I could not let this week go by without mentioning the very exciting news that local surfer and daughter of a work colleague of mine;
gabi rowe won the
newquay leg of the girls
quiksilver king of the groms (surfing competition), at
fistral beach yesterday. for more info and find the other results check the
bbc surfing pages. I am really pleased with this result not just because I know
gabi and her family or that she lives near where I call home, but because she is one of a growing number of surfers based on the south
cornish coast who are challenging and sometimes matching the largely
newquay centric
uk surfing world. the north coast of
cornwall does get (better) well I prefer to call it more consistent waves, but the south creates a particular kind of surfer who for the most part never takes the supply of waves for granted, and will surf in conditions that others would over look. well done
gabi.
it might have been a horrid windy, rainy, cold friday - saturday night. 
on friday I went crab fishing with my 10 year old. the harbour is only a walk away from where we live. as a small child I went crab fishing when I stayed with my aunt who used to live on the other side of the harbour. it was the first time he had ever sat by the harbour side in the sunshine for a few hours, with a crab line in hand. yet we have lived there for almost as long as he has been alive. he is now ckken to do it again with his friends from school.
I could not let this week go by without mentioning the very exciting news that local surfer and daughter of a work colleague of mine; gabi rowe won the newquay leg of the girls quiksilver king of the groms (surfing competition), at fistral beach yesterday. for more info and find the other results check the bbc surfing pages. I am really pleased with this result not just because I know gabi and her family or that she lives near where I call home, but because she is one of a growing number of surfers based on the south cornish coast who are challenging and sometimes matching the largely newquay centric uk surfing world. the north coast of cornwall does get (better) well I prefer to call it more consistent waves, but the south creates a particular kind of surfer who for the most part never takes the supply of waves for granted, and will surf in conditions that others would over look. well done gabi.
