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Big wave surfing video at the Cribbar Newquay

December 3, 2011

Share The Cribbar breaks rarely…perhaps a few times a year… if you’re lucky. Unless you live close to Newquay and keep a keen eye on the surf reports the chances are, you could miss it. The reason it breaks so rarely isn’t (as far as I’m aware) about voodoo or spells, it is just that [...]

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21 steps to (nearly) every surf movie out there

November 18, 2011

Share With the exception of a handful of films, most surf films in the last 20-30 years seem to be very similar. Perhaps even more these days, they are riddled with cliches. Maybe its the challenge of making something routine look fresh. Or maybe its just a safe bet to follow formula, to sell stuff, but quite [...]

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7 simple tips to help you learn to surf better

September 28, 2011

Share Lots of people try out surfing and usually they get the bug and want to get better…perhaps hoping one day they might rip like Newquay’s Alan Stokes (pic above) However not everyone lives by the beach, and not everyone can surf regularly. So a common question is ‘How can I improve?’ I believe surfing [...]

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Newquay Surfer’s photos from Nike 6.0 cash for tricks

July 9, 2011

Share This year’s night surf event was sponsored by Nike 6.0 and held at Fistral beach, Newqauay on the 8-9th of July. As part of the event a ‘Cash for tricks’ competition was run – this format encourages surfers to try out radical manoeuvres, with their best 3 moves counted as the surfers overall score. [...]

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The 6 hardest men of surfing

June 27, 2011

Share Surfing is a sport fuelled by passionate individuals, but sometimes the passion can spill over…onto the streets, onto the beach, into competition heats…and even into parties. In the world of surfing there are some that can blow your mind with their speed, power and flow…then chill your blood with their tough-guy reputation. These are [...]

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57½ reasons why people surf

May 22, 2011

Share The American philosopher Jim Rohn once said that ‘reasons come first…answers come second’ and this idea lead me to a big question…why do we surf? Is it for the adrenalin rush surfing gives you, or a pursuit for inner peace? Is it escape from the daily grind or the fact that you can enter [...]

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You Emmet-Kook-Turtle Rooter?! Surf slag-offs & other nicknames

May 14, 2011

Share This week a friend of mine used a funny term for a bodyboarder that I hadn’t heard before – ‘turtle rooter’ Granted it’s pretty derogatory, but at the same time it’s quite funny, and it got me thinking about the slang nicknames used in surfing. Bodyboarders seem to have been awarded the most negative [...]

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Justin Lee Collins Learns to Surf – Sky TV show

April 12, 2011

Share JLC becomes a pro -surfer? Well sort of! Some folks may have seen this when it was originally broadcast on Sky TV in 2009. Its Justin Lee Collins / JLC’s brave attempt to learn to surf from scratch and then enter a UK PST surf comp a few weeks later (having spent some time [...]

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Surfboards: A Beginners Guide to Buying a Surfboard

March 5, 2011

Share How to select the best Surfboard for YOU! Ok, you’ve had a lesson/s and decided your hooked on learning to surf and want to buy your first board. So what should you buy?… Some surf shop staff will give you objective advice, others will sell you a board that they want to sell that [...]

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RIP Andy Irons

November 3, 2010

Share The surfing community is in mourning by the sudden death of 3x world champion Andy Irons. On Tuesday the 2nd of November 2010 the world began to hear the tragic and very sad news that legendary pro surfer and world surfing champion Andy Irons had suddenly died. Watch a photographic tribute to Andy Irons [...]

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Rip Curl 360 Degree Matrix Style Video!

October 10, 2010

Share Don’t usually post 3rd party video here – but this is quite cool. If you haven’t seen the Mirage Boardshort Video by Rip Curl (which has some sick 360 degree shots of surfers in it) you can check it out below. How is this done? People seem to be fascinated by how you create [...]

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Surfing & Bodyboarding -Towan Backwash – Video & Gallery

October 5, 2010

Share With double to triple overhead waves smashing into Fistral beach and against the Cribbar rocks in Newquay on Tuesday the 5th of October – it was certainly no day for Captain Calamity to be at sea With a pretty unfavourable wind making surfing at Fistral beach or at the Cribbar pretty impossible, the surfing [...]

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Video of Ben Skinner Longboarding at the Greenaway Pro 2010 at Porthmeor Beach, St Ives

August 21, 2010

Share Newquay Surfer video of local surfer and longboarder Ben Skinner. You could also add… shortboarder, retro fish rider, big wave charger and surfboard shaper to the mix cos Ben Skinner is a talented one to say the least, but for this video he’s longboarding on mellow little waves. Includes slow motion footage of Ben [...]

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Tom Curren Surfer Profile

August 15, 2010

Share Tom Curren’s father was Pat Curren, once a well-known big wave rider in his own right—and a legendary surfboard shaper. Maybe that was why he learned to surf at such an early age. Curren was born in 1964 in Santa Barbara, California. He had a sister, Anna, and a brother, Joe, who became a [...]

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Surfer Johnny Fryer surfs in rain, onshore wind & mist at the Newquay Boardmasters 2010

August 11, 2010

Thumbnail linking to video of Johnny Fryer at Boardmasters in 2010

Share Newquay Surfer video footage of a 2010 Boardmasters surf comp heat at Fistral beach Newquay which includes slow motion video of Johnny Fryer surfing some small waves. There was wind, driving rain and mist during some of the qualifying heats but the sun came out for the final between France’s Marc Lacomare & Jay [...]

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