Gwithian Academy of Surfing

The nights are drawing in and the Indian summer seems to have drawn to a close but the surf is continuing nicely. The quality might not be quite as good as you'd expect for this time of year but at least the water is still fairly warm and with a little bit of local knowledge you can get a quiet, clean wave to yourself.

This and May/June is also the best time to learn to surf and you can do it in the knowledge that you will probably be the only people on the beach. It may seem lonely but you will have loads of space to stretch out in and the waves to yourself.
I have added a video of the Open final from the Europeans last month in Ireland for you to look at. Our chap in white, Newquay's Alan Stokes, didn't have a lot of luck with waves in the final but he got a 6.6 out of 10 for one manoeuvre - pretty impressive when the other surfers were getting 5's and 6's for performing four manoeuvres on a wave.
It was one hell of a manoeuvre.
Its a crying shame that he didn't get a solid back up wave or he might have been England's first European in the Open division for decades. He is still young has plenty more goes left though - who know's, maybe he come through in 2013. I really hope so as Stokesy is one of the nicest blokes you could possibly meet and I can't think of anyone who's surfing deserves it more.
Meanwhile, back at home the British Nationals are coming up at the end of the month. There is an old farts division (over 35's) so I'll probably have a crack at that. I'll keep my fingers crossed for good waves!