Surfing H3O
Surf Nation (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
I never really got the hang of Second Life. I created an avatar about a year ago while researching an article about gambling on the popular online metaverse. My plan was to have my character rock up at a few...
Surf Nation (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
At the age of 42 (and 13 weeks), I had long since concluded that my illustrious competitive surfing career would retain a lustre perhaps unmatched among all other surfing writers for The Times. My record speaks for itself, standing at...
Surf Nation (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
I was chatting the other day with Andy Cox, who writes on these pages about the fine sport of surfboat rowing. Andy has been trying to get me along to try surfboat racing for a while, and I finally admitted...
Surf Nation (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
I don't know. You enjoy surfing, you write a blog about it, you do your best - and then you check out what's been going down and find that someone called Brad is unhappy, and that someone else, who won't...
Surf Nation (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
I don't know about the weather in Brighton but here on the far western front it's starting to gust at around Force 7 to 8. It's dark, dank and miserable, with rain sheeting down, and it looks as if the...
Surf Nation (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
What's the best music to play on the way to the beach? Myself, I'm keen on some Sun Ra (That explains everything. Ed.) or Jackie Mittoo, while Harry has taken to demanding that The Clash blast out of the car...
Surf Nation (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
Congratulations to Newquay ripper Josh Hughes who, at 17, this week became almost certainly the youngest surfer to ride The Cribbar. I met Josh and saw him surf at the O'Neill Highland Open a couple of months ago, and it...
Surf Nation (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
Will Kelly Slater claim his ninth title this year? Let's hope so. The man is a genius, as we all know, but did anyone know about Emil Kozak? I didn't, but thanks to Thad at Limited Fun I now know...
Surf Nation (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
Mankind has killed God. We are confronted by the fundamental absurdity of existence. There is nothing to do but wait in the line-up for waves which, today, never came.
Surf Nation (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
Today's surf was rubbish.
Surf Nation (Free subscription) | 30/06/2008
Here's Andy Cox with a report on the action from the second round of the UKSRL. Andy is also in the midst of penning a few thoughts in favour of speedos - the one aspect of surfboat racing that I...
Surf Nation (Free subscription) | 29/06/2008
It had to happen. Since last Monday evening, when Harry and I caught Gwenver working very nicely thank you, we've had a succession of fun outings at Sennen Cove, myself on Steve Lynton's magic board and Harry either on my...
Surf Nation (Free subscription) | 27/06/2008
I'm never all that sure about official honours. What do they mean, who decides, why do they exist? Well, for once, I'm not troubled by any of these questions because whoever made the decision to award SAS co-founder Chris Hines...
Surf Nation (Free subscription) | 26/06/2008
Pete Robinson drops me a line with some summer surfing news from The Surfing Museum: Surfing and Art Our latest exhibition, An Art History of British Surfing, is at the Fishing Heritage Centre in Grimsby from 28 June to 7...
Surf Nation (Free subscription) | 25/06/2008
I enjoyed a gorgeous early evening session at mellow, nicely working Gwenver a couple of nights ago - it still brings a smile to my face now. Likewise, these images of the Midsummer Swellboard Classic, held at Godrevy on Sunday....
