Over 50's surf

Check this out you youngsters. 

Fathers day and new board surf

What could be better on Fathers Day
New board
One son (lewis ) Surfing
One son (Matthew) Taking Pictures
THANKS BOYS.

First wave on New JOLLY ROGER surf board

LONGBOARDS BOTH JOLLY ROGERS BUDE>

Must have been Fathers day Lewis let me have this wave thanks son

Sam Bleakley

Great foot work of Sam Bleakley

local Surfers (Budehaven Elite)

I'm sure Mr Reay will not mind me lifting this off you tube.
 It's the local Groms having a surf behind Barrel rock in Bude.

LAND SURFING?

This guys got the right idea. No surf to day no problem just strap your longboard to a skateboard and away you go      .

Beau Young story

Beau Young talks about surfing his music and his dad (Nat Young) really good surfing and an insight into a really chilled out guy . Not like his dad "the Animal" Beau plays some chilled out music that compliments his surfing style.

Video Of The Week

This is to me what surfing is about. "soul surfing" sounds a bit 60's but watch and gets some good vibes from it.

You think its cold?

I can remember surfing back in North Wales in March in a pair of speedos

 I might put picture on one day.             


Any way watch the video and you'll relies how much wet-suits have changed.

lewis longboard

Found this very short video of Lewis Stritch 

WESTBELIEVING from TRONIC PRO on Vimeo.

Video of the week

Yesterday I was out surfing and was watching Heidi from big Blue surf school surfing and got to thinking I've not featured any female surfing , so guys this is easy on the eyes and ladies this proves you can and should surf more.

Spot M ( first surf)

Might not be a big deal to a lot of you but I got surf Spot M nr Bude. Its a wave I have seen break for over 10 years ( when I was a holiday maker before I moved to Bude) I have seen it in Magazines but never thought I would ever get good enough to surf it . Well the day arrived. got my 9 ft Roger Tout board of the roof got changed no backing out now . Walk down to the  waters edge and encounter the first peril getting in across the rocks and passed the shore break. Wait, wait then there's a gap in the waves Go paddle for all your worth passed the shorebreak. made it still got board in one piece plus a added bonus of dry hair.now the long paddle out to the peak.  I sit on the shoulder of the wave for about 10 mins watching it , looking where the rocks are where the wave sections.. I  then moved closer to the peak and waited my turn, then its my turn  about a 5 foot wave , Paddle pop up take the drop made it then the section in front closds out BAIL.  Pull on lease get on the board quick and paddle into the channel before getting caught on the inside. Phew made my first wave , not much of a ride but I did it. Paddle back to the peak and wait.
 Here we go again jump to feet check behind me oh no Matt White taken of so deep he's in the white water coming screaming along the wave on his boggie board I don't think he will be to happy at a longboard dropping in on him head for shoulder and get out the way. Guess what? I did not make it got wiped out good style. get on board and once again paddle like mad for the channel. Matt comes paddling pass laughing his head off. "great wipeout Steve" "cheers Matt"
Yeap you've guessed it back to the peak and wait again,. at last a empty wave paddle , pop up , make the drop . At last I am surfing the wave I have wanted to surf for so long. When you watch from the shore you don't realize how close to the rocks you get on your bottom turns or how steep the take of is. I stayed out for another 4 waves cause the rides are so long and that makes it a long paddle back.. 
I total respect the guys /girls who go out on big days because today was nowhere near a big day but what a surf.I had 
What made this surf even more than special was Lewis ( my son)  was with me
Thank you Lewis and
Thank you spot M crew for putting up with me.
  

surf chair

My son has broke yet another board. He always says he wants to keep the broken boards and I was thinking  how can I display them. That's when I came up with making a chair out of reclaimed wood and the surfboard as the back.
If anyone would like to sponsor lewis or order a chair for their board (UK only sorry)Price on enquiry.
 please contact me stritch@hotmail.co.uk

Jolly ROGER shaping longboard

Roger Tout very kindly let me video him shaping Lewis new board. Roger is the best traditional shaper around. call into his shop in Bude.

or call on 01288 488140

video of the week

I put this video up because
 1. it's Bude 2. I filmed it 3.It's my son 4. It's longboarding
#I hope you enjoy it as much as i did making it.

Video of the week

This week its the great Laird Hamilton, all round water man. In this clip he does  a little bit of longboarding. 
Sorry its such short a clip.

WAVES ?

Well the days are getting longer, I need to look on the bright side because the surf just has not been good for a long time. It makes me want to take up knitting. Well may be not that extreme , but I bet we are all feeling the same .
SO to try and help cheers us all up I've found a short [6min ] video of some longboard surfing in Brazil.

Hope it cheers you all up 

Steve 

Just found this new Photo editing software "GIMP" just learning how to use it but thought you might like to see 1st efforts . I like it.

Ben Skinner Styling

wave garden for Bristol?

The first public artificial wave park facility built by Wavegarden will open in the Basque Country, in Spring of 2012. This is the surf park in which the brand has tested the concept and model. The team of entrepreneurs has accelerated the construction of a public surf pool for all levels of surfing, after the announcement of the British instalment of Wavegarden, scheduled for Spring 2013, in Bristol.

See what you think?

surfing Malibu + top 5 place I would surf

 Malibu has to be the place I have always wanted to surf. I know it's crowded, but I just want to surf there.

As I was posting this I though what is my 5 waves I would love to surf. 


1.Cape St francis (South Africa)



2.Malibu (U.S.A)



3.Noosa (Australia)












4.Llwyngwril (Wales)

5. Witches Rock (Costa Rica)