Raves & Rants . . from Penzance

With all the spices going into the mulled wine this time of year, it reminded me of one of surfing's most iconic commercial uses in the 1970's Old Spice adverts.  If you know who shot the surf footage, or who the surfers are, please get in touch, I'd love to know. Festive Greetings to you, hope you have a Spicy one. Return to Ocean-Image.com

I was up at Perranporth investigating the history of surfing for my monthly Surf Spot column, when I chanced across this beast in the photo.  Not Tom Tremewan, but the board he's holding. Known as ‘ Chris and Bill ’ s board’, it's a hollow wooden finless board which is 12 feet long. Built in the late fifties by Bill Heath and Chris Thomson for paddle races, it was apparently physically damaging to ride.  Tom and friends used to surf it back in after a paddle,  making it potentially one of the first boards ever surfed in Cornwall. More info in the latest  Cornwall Today Surf Spot column. Return to Ocean-Image.com