp (which is about 6 degrees higher than the average for this time of year), some very surfable waves and an air of happiness amongst visitors and locals pervades. North Fistral and Crantock in particular have had quality surf with the [...]
03 Dec 2008
Winter surf in Newquay…Early December feels more like May some days
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I woke today, and with Kitesurf mag all sent off to print the day before, found myself with not a lot to do. Everyone was at work, but that didn’t matter because as I have learned over the many years, you can never get bored in Newquay. There’s always something going on and somewhere new to [...]
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