check out kfishsurf.com for pics of fistral beach , newquay ,cornwall especially dec 9 th cribber day, the cribber is a rarely surfed reef off newquay headland which jacks up the swell when the main beach is 6-8 ft the surfer is a south african called chris bertish , what you don/t see in the pics is all that white water explodes onto sharp jagged rocks on the headland, it looked scary from where i was and that was half a mile away looking through binoculars sitting in my car, pete
those our some jumbo sized waves and it look as if that guy was the only one out there. its always amazing to see pics of a new big wave spot.
Whoa - tidy size - Cornwall can pack a punch when conditions are on …some people would disagree with the “english” part of your title tho (just stirring the pot!)
Hi all -
I live in the west country and surf Newquay regularly, it can get some great surf and as there are several beaches along that stretch of coast you get good diversity in size and shape depending on the conditions.
the Cribber is a reef in shallow water off the headland and it’s got teath that bite, there are some guys that have a special board tucked away just for when its working. little fistral is a real small cove as the name suggests and only works at low tide but it’s been known to jack up to 20ft but in a v.confined space.you don’t see many peope sufing there and it can only hold a few at a time. I think I took some pics a few weeks ago that i will try to find.
another big ‘english wave’ is pete’s reef, named after PJ who is a legend and runs PJ’s surf shop in llengelith on the gower coast, only seen pics of this wave, it holds as wave at least double the size of any other wave in the area, but breaks in to 1-2ft of water over solid rock, no room for error perfect botom turn and kick out needed as it sucks dry!!!
the picture for my icon was taken in aug on fistral beach at sunset, though the picture i took from exactly the same spot at the beginning of December looks slightly diffrent, I’ll post them both for a comparison, but you got to love those clod winter swells. beach gets real crowded in high season, in winter I love it.
good joke woody! - Above PR’s on a mellow day - yes you’re right this one can get big for our waters
By the way it’s Llangennith not “llengelith” -
twll tin pob sais!
Yer tell me about it, I’m dislexic so enough trouble spelling enighish words, in celtic, no chance, but no worries.
Sorry can’t help teasing, my bad,- PJ’s is a celtic wave, UK waves are often under estimated by people, Irland too getts some really awsome wave. Lets not foget Scotland too, surfing the outer hebs, sooo beauiful.
I love the gower and Pete is one of the nicest person I’ve met, he’s real friendly and always takes time to help the grommies in his shop choose a board right for them, also He has this really cool early bilbo log.
the only thing I don’t like is the bridge toll? but then it is better than swimming and means its only a 2-3 hour drive.
Peace, unity and good waves.
december has been a good month here in cornwall, its good when the size picks up as 9th dec because it gives you the chance to surf some of the places that don/t work that often , i don/t mean the cribber ! but some of the out of the way places that need big swells to work.
pete
Yeah pete - winter’s gooooood. This coming week has loads of potential for the spots you describe - maybe we should try to get some pics and post them? - Yeah - cymru, kernow, eire and alba all get good waves - but not often in the summer…I guess we’ll never be a “destination” because of our mingin weather : ))
Yer - But that has it’s plus points, you know what it can get like in the summer, gotta love winter surfing, bigger swells, less crowded waves, I know people who pack there boards away for winter - whats that all about??
I end up spending more time surfing on my own but that good too, ok we don’t attract world class surfers every day of the year, but we all have our local heros.
I agree, its been great here over the last few days.
Yesterday it was just me and a couple of others in the water - the modern wetsuits are fantastic - all we need to do now is make it lighter in the evenings, though I hear that there might be a private members bills about extending Summer time all year round?
Chris
Maybe we could use some waterproof nightvition goggles - like the navy seals or something, always fancied a ‘night surf’ on a full moon.
I agree Chris - lets abolish GMT - moving the clocks back is hust depressing — time for a serious lobby group - “surfers for summer time?” or something…lets organise … there are more surfers in the s west of eng and s wales than people who play rugby - it must be therefore that we could mobilise support?!!
Can I get on the band wagon. This day light saveing hour is a load of crock. I heard it was for farmers. But when speeking to a farmer the other day he told me his cows have to carry milk for an extra hour in winter because the milk truck comes later.
*PS the cow has a cool black and white resin swirl on her too 