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Latest News, Views and Gossip:
At last, a few sunny days with clean offshore waves spilling through on the main breaks and suddenly Spring has arrived. You can almost touch it, smell it and feel it in the air. Yes, it's still chilly and yes it is still stormy occasionally but there's no doubting it, Spring is in the air. With Spring comes the annual return of all the global wanderers. Toby and Micah are due back in a couple of days, all nicely sponsored up and raring to go for the contests, kicking off in Croyde for the first of the BPSA series on Easter weekend. Good to see Martin (Connolly) ripping after a brief (for him) break from his Discovery Surf School duties to Costa Rica, and oh yes he is ripping. So we've had loads of waves, Harlyn has been attracting the crowds and entertaining the rippers, slashers and tearers in its own inimmitable style while those beaches that are more open to those storm-driven Atlantic winter swells have been battered and bruised and reshaped ready for those calmer days. And a few lesser known spots have been visited more frequently than usual. Although it does seem to be getting more difficult clambering down to, well at least one break. Or, actually, getting down there is alright, it's getting back up that's becoming the problem. Looks like another rope may be needed, or I wonder if Stannah would be into sponsoring a chair lift to slide gracefully up the short cliff side? Not in need of any assistance to get in the waves, young Toby (Donnachie) has been making the most of his recent experience in Hawaii and has been charging pretty much every set that has br
And now he's back on the Goldy and undoubtedly tearing slabs out of those hunky perfect barrels that do tend to spin through there at this time of year along with Toby and Cheyne and Sarah.
If you would like to have a little look at how the North Shore waves are on a daily basis then check out Surf News Network's site at www.surfnewsnetwork.com where Jamie DeMatoff, the 'Rock Warrior' takes daily shots of all the North Shore action. If you've got some news then mail us: Check our surfcheck page for the daily updated conditions.
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