tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79460783781272711632024-03-13T22:40:49.137+00:00Adventures in TrimMusings on a sliding life in North Devon UKCPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010197583291022284noreply@blogger.comBlogger832125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946078378127271163.post-71134053853172322862018-07-29T12:39:00.000+01:002018-07-29T12:39:24.933+01:00lonely walk home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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for inspirationCPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010197583291022284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946078378127271163.post-6458286190879773802018-07-20T12:35:00.000+01:002018-07-20T12:35:21.192+01:00five over<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Mr HillCPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010197583291022284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946078378127271163.post-19508817352480347762018-07-14T12:34:00.000+01:002018-07-14T12:34:19.906+01:00taking off right<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Still my favourite log. 9'4 Gulfstream Slimpig. The best of all worldsCPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010197583291022284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946078378127271163.post-46359025357444932142018-06-26T12:29:00.000+01:002018-06-26T12:29:27.486+01:00holy peak<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy Birthday to me!!CPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010197583291022284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946078378127271163.post-2172189661384776322018-06-13T12:25:00.000+01:002018-06-13T12:25:09.636+01:00one last hurrah<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Might seem a little weird posting such a snowy scene in June. This picture is actually from Val d'isere in February. My excuse is that I'm going snowboarding in a months time! We've got a summer roadtrip planned and one stop is Cervinia and the Matterhorn which boasts 20km of ski piste and snowparks 365 days a year. Really looking forward to it since summer snowboarding has always been on my bucket list!CPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010197583291022284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946078378127271163.post-19501905964657002762018-06-06T12:22:00.000+01:002018-06-06T12:22:03.880+01:00lens flare<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />CPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010197583291022284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946078378127271163.post-58039725156142205692018-05-31T12:20:00.000+01:002018-05-31T12:20:03.026+01:00out back<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Bobbing in the line up back before the gloves came offCPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010197583291022284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946078378127271163.post-83826113790045124102018-05-23T12:18:00.000+01:002018-05-23T12:18:07.110+01:00dropping in<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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They're coming!CPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010197583291022284noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946078378127271163.post-60810941252394536422018-05-09T10:48:00.000+01:002018-05-09T10:48:03.194+01:00earworms<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm very late to the party I know but recently i've been getting addicted to podcasts. I guess its taken a while for there to be any decent ones that relate to the stuff I'm into. There are two i'm going to pick out for your attention.<br />
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Firstly Matt Barr's <a href="http://wearelookingsideways.com/">Looking Sideways</a> which is a a couple of years old now. Matt has a long history in "action sports" media from editing whitelines magazine years ago to ACM media now which creates much of the action sports content you read in the regular papers as well as helping to curate the image of brands like Finisterre. The podcast is a regular series of interviews with a selection of characters from outside the mainstream covering everything from surfing to skating, skiing, climbing, snowboarding and even urban running. Matt is great at getting his guests off the track of other interviews you may have read with them and even if you don't participate in the sport the person is from, Matts interview style and content always makes them a good listen.<br />
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Second mention is for the <a href="http://surfsplendorpodcast.com/">Surf Splendor </a>network which is an expanding group of shows that are all surfing based. Regular pods cover design interviews with shapers, the latest competition wsl news and the superbly salacious "grit" gossip show with Chas Smith. Theres a lot of great stuff in their archive, particularly a couple of shows with Devon Howard talking Skip Frye gliders and his signature Egg design.<br />
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Dive in!!CPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010197583291022284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946078378127271163.post-11736435205359951742018-05-04T10:30:00.000+01:002018-05-04T10:30:00.319+01:00anticipation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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That moment you start wading out, the sun is shining and you're watching perfect little rights reeling across the sandbar............CPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010197583291022284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946078378127271163.post-163732782797398182018-05-01T10:23:00.000+01:002018-05-01T10:23:06.593+01:00winter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Had a pretty busy winter, some decent waves, some fun bike riding and a couple of really good trips out to the alps. <br />
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Turned out to be an epic winter for snow with many saying it was the best for over twenty years. Personally I lucked into a few days of freshies. It's also the first time i've had a proper powder board with me, One of the Lib x Lost Jamie Lynn colab boards. It's loosely based on the concept of a fish surfboard being short (146) and wide giving the same surface area as a much longer board with a fully 2-3 inch stance set back. It's also the first time i've ridden a camber board for a few years.<br />
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The board was amazing. Actually pretty fun on piste holding a good carving edge despite its width. In soft snow I couldn't wipe the grin off. It's genuinely the closest ive come to surfing on frozen water. Effortless float with no need to lean back so no back leg burn and just so much flow with huge rooster tails on each turn. Even my wife commented on how much fun it looked and she is usually the first to burst my bubble of self-congratulation!<br />
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Most definitely recommended!<br />
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"AAAAAAND WE'RE BACK" to quote CRob from one of my current favorite podcasts, The Nine Club. Short hiatus due to general lack of time and lack of film photos to post.<br />
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Following on from the drowning of my last waterproof film camera I invested a whole £7 in a new semi disposable waterproof point and shoot. It's a lovely yellow plastic colour and looks like £7 was slightly overpriced but the first roll through yielded some decent results.CPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010197583291022284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946078378127271163.post-56004395607891380162018-01-04T16:14:00.000+00:002018-01-04T16:14:34.332+00:00yo damo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is Damo.<br />
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He may be one of the most surf stoked people I knowCPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010197583291022284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946078378127271163.post-70312143850583649782017-12-27T16:13:00.000+00:002017-12-27T16:13:17.196+00:00happy holidays<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Merry Christmas peeps, hope the festive season is treating you wellCPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010197583291022284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946078378127271163.post-17529987534806117152017-12-19T16:11:00.000+00:002017-12-19T16:11:34.893+00:00views<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Every so often the fact that we live in a beautiful place comes up and slaps you in the faceCPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010197583291022284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946078378127271163.post-13150656072772092882017-12-14T16:08:00.000+00:002017-12-14T16:08:23.967+00:00silhouette<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Complete with film marks from where the roll stuck together after the camera drowned!CPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010197583291022284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946078378127271163.post-82011219019328735382017-12-04T16:05:00.000+00:002017-12-04T16:05:10.779+00:00twangin'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've long had a thing for fender's offset waist guitars, even with their well documented idiosyncrasies. Probably to do with idolising j mascis and the guy from teenage fanclub in my late teens. Pretty stoked to have a Jazzmaster and a jag sat in the "music room" now.CPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010197583291022284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946078378127271163.post-78285688016756960562017-11-27T16:00:00.000+00:002017-11-27T16:00:12.906+00:00thems the breaks.........<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Perhaps the most frustrating thing about the aforementioned broken ribs was watching lovely autumn swells on the webcam, knowing there was no way I could consider paddling out. I tried a couple of times after about a month but with varying success and pain levels and it wasn't really until past 6 weeks that I managed a proper little logging session.<br />
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In an effort to distract myself I searched out a cheap old canon waterproof camera, an a1 sureshot which took some lovely pictures on my first session back in before it sprung a leak and died. That's what you get for shooting with 30 year old cameras I guess!CPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010197583291022284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946078378127271163.post-82730570470210652802017-11-21T15:51:00.001+00:002017-11-21T15:59:47.753+00:00ouch!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This rad looking little board is a prototype Gulfstream 4'10 asymmetric Seapea with a keel fin on the toe edge (longer rail) and a quad set up on the backhand side. It's pretty mental looking but its pretty much all Jools has been riding in junk surf over the last 6 months.<br />
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I've been meaning to borrow it for ages and had lined up a loan ahead of a sunday AM with a perfect 3 foot and clean forecast a couple of months ago. All great until I offered to show BGA and his visiting mate a little rainproof mountain bike route. To cut a long story short, I went over the bars into some rocks at pretty high speed and broke two ribs!<br />
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It's not an experience id recommend and (amazingly considering the stuff ive done) the first time ive ever broken a bone! Pain wise i think I got away lighter than some friends experience but the worst thing was being sidelined from any kind of fun stuff for a few weeks! Most frustrating of all the board went back to Jools unridden so you'll have to wait for a full ride report.CPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010197583291022284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946078378127271163.post-70332412790242509722017-10-27T08:00:00.000+01:002017-10-27T08:00:17.491+01:00legend (local)<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="175" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/O9xZv6uUSUY" width="270"></iframe><br />
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Bona fide local legend who never seems to feel the cold, always ready with a smile and someone who always brings some fun and aloha to the sessions we've shared.CPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010197583291022284noreply@blogger.com1