After getting blown out of the water, for what seems like weeks (with only the odd, very messy, surf grabbed here and there,) I thought I needed to venture further afield to see if I could find somewhere that would be working on a windy day like today....

I've just retrieved my old wetsuits from my parents' attic. So here are a couple of photos showing how wetsuits have changed a little. The retro day-glo steamer looks pretty cool!? That said, I'm not brave enough to get out there in it and 'test the...

Had a great surf today, small waves but really nice and clean: felt like a treat after all the wind recently. I remembered, while I was sitting in the water, of what the American painter Willem de Kooning said about how he felt about painting. I loved...

I like Surfer's Path. It's a magazine that is about being a surfer in this world - as much about environmental issues as surfiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing (the key didn't get stuck it's just that since watching Endless Summer that's almost the only way I hear...