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Here's last Saturday's column from the Times. I haven't linked to many of them given that not all have a surfing content, but this one, about Surfers Against Sewage, Broadbench and The Gathering, certainly does...
The Rip Curl Grom Search looms. And so does the Captain.
My mate Steve Lynton, from whom I bought an excellent 9"1' K-Bay longboard last year, sends me news of the Olo Surfboard Tour. I'm hoping one of the boards will come down Sennen way but meanwhile, here's the press release sent to me by Steve...
Check out this barrel. Would you be pleased to be in it? Some people would say that a barrel's a barrel, but many others would agree with Surfers Against Sewage that this sort of pollution in our seas isn't acceptable...
Those of us who've suffered from Surfer's Ear know just how disorientating, depressing and downright painful it is. I had hideous ear pain in Mexico about five years ago. Since then, I've been mostly OK, but one man who wasn't so lucky is Olly Daglish, who invented the Ollypop...
Tom Lowe is rumoured to have suffered a second dislocation of his left shoulder at Teahupoo. The St Ives-bred ripper, big wave charger and all round decent bloke is said to have been surfing Chopes at size when a stand-up paddle board being ridden by Laird Hamilton somehow hit him in the shoulder...
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Here's a nice Antipodean Perspective on Kernow. It's by Mick Jardine, an Australian who spent time in Cornwall a while ago. I'm stoked to run such an upbeat, positive piece, especially since I'm bidding farewell to regular blogging about surfing...
Earlier this evening I surfed Spot G for a couple of hours. It was waist-to-chest high on the sets, balmy, glassy, still and sun-kissed. The sea was crystal clear, there were scores of basking sharks in the bay and only a few people in the line-up...
To: My Instructing Solicitors (Messrs Casualty & Co)From: David King's Bench QCRe: The Patient Wade - Counsel's OpinionMy Instructing Solicitors tasked me with analysing the legal issues arising from the case of The Patient Wade (hereafter 'the Patient')...
The Patient remains at large but Mr P...
Aerial Attack sends news of the Patient Wade:"I was with him yesterday. As usual, he was a nuisance, moaning away about his knee injury, ranting about traffic calming and claiming that hats can see, but not at night, because in the dark 'their sensors stop working'...
Damn it, I still love him, but there's only so much a woman can take. Aerial Attack rang me yesterday and told me about Jim the Jellyfish. I knew at once that Alex was up his new tricks and so, post-haste, sped slowly to the scene. It was even worse than Aerial Attack had said it would never be...
MemoTo: Dr Caddy von Maxi; All VW Medical Staff From: Mr J. H. A'SBORe: The Patient Wade Dear DoctorsIt has come to my attention that you are looking for Alex Wade. I am furthermore informed that he has stolen your favourite van...
My Dear FonsecaI have disturbing news. Yes, Wade has been spotted...
We celebrate this blog's continued existence, despite its author's total unreliability, with this excellent image of the King of St Agnes. If you want to know more, check out the latest issue of Pit Pilot.Meanwhile, more news of the Patient Wade...
MemoFrom: Dr Caddy von Maxi, Chief Psychiatrist, Volkswagon Commercial VehiclesTo: Inspector Bennett of the YardRe: Theft of VW by Alex WadeDear Inspector BennettI write to confirm that Alex Wade has absconded with a VW Caddy Maxi Sportline 2.0 litre TDI PD 140 PS...
There's a fine and touching tribute to Bill Bailey, one of the most important figures in British surfing, in today's Guardian. It's by Roger Mansfield, whose book The Surfing Tribe is out very soon. Click here to read the obituary.
MemoTo: All Police StaffFrom: Inspector BennettRe: The Idiot WadeGentlemen, and those of you who are police officers but female (henceforth, 'Also Officers'):We have intercepted a letter from a woman (Senorita Jasmina Carmina Simona Peter Formica Desk) formerly involved with the Idiot Wade...
Dear Medical StaffI write regarding the man you call 'The Patient Wade'. I knew him, intimately, a long time ago. He probably never talked about me...
FonsecaI confess that it has taken a few hours to digest your last missive. Its tone, content and style troubled me greatly. I have never, in a lifetime of very clever medical work, been described as "fluffy", except by my former lover, a lady who, if memory serves, left me to be with you...
My Dear PanglossI am afraid that the saga of the Patient Wade continues. As you know, because he was under your care at the time (I cast no aspersions in saying this, it is merely an apodictic statement), Wade escaped from The Facility at some stage last Saturday...
MemoTo: All Medical StaffFrom: Inspector BennettRe: WadeWade has now been at large for three days. He escaped The Facility in the early hours of Saturday morning. Eye witness accounts from, inter alia, Aerial Attack, Captain Skew J. Ack and Mr P...
This intriguing story from Surfers Village heralds a new era, one in which surfboards will be tax deductible. But will the prospect inspire Russell Winter in Round 4 of the O'Neill Highland Open? Rumour has it that he's the last British competitor in the contest...
Arsenal are off to a shocker. Within what feels like 10 minutes they are 0-1 down to Man Utd at the Emirates. That's 0-2 on aggregate, meaning that they now need to score three goals in order to beat United and progress to the Champion's League final. Can they do this...
My Dear PanglossA brief note, for I have other patients to see. I have heard from a certain Mr Shepherd that two individuals from the Sennen Cove area were formerly known as 'Rack and Ruin'...
Mr Dear PanglossI agree - the VW van is a good idea. But have you seen this? One of Wade's last acts, as a citizen, was to play an admittedly very poor version of this song. He said it reminded him of Frank Zappa, someone he never knew but whom he liked considerably...
My Dear FonsecaThank you for your note about Rack and Ruin. It was brief, but helpful. I put it to Wade. You will find the results most interesting...
My Dear Doctor,Re: The Patient AWI write regarding the Patient Alex Wade (hereinafter, 'Wade'). As you recall, Wade was admitted here yesterday after a series of self-destructive and bizarre acts which culminated in the incident with the paper hat...
Stop Press.We regret to announce that reports of Alex Wade's return to sanity were exaggerated. Late last night he was caught wandering the lanes of St Levan, ranting about the good old days when top shelf magazines were innocent...
Angst is over. Jean-Paul Sartre's tree in La Nausee may still loom large, but at least it was just a tree. Being a tree, its power for malevolence was limited. And, so far as I know, it didn't star in any porn films.PORN FILMS. Here we go. The stats will go up...
Astute readers will have noticed the minimalist hue to this blog of late. I'm sorry about its less than predictable appearance these days, a condition which was initially a product of our credit-crunched times but which now chimes with my feelings about writing and surfing...
The wise among us never write anything when we're in a cranky state. Or, if we do, we don't publish it. Regrettably, I've never fallen into the category of being wise, and proved this yet again with last night's Mr Angry post about surfing and writing. The catalyst was a stalker...
Many thanks to everyone who commented, texted, rang or emailed in response to my rant about writing. I've been amazed by the number of people who've got in touch and asked me to continue this humble, and usually fairly sensible, blog...
It's been another week in which I realise that there is no time for anything (please skip immediately to the 6th par where the asterisk appears). The older you get, the busier life is. On top of that, my surfing has been sh**e...
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