The kind folks at Snugg have posted a handy measuring guide on their website, which apparently has been very popular:
How to Measure from Malcolm Ball on Vimeo.
Friday, 26 February 2010
Wetsuit fitting..
It's always good to buy a properly fitting wetsuit or get one custom made.
The kind folks at Snugg have posted a handy measuring guide on their website, which apparently has been very popular:
The kind folks at Snugg have posted a handy measuring guide on their website, which apparently has been very popular:
Thursday, 25 February 2010
South wales x spot
Firing on a clean swell. Noone in..its a pretty shallow reef and I plan to tame it soon :)
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Modern Collective - The Second Visions
If this trailer doesn't make you want to go surfing and dive off mid air, whilst trying to attempt a ridiculous 'rodeo flip bamboozle' then nothing will!
Modern Collective - The Second Visions from Poor Specimen on Vimeo.
Monday, 15 February 2010
Wave rock
It's been a stonker of a winter here in Cymru so far.
This is our first flat spell in weeks and the jet stream has been kind providing us with our fair share of offshore winds for a change ('bout bloody time!)
I seem to remember saying something similar last winter but I think this one has gone one better.
The snowdrops and daffodils might be popping up but it's still bloody cold in the water but not as cold as I thought it would be after the 'heavy' snow falls of Dec/Jan when we had up to 4" of snow ;)
This week is shaping up nicely and Thursday and Friday are looking good to go so the gull might have to take leave and hit some Gower reef.
A decent surf over reef is long overdue and 'team saga' are pining for my presence 'out back' to inspire them on to greater things! ;)
The weekend was flat although Scarweather Banks had some white water all weekend and Saturday had a small wave at Rest Bay at low tide - around a foot but it looked surfable on a mal.
Anyway I've discovered a secret spot where you can actually pull in and get barrelled on the flat days. Our own S. Wales version of 'wave rock'. The lip actually resembles Teahupoo.
Strictly speaking it's a forehand wave but what the heck!
My wife pleaded with me not to attempt it but....inspired by Welsh forward - Andy Powell's golf buggy antics, I took off, pulled in and back doored the god damn peak!
Gull
Monday, 25 January 2010
Wintry ground swell
I Didn't get in today but it was about as perfect as it gets with 4ft+ clean, swell with lovely lines rolling in and a light NE breeze. I saw a few nice barrels too.
Here are a few pics I snapped whilst taking jnr for his walk about 1pm today:
Here are a few pics I snapped whilst taking jnr for his walk about 1pm today:
Friday, 11 December 2009
Wave drought over!
It's been a tough week watching perfext swells rolling to porthcawl everyday and not being able to get on it but I took today off and finally got some salt water in my ears again!
Slightly hung over and lacking sleep I hooked with will, doc and mike at our local for some wintry feeling surf. The wind was dead E so bloody cold but I'd dusted off my winter rubber and mitts so was well armed.
It's never a nice feeling paddling out for the 1st time in all that rubber and feeling knackered and ung over from last night's pub quiz (we won btw!) didn't help!
The surf however looked nice, 3-4ft and a really nice shape with peaks galore and only a handful in.
Within about 30 mins of us getting in, the tide pushed in and the surf switched off :(
It was very strange as further down the beach it was still nice and hollow.
After a frustrating 45 mins or so though it gradually began to get good again. Phew!
One of my better waves today:
I saw mike snag a double cover up! Good to see the old boy laying down some moves! Doc was all over it as usual on big red and had one insanely long ride - it just kept on going and going as did doc!
Will was in a 10 yr old suit that he fought to get into in the carpark and had no hood so did well to last the distance but he bagged lots of waves and I think we might see him a bit more this winter. He's prob in hospital by now with hyperthermia though!
The waves kept rolling through, perfectly shaped and hollow and I did my best to pull under as many lips as I could find.
I had about 5 or 6 cover ups today, a couple of really nice ones but the fish eye lens has flattened all the waves out again so everything only looks about 1ft! :(
Shattered but stoked! I think I've earnt a chinese takeaway tonight!
Slightly hung over and lacking sleep I hooked with will, doc and mike at our local for some wintry feeling surf. The wind was dead E so bloody cold but I'd dusted off my winter rubber and mitts so was well armed.
It's never a nice feeling paddling out for the 1st time in all that rubber and feeling knackered and ung over from last night's pub quiz (we won btw!) didn't help!
The surf however looked nice, 3-4ft and a really nice shape with peaks galore and only a handful in.
Within about 30 mins of us getting in, the tide pushed in and the surf switched off :(
It was very strange as further down the beach it was still nice and hollow.
After a frustrating 45 mins or so though it gradually began to get good again. Phew!
One of my better waves today:
I saw mike snag a double cover up! Good to see the old boy laying down some moves! Doc was all over it as usual on big red and had one insanely long ride - it just kept on going and going as did doc!
Will was in a 10 yr old suit that he fought to get into in the carpark and had no hood so did well to last the distance but he bagged lots of waves and I think we might see him a bit more this winter. He's prob in hospital by now with hyperthermia though!
The waves kept rolling through, perfectly shaped and hollow and I did my best to pull under as many lips as I could find.
I had about 5 or 6 cover ups today, a couple of really nice ones but the fish eye lens has flattened all the waves out again so everything only looks about 1ft! :(
Shattered but stoked! I think I've earnt a chinese takeaway tonight!
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