Splash SurfBlog

It seems like its almost game over for this swell at least, dropping off this afternoon to an almost makeable log wave..
The sun continues to blast the retina when trying to shoot at Perranuthnoe but still when you get the shot its just right as it filters through the wave making a jade wall to slide down..

Good to see the doods, Keith Rob Taz & Freddie etc making the best of the last.. have to say though its atill bitter when the wind bites.

Rob Driving down the line

Taz tucking in for that Backlit wave

Well enough Nostalgia or I’ll be in the Grage waxing my board again just for the smell

A nice little stretch 5

My old Buddy Keith ‘Flapper’ Prowse was out again snapping some beauty little lefts, its always nice to catch up with Keith and strangely enough we live less than 500 yards away from each other

Keith on a nice little left

aother one of those nice little tuck ins

And another

 though they were tiny they were obviously great fun as everyone seemd to be having a good timeout there.. just a shame that it was probably the last of it for a while, which means I’m back off into the woods bogs and marshes in search of the elusive wildlife for my other passion of  Nature Photography

For now I’ll leave you with a couple more shots from todays sweet little session at perranuthnoe..

A nice little Turn from Taz into a left

and a Thumbs up from Rob..

A big thumbs up from Rob

And of course a post wouldn’t be a post without our regular Granite basher steaming in..

Rock Steady Freddie going for a tuck in!

Freddie again.. different Board Different wave

Well thats it for me from today folks.. hope ya enjoyed the blog.. always nice to hear some positive feedback like I did today so thanks guys..  you can always share your thoughts with us by leaving a reply in the box below.. but as always keep it clean remember the kids read it too

so from me its 10-10 till we do it again…

down and out

Mel ^

Late as usual but just arrived in time for my shift as The Hog was approaching the car park canera in hand having shot a few from the earlier session..IF HE POSTS THEM lol

I wandered down the beach and set up the tripod on my usual corner ( you all know where) and the sun Kindly dissapeared behind a cloud and stayed there.. Freddie was still out catching a few choice waves..

Tucking in under the lip

and Plain Lazy Lumoxs was also out there thrashing about..

Off the lip Lumoxs Style

There was also a lot of shortboard action going on out there with Jonty on his  Bright green multi finned pleasure machine..

Jonty's pleasure machine

and a nice sneaky five over

and after all these years the man from the Mouse Trap game turned up on his longboard..

this may be too subtle for most

 Notice how his hands are behind his back for surfing   but it was a great wave for the longboards and there were plenty of those tubey things for everyone to play in..

Nicely tucked in

well that was how it was but of course the tide was creeping in and it wasn’t long before the backwash started being a problem to most… Always nice to see Keith (Flapper) Prowse out there enjoying the waves come rain or shine.. for thos who don’t know Keith was probably one of the first to ever surf Sennen all those decades ago.. in days when surfboards were a bit like black shoes are today in St Just.. rare as rocking horse shite..

Keith Prowse..

But then Keith is a rare kind of surfer.. a real Gentleman Jim of Surf and a really decent bloke to know.. hats off to ya Keith..

Well lunch beckoned so it was bacon sarnies from the cabin and then a move over to Praa sands as the tide was getting a little high here at Perranuthnoe..

A great day of  Good surf, Good Light and Good surfers at Gwithian today.. have it on good authority that it was equally as good (but maybe a little smaller) on the South coast (Perranuthnoe)
Unfortunately the light isn’t as kind at Perranuthnoe and it gets very difficult to shoot later in the day..so Here I was at Gwithian.. High tide with double overheads still breaking right out..

I started off shooting on the cliff tops  just past the lifeguard hut… it was a long way off  Godrevy but I knew I wouldn’t see anything from the beach as the reform was too big so this seemed my best option..

Paddy daniels on a screamer

Paddy again cropped on the cut back

Lots of the waves  unfortunately caught many surfers on the inside and the frantic scramble to get up and over the face was on so many times..

A classic example of the days waves

Tyson Greenaway desperately paddling for the takeoff

Then I realised I’d left the radio in the van and Leanne was going to shout me when Team Rider Ash Lawton arrived, so I figured I’d best head back up to the van and see what was happening…

I went down onto the cliffs in front of the car park once I’d picked up the radio as it was looking pretty good straight out and I’d get some closer shots than shooting right over to godrevy.. Chris Ryan was getting a few nice rides while i was setting up, but got out before i could catch him..
Ash had arrived and was heading out and I’d promised to do a shoot with him so it was good to see a few nice waves rolling in..

Mind you he nearly had a disastrous start off…

Surfer takes off into what looks like a closeout

Ash Duckdives his log to save his ass

Thankfully all incidents were avoided and I’m not even sure if Ash knew how close he was to an extra Bum Crack…

Well the next set was his, a smooth take off on head and a half at least off the bottom and whack the lip cutback up to the lip and floater so nicely executed..

Take off	cut back
Off the lip	Back to the lip

and safely floated down

Classic bit of styling…

Well the afternoon was stacked with some amazing surfing and big sets.. I eventually moved down onto the rocks in front of the lifeguard hut where I had a vantage point of shooting in both directions so I was able to catch the Gwithian and the Godrevy surfers..

Off the lip longboard action

From the Off the lip action and nose rides of the Longboarders on well overhead to double overhead set waves.. to the epic Barrels down the line at Godrevy

Barreled at Godrevy

All in all it was a great sesh albeit cold.. One Lady did impress me very much.. I watched her struggling to get out against relentless overhead waves and thundering whitewater and remember saying to myself  ’she hasn’t got a hope’  Well she did.. she persevered and pushed on and eventually reach the back to score an epic wave and ride it with true skill and mastery.. wel done you!!! makes me proud to support Girls in surf..

a perfectly executed take off	A great ride
One well pleased Lady Surfer..

A Brilliant afternoon

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Later all

Mel^