With the sea winds not showing any sign of letting up and my shoulders and back muscles aching from constant paddling i decided to head out on the pugsley for a ride along the coast and give the surfing a rest for a couple of days, i also decided to have a play with my tachyon micro hd camera, the weather was quite pleasant with the sun making the odd appearance through light broken cloud warming me nicely as i cycled along the beach, the light northeast wind was a little cool and kept the overall temp around 12 degrees just nice for a bike ride, i headed west towards the tyne and out towards the boundaries of john muir country park, i made a quick film of the ride along the beach and stopped for a quick paddle in the cold north sea, before heading home for a shower and a rinse down for the bike, a quick ride of about an 1hr 30 min.

Wet weather, typical for my day off work, the surf forecast was 2ft with a light north wind which made the surf a little gutless and mushy, but a day in the house is a day wasted, so i fitted the carver surf rack to my surly pugsley and put on my wetsuit and headed to belhaven beach, and at the last minute i decided to grab the tachyon HD micro camera as i have always wanted to make a surf clip, the mount i used was a delkin suction model which i must admit i was a little worried about its ability to keep my camera in place, but it did its job and the cam never budged from the front of the board, as i predicted the surf was less than perfect and i didn't get many good waves.

EXERCISE WITH THE DUNBAR LIFEBOAT THE JIMMY MIFF.

Monday night exercise with the inshore lifeboat the jimmy miff, decided to take along my tachyon HD camera and film the action, a little warning though it was a little bumpy due to the west wind and the speed of the boat which is 25 knots full speed powered by a mariner 50 hp outboard.

WINDY BIKE RIDE

First film i've made with the tachyon micro HD camera, done a quick loop around john muir this morning and put the camera through its paces, the weather was a little nasty as per usual, the north winds have swung in a more common westerly direction and the temp was about 10 degrees there was a few heavy showers but not to bad once you where in the shelter of the pine trees at john muir country park, there is also a lot of construction going on at jm this week, they are in the process of building new toilets and a shower block which will please me and all the others that surf belhaven beach, happy days.

WILL CRUM

WILL CRUM

COFFEE TABLE BOOKS

I must admit to being a big fan of coffee table books and one of my favorites is Andrew kidmans lost in the ether, the book is full of stunning photography,  and there was only 1000 ever printed.

each copy comes with a dvd and is hand signed by Andrew kidman, having made the purchase online my copy arrived in a couple of weeks with a hand written note of thanks, very expensive but worth every penny.

JOEL TUDOR

So just recently I've been listening to a lot of will crum and watching a lot of surfing flicks, and stumbled upon this on youtube, joel tudor is probably one of my favorite surfers of modern times he makes nose riding look so effortless and fun, check out the clip.

SURFER- JOEL TUDOR

MUSIC -WILL CRUM