Surfer Dad

Surf blog by a wave starved father

Handboarding – ultimate surfing sophistication

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Leonardo Da Vinci said “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication”. For ultimate surfing sophistication go handboarding. Longboard or shortboard? Twin fin or thruster? Fish or Egg? Surfing can get complicated, but not handboarding. All you need is your hand plane, maybe a wetsuit and ideally some fins – and you’re in there like swimwear. Whilst you’re […]

A family surf trip to New Zealand

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As promised, here’s the full update of surf spots visited and lessons learned on our long haul family surf trip to New Zealand. Hopefully you can grab a tip or two for your next surf tour to Kiwi land. Surf spots visited With 3 weeks in New Zealand, we decided to stick to the North […]

Surfing in New Zealand

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Happy New Year, One and All. Apologies for the lack of posts recently, but Christmas and New Year were busy and now I’m in New Zealand! I’m planning a full update of surf spots visited and lessons learned on a long haul family surf trip, but for now here’s a pic of Piha. It’s just […]

The real surfer girls are back

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Following the success of their cool Winter Tales in Newquay video, the real surfer girls are back with a scorching new Euro edition. This summer, Hannah Bristow and Dannie MacLegend, swapped their bobble hats for trucker caps and left freezing Fistral for solar heated Hossegor, because “Kelly Says… Go French”. For jelly-sweet surfing, comedy commentary, […]

X-Mass Surf this Sunday

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If you’re in tropical Cornwall this weekend, get yourself along to the first annual X-MASS SURF at Porthtowan Beach. Essential info: • On Sunday 8th December • At Porthtowan beach and Blue Bar • Fun surf comp 11am-1pm • Shopping & festivities 1pm-5pm • Free entry • Stalls available for £10 (proceeds to DEC Philippines […]

The best videos of the biggest waves in the world

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With Nazaré getting scary for Halloween and Apple Computers calling their latest software ‘Mavericks’, I decided to hop on the big wave band wagon. After paddling through the mush of bad quality videos and macho mumbo jumbo, I finally found these magical monster waves in motion. So get comfy, stay warm and get ready to […]

Bare body surfing

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Body surfing is pure surfing – it’s just you and the wave. No boards, paddles, leashes and definitely no jet skies. Just strip off and dive in. Only a body surfer knows the feeling, but these images give us an insight.

Art & Surfing at London Surf Film Festival 2013

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Art and surfing have long been close companions, but the London Surf Film Festival have announced the happy marriage of art and surfing. The first round of social voting for the 2013 London Surf Film Festival Shorties contest came to a close last night, and two of the top 3 videos demonstrate art and surfing […]