Endless Winter film
Can't wait for this film from Mr B to hit the silver screen.. teaser clip on big wave surfing at the Cribbar, in Newquay
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Windy Walls
Godrevy today . . . . . . . but first, click this post to see a little video attempt from yesterday........ Today the swell jumped quite a bit and the wind kicked in too, but plenty managed to score some decent waves at Godrevy on the north coast once the rip had been tamed. Lawrence Couch finding a line Meanwhile, giant walls of water moved around on the infamous Stones Reef in the background. Inside Stones Reef. You can just make out a fishing boat dodging the big ones in the background of the picture above. Bert Wright at Sennen later More photos here from Godrevy and Sennen Further afield, a few people hit the south coast and got some decent ones by the look of Colin Banfield's shots. Check them out here : South Coast A Boex in a Bowl It's been a fantastic autumn for surf so far, and looks set for more this weekend. Return to Ocean-Image.com
90 foot wave ridden in Portugal
Garret Mcnamara Photo by Wilson Ribeiro, courtesy of North Canyon Project This giant beast was ridden a few days ago by Garret Mcnamara and is being called the biggest wave ever ridden at 90 feet (30metres). An 8m swell had been creating 60ft waves all day, the size boosted by an unusually deep undersea trench running in close to shore on the west coast of Portugal, according to big wave rider and Irish giant Al Mennie , who was out on the safety ski on this day. But this one swung through out of nowhere, and Garret was towed into history by Andrew Cotton . The trio were in Nazaré as part of the North Canyon Project , perhaps this will now be the spot where the landmark 100 foot wave will be ridden, the Holy Grail of big wave surfing. For the moment. To read Al Mennie's first hand account, Click Here Surflne article with a bit more video: click here Below, a some great footage, and a few words from Garrett about the ride..... ...
Burn out
A flaming wreck on the beach. Witness the end of the Newlyn crabber Dom Bosco, a fishing boat that was due to be de-commissioned, but for reasons unknown, was towed outside Newlyn Harbour, drawn up to the high tide mark on Sandy Cove, and set ablaze. The thick smoke drew crowds to the car park, and lacked only the firework displays of last night to make it a landmark spectacle. Whilst the legality of this 'de-commissioning', health and safety or marine pollution issues will be discussed at some length locally, it is certainly a rare sight. Perhaps all the fishing boats due for de-commissioning could be drawn up on the beach here and create a new fishing-based theme park? With tractor rides and everything. Anyone ? Return to Ocean-Image.com
Who will save British surfing ?
What is it with surfing ? Everyone wants a piece of the innate 'cool' that surrounds surfing, the advertisers, the clothing brands, the appropriators of surfing's unique language. But no-one wants to carry the torch for British surfing. The British Surfing Association has gone, Surfing GB has folded, in a disarray of resignations, before it had even started doing anything to promote a sport that just about everyone in Britain aspires to. So who will be the person, or people, who will step forward and put British surfing solidly on the map? Who will step in to the current void and take UK surfing to the place it belongs? Reading this post at Surf Nation gives me hope that a sensible committee might indeed be formed to promote our sport on a national level. As a healthy lifestyle pursuit and with charitable institutions like Surf Action and Sirens Surf providing social help to disadvantaged groups through surf courses, surfing has traveled well beyond its humble r...
Surfing is good for you
A decent swell hit the south west of Cornwall this week, and some lucky blighters managed to snag a few. Three foot peelers were randomly interspersed with 6 foot screamers resulting in hoots for the riders, and groans from those caught inside. Generally smiles all round though, surfers grins keeping the beach lit up long after the autumn sun had made its (far too early) disappearance. Return to Ocean-Image.com