News

Yeah, I know. A week has passed and I haven’t updated. But look outside – its sunny, the sunniest April ever perhaps – and the surf has been un-be-lievable. Basically we have had almost two weeks of perfect surf which for the first time ever has coincided with the Easter holidays so we have been super busy. Best of all the sandbanks (or swell direction, whatever) have been as good as it gets. I have run out of superlatives to describe it.
As you can see.

The Easter weekend is now almost upon us and my good mate Dave has come back from his new home in London to share some of the waves again. Despite not surfing for the last three months he was out at 7am this morning and ripping it up like he used to when we were growing up (he lived two doors up from me as a kid). He’s had three surfs today and every land based minute was spent sunbathing so I’m guessing that the pint we are about to have in the Red River Inn will floor him. At least it will be a cheap night.
In other news we are sponsoring the Godrevy Pro Junior again. Its on in a fortnights time (7th and 8th of May) and should be good to watch. You won’t be able to catch this one online so get down the beach and watch the best juniors in Britain surfing in the flesh.

An amazing day of surf in Thurso for the O’Neill Coldwater Classic. Big waves, offshore winds and one of the best waves in the world (and its on this humble island of ours) have made this the best start to the Coldwater Classic ever.

Y’know, when I were a lad a PE session was something to be feared. It inevitably involved a very long walk to the school field, getting smashed in a scrum by recalcitrant sixth formers or 8 laps around the school with a victorian gym teacher screaming abuse at you.
Woe betide you if you ‘forgot’ your kit. Then you could pretty much guarantee doing the above in ‘skins’ and a grey pleated skirt. Barefoot.

And if you thought you could do the 8 laps at a walking pace and got busted you’d have to do it again but at break time.
Things have changed now I tell thee.
Check out this vid of how they get assessed for GCSE PE which now includes surfing and not just sports that are thinly disguised acts of random violence.
Why wasn’t it like this back in the late 80’s?

Clay Marzo – The Comeback from Heavy Mayo on Vimeo.

I’ve lost a stone since Christmas. How come I’m still crap?

No sooner had I blathered on about how the good and consistent and generally amazing the surf has been and whad’ya know. The SW’s rear up and blow the beach back to its normal winter time chaos.
And, yes, I’m back to referring to it as winter again. The beginning of summer is being heralded by rain, mizzle and a host of other words that describe dampness.

Footie has been cancelled for the last two weeks – a consequence of getting knocked out of all the cup competitions in the first round – and it looks like this week the pitch will be waterlogged. Still, at least I can catch up with some work.

Flats are finally finished (well, all but one) so it’s time to concentrate on the surfing again. This summers stock is due to arrive this week and there are a hell of a lot of wetties and clothing that need unpacking, pricing up and putting on the shelves.
The new website is due to go online in the next week or so as well. It looks like an absolute beauty in the design stage, hopefully it will work as good as it looks. Fingers crossed.
Busy, busy, busy.