Dave’s Daily Update – Day 2 Although Dave is on holiday, and “training”, so he says, you still can’t tear him away from his work. Amongst all the paddling and relaxing, Dave finds an afternoon to still mend some boards, adding truth to his all to well known phrase: “The board repairs just never stop”….
Dave’s Daily Update – Day 1 As some of you may know, our very own Dave Grover has jet off to the BVI (that’s the British Virgin Islands to you and me). Located in the heart of the Carribean, this chain of islands boasts year-round water temperatures of between 22˚ and 31˚ – Lucky Dave. He…
STOLEN SURFBOARD | Phillips Longboard It’s absolutely terrible when this happens to you. A local surfer has had his Phillips Longboard stolen on the evening of the 1st November, from his own home in West Buckland. Not the sort of behavior we expect on our local beaches and area. So please be aware, if…
Surf Competition | Foamy Fest | Bigbury On Sea Saturday 1st November – Bigbury Beach Last year Discovery Surf School held a Surf Competition for their club members, check out the video edit below. The format of the event will consist of: U10 Boys & Girls Event U16 Boys & Girls Event Foamy Fest –…
Battle of the Paddle 2014 with Starboard SUP The Battle of the Paddle 2014 event was held on October 4 & 5, at Salt Creek Beach in Dana Point, California – with contestants coming from all over the world to compete in what’s considered to be one of the most prestigious and potentially challenging SUP…
Don’t Go Into The Water Un-Prepared It’s pretty clear that when it comes to surf forecasting webcams, Magicseaweeed (MSW) have got it covered for Bantham beach. There are have 3 camera’s which show you the different peaks at different states of tide. But if you’re com in from a long way, or getting up…
Whats this all about…..Swell On It’s Way Well I’m no scientist, or Meteorologist but it looks like there may be a little bit of weather around towards the end of the week (day), and towards the weekend. A fair low pressure is heading it’s way to the South West of the UK. Look at the…
Durban: A Real Pedigree of Surfing Culture A good proportion of the products we sell and distribute come from Durban, South Africa, such as Xtra Foam Blanks, GAS FCS Compatible fins, Maisch Longboard Fins to name a few. From previous posts you’ll see that we get between 4-5 40ft high cube containers a year, the…
As some of you may have heard from the news, in the early hours of last night up to 80 firefighters were called in to tackle a blaze in the South Hams Business Park. Our sympathy goes out to our neighbours affected, as we wish them a speedy recovery from this incident. This has come…
It’s nearing the end of the summer, and what a great one it has been for stand up paddle boarding. The surf has been flat, the suns been out and what better way to make the most of our waterways, whilst getting a good workout. An all in all great life style choice. Well now…
Occasionally we have customers bringing boards in for repair, mentioning that it has previously been repaired but is now “leaking” We had one such case recently, with a centre fin box looking a bit suspicious. Here’s what we found upon investigation: Unfortunately, this accident can (and does) happen quite easily. The board…
Billabong Pro Tahiti Round 1 Wipeouts We all like to see 9/10 rides, but we also like wipeouts, and what better event than the Billabong Pro Tahiti. “The entry fee to Teahupo’o is not free. You have to pay, sometimes with the beating of your life” As some of you will know, the Billabong Pro…
We’re Changing The Way We Ship Cloth For those of you who like to get their hand right into the fundamentals of surfboards through either shaping their own board or doing a few ding repairs themselves, we decided to incorporate your needs. When shaping a surfboard, the DIY shaper much prefers when cloth is shipped…
Skimboarder Takes On A Mexican Monster Well this is quite impressive. Professional skim boarder Brad Domke surfs what people claim to be “The Biggest Wave Ever Ridden On A Skimboard.” This video was taken at Purto Escondido, Mexico on 5th July. Although most of us wouldn’t dream of taking on one of those on a…