surf bidarteko le lundi 1er juillet 2013
surf a bidart avec le bidarteko surf club le 1 er juillet 2013 !
surfers: Lucas Linxe , Hugo Cohonner , francois laudebat ,sydney angel et mathis
fimé par Thomas La Fonta
????♂️ ???? Anglet: Glisseguna 2009 la fete Basque - Euskadi Surf TV
Anglet terre de bon Surf et du Bodyboard. Anglet paradis du surfing et du Bodyboarding. Anglet adore le Surf.Créé en 2003, Glisseguna - ou journée de la glisse - associe l'initiation aux sports de glisse à la sensibilisation à la langue basque, l'Euskara.
Reportage Euskadi Surf TV 20 septembre 2009 .
La web TV de la glisse au Pays Basque - Euskal web #Telebista
© Euskadi Surf TV #Anglet #Glisseguna #Euskadi
Sid Pitman R.I.P.
Sid Pitman started body boarding during the early sixties with a homemade plywood board, curved at the front and painted blue. After watching surfing at Makaha on the television Sid decided to make himself a surfboard from polystyrene, with an oak stringer and covered in newspaper, cascamite and fibreglass before being painted blue. Sid went on to have many blue surfboards, sadly a story we never did get to talk about. Sid surfed this board for a few years before it went to Rob Clarke.
After answering an advert in the County Press encouraging surfers to come and join the newly established Isle of Wight Surf Club, Sid and his mate Ben Kelly went over to Ventnor meeting up with Roger Backhouse and his girlfriend Sue Ellis, Geoff (Ned) Gardner, Rusty Long, Jon Jon Ainsworth, Colin Burgess, Colin Hickey, Bob Booth, Steve Brown. Others joined the club shortly afterwards including, Keith Williams, Roger Cooper, Rory Angus, Ian Vallender, Mary Hughes, Dave Bottrell, Glynn Kernick, Rob Eldridge Dave Saleroe, Doug Saunders, Mr Cosmic(Derek Thompson) and many others.
Sid is not only recognised as one of the best Island surfers of his time but also not bad at making the odd surf movie, Surf Rats and Brown Water to name a couple. But there was one movie in particular that Sid made with Mike Smith which included the famous mud slide adventures (sadly another story we never got to complete) that went on to win a National award. Some of Sid's surfing footage was also used in an episode of Countryfile in 2012 on surfing on the Isle of Wight.
Sid was a big part of the Isle of Wight Surf Club over the years and instrumental in saving the surf club hut from falling over the edge of the cliff by organising a huge crane to lift the hut and move it back to a safer place, giving the hut a few more years life. I certainly appreciated having the hut to get changed in when the wind blew from the North east on a cold February morning.
Sid loved to travel for waves surfing most of the west coast of Britain. In the early days sleeping in an army sleeping bag under hedges or between cars close to the beach so he could be in the sea at first light. Many stories have been told of surf trips with Sid but one that always gets a mention is Varp Lighting, which involved large amounts of baked beans, beer and a lighter. A trip that Sid remembered fondly was to France in 1980 when about 15 members of the Isle of Wight Surf Club met up at Bidart getting great waves and having great times.
Anyone who knew Sid would tell you how much he loved surfing and has been a huge influence on the Island Surfing Community over the years. Sid was a great surfer and an inspiration to many surfers over 6 decades. While Sid couldn't get in the water in recent years he was still passionate about the sport and in protecting the waves we have on the Island, and he was very vocal in his support for opposing any harbour proposal at Freshwater Bay. Sid loved to surf Freshwater Bay, so next time you paddle out at the Bay take a moment and think of Sid.
Are thoughts at this time are with Sid's wife Jan.
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I surf in Biarritz (Great Beach).
No need to board : made of bodysurfing !
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Guillaume Verspieren.
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Je surfe à Biarritz (Grande plage).
Pas besoin de planche : faites du bodysurf !
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Guillaume Verspieren.