Surfer Dad

Surf blog by a wave starved father

Surfing silhouettes

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When the sun paints the sky, surfers become anonymous shadows on illuminated waves. Fancy aerials and acrobatics pale in comparison to nature’s artistic talent.

Being Dave Rastovich

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Free surfer, team rider, eco warrior, sealife lover, organic grower, hippy Rasta – that’s how Dave Rastovich rolls. Being John Malkovich is a crazy film, being Dave Rastovich is real life crazy. Before I get down to the details of being Dave ‘Rasta’ Rastovich today, lets have a quick look at his life so far: […]

Christmas gifts for surfers

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So you want to buy a Christmas gift for a surfer, but don’t know the first thing about surfing. Well help is at hand. Ask any surfer what they want, they will say “to go surfing”. Sadly you can’t buy waves, but you can keep your favourite surfer protected, equipped and entertained. In Cornwall and […]

Wave Clouds

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Me and my daughter love cloud spotting. We’ve seen flying pigs, dinosaurs and Homer Simpson – but I love wave clouds the most. Also known as Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds, these atmospheric waves are perhaps the last uncrowded line ups left on earth. So enjoy their unspoilt beauty now, before Laird Hamilton figures out a way to […]

Easkey Britton – no ordinary surfer girl

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Easkey Britton has long blond hair, she’s attractive, athletic and sponsored, but that’s pretty much where the surfer girl stereotype ends. Easkey has recently been thrust into the limelight following her surf trip to Iran. But before we talk about that here’s why Easkey Britton is no ordinary surfer girl: • Named after a legendary […]

Super Sunday Surf

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If you’re a surfer in England (or Cornwall) – how good was yesterday! Brilliant sunshine, big waves, offshore breezes and on a Sunday. It doesn’t get much better than that. For anyone unfortunate enough to miss it, sorry but “you should have been here yesterday”: