another day >> more surfing stuff

I really spoke too soon as regard the rip curl boardmasters this week. I haven't driven over to watch from the beach & now feel guilty abut making any bad comments about it here or to others. I have been watching it pretty much all day today online. 

have to say that lee barlett (pictured above) did & is doing a fantastic job this week. talking for more than 10 hours today (commentating on the surfing through the day). it was like listening to test match special as a lot of on the time was spent talking around the facts, interesting as well as funny. I was pleased to hear dave reed (contest director, pictured below) explaining just how important the contest judges are. as a surf judge I do the (british and open) kneeboard contests as well as the the cornish schools and some of the lesser qualifying events, it is always good to know that people realise how important the judges are. any way it was a great days surfing today where ever you were watching it from. hope the rest of the week is good too.

rip curl boardmasters 08 >>

I am normally excited around this time of year I am either on the way on foreign surf trip (as last year) or at minimum on my way over to the board-masters in newquay. as a surfer and a writer about surfing I usually drive over (it is quite close to where I live). but I am not planning to go over this time well not unless the surf picks up a huge amount. strange really but I am beginning to feel that its a bit like the two weeks of wimbledon you know when every one in the uk plays tennis for two weeks. only to forget about it three weeks later. perhaps I am a miserable old git but surfing is a year round thing and much as it is very important to cornish surfing and the local surfing industry. it is more than ever full of people who are there to be seen rather than to actually watching the surfing. but who am I to criticise I will probably go later in the week, perhaps I am just wishing that I had been asked to judge some of the heats then I would be over there like a shot. all that said if you are over at fistral hope you enjoy it.