60's Stylemasters

Surfers were greeted with sun and clean 2-3foot surf for the 2012 Stylemasters, the vibe down the beach was great as everyone peered over the vintage heavy single fins. There were many claims of "I hope I don't get that board" as the competitors eyed up which mal they fancied. 

As the competiton progressed through the rounds, it was clear to see the traditionalist standouts. In the final the level of surfing was so high, I swear they could of easily been hanging 10 on a door.

The result ended up.

1. Elliot Dudley

2. James Parry

3. Matt Travis

4. Ben Haworth

Dave Hutchings enjoyed the event so much, he went straight out to buy a 9'10 single fin!

Bring on next years comp.



British Champion - Ben Haworth

Here's my good mate, current British Longboard Champion, Ben Haworth posing with his new 5'8 twinny.

The boy is nuts. He walked down a packed Croyde beach to surf low tide on a bank holiday, brandishing a board that says "I love Greg Norman". He's been promising us that he was going to get that spray for a while now, but we didn't actually think he was that stupid.

Great banter and he was fully shredding on it today.

Easter..........

So that's Easter been and gone for another year. Unfortunately the 4 day break didn't coincide with flawless surf, although there were a few fun ones coming through at Saunton on the Sunday morning.
A great weekend with Kelle and Buster, with heaps of coastal walks in North Devon and North Cornwall, I love where I live.

Kelle did pretty well on the egg front.

 Buster got a new stick.

And I got a new stick!!!

Hotdoggers comp photos

Here's a few shots that Mike Stevens took of me in one of the heats at the first Hotdoggers event of the year. Cheers mate!

BST!

British Summer Time is here and the UK has been basking in glorious sunshine for the past week. The ocean has delivered fun waves, groomed by a gentle offshore wind. I've been surfing my nuts off mainly at the reeling right handers of Saunton.

The perfect weather meant Dale Crawford-Drake was keen to get behind the lens, although the evening light is not the easiest to shoot with down at Saunton, here's a few shots managed to get.......Cheers bud!

Check out more of his work here......

Dale Crawford-Drake

http://surflit.wordpress.com/

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So the season starts

What an epic weekend for the first contest of the year!

A huge turnout of competitors were greeted with flawless 2-3ft peelers on saturday morning, with the swell forecasted to build. The offshore wind picked up throughout the day, but it didn't seem to hamper the level of surfing.
The usual standouts were there, Ben Haworth showing why he is British champ, Angus Murray fresh after 3months in Costa Rica, Ash Braunton with his usual 12 O'clock turns. So by the quater finals, there were a whole host of people who fancied there chances at pushing through the rounds to the final.

One guy who raised his game on the Sunday was up and coming ripper Jack Unsworth, he dominated the Junior final earlier in the day and then had a near perfect final in the Open. Jack posted a 9.0 with one of the first rides of the Open final. Ben and Angus both showed there class in a top quality final, with Ben prevailing as the winner.

Results:
Open -
1.Ben Haworth
2.Angus Murray
3.Jack Unsworth
4.Greg Norman

Masters -
1.Adam Chell
2.Shaun Marlow
3.Paul Vowles
4.Norman Wright

Ladies -
1.Juliet Marlow
2.Clair Smail
3.Hazel Illet
4.Danni Bradford

Junior -
1.Jack Unsworth
2.Arran Bright
3.Alex Maddocks
4.Sam Cavin

Under Dogs -
1.OJ Freshwater
2.Damien
3.Richard Unsworth
4.Johnny Hentley

After work surfs....

It's that time of year that we all love, when the evenings start to pull out and the after work surfs begin. It's fair to say the surf has been pretty good these past few days and I've been lucky to snag a few fun ones at low tide Croyde.

Here's a shot that Pete Cox snapped yesterday. Check out his stuff here....www.facebook.com/PETECOX.FILM.PHOTO.MEDIA