The Weather, the Surf & Other Stuff

I am gutted because April will never be the same again. It was that good.
The best run of swell, sandbanks and good weather and all at the beginning of the season when the place is still relatively quiet. So much so that I am now pretty much surfed out and when I check the waves they have to be pretty good for me to bother! A very rare feeling.

Open

I know we've been open for a while now but I've just got around to sorting out the accompanying video. Check it out.

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 Boy's Done Good

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.

The really pleasing thing for me is that two local lads who I have been lucky enough to work with over the years and in the event and one has made it to the next round (St Ives lad Jayce Robinson) and the other is in a heat tomorrow morning. Patrick Daniel is in heat 23 and is well worth keeping an eye on for the future. He hasn't even done his GCSE's yet so give him support online at http://www.oneill.com/cwc/Live.html.

Failing that, ask him how he got on when he takes you for a lesson this summer! He was a coaching assistant for us last year and he's going to fit in a few lessons for us this year when he's not on the road launching his fledgling career.

Go son!



Paddy Daniel in action at Gwithian last summer.

PE

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.

Fewer Pounds

Clay Marzo - The Comeback from Heavy Mayo on Vimeo.


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