I love surfing soft boards whether it be a 8ft swelly(described by Gower Legend PJ as a piece of cheese), or my favourite 8 ft pink INT board they never let you down. My favourite move is taking off fin first out at Crab Island and spinning the board around on the drop, here I am practising the trick on the Swansea indoor surf rider pool at the LC. Practise makes perfect and hopefully will lead to less wipe outs over the island.
Megan wipes out but she is still smiling. It was flat today so we went for a session on the surf rider, I will post more flow riding pictures and surf rider videos on Friday with more news about the LC surfing pool. Looks like a small swell is going to come in 2morrow and Weds, have fun.
Last one in the water after a day in the office, followed by a cold pint.
A surf a day helps you work rest and play.....
Have a good weekend, Surfgsd
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What a magic night we had at Rhossili beach on Gower, a small group of surfers enjoyed empty perfect waves and then after the short walk up the steps we had a pint together in the Wormshead Hotel, nice!
Learn to surf on Gower with GSD
Just grabbed this snapshot from The Wormshead hotel which overlooks Rhossili/ Llangennith beach. Ollie and the boys are in the water having fun on the gorgeous waves.
For more information on staying in the Rhossili area and learning to surf at this awesome spot click here: Learn to Surf Gower
Long may this weather and surf last here on Gower, a stoked Gower Surfer!
Rhossili bay is ideal for surfing due to the soft breaking nature of the waves at the bottom of the cliff, after the long scenic walk to the beach below the surfer is warmed up and ready for the surf session ahead. Rhossili offers easy parking and good bus links from Swansea. The Worms head hotel has awesome views (see Rhossili bay pictures here) and is a great place to stay if you are on a weekend break, alternatively if you fancy camping then there is Pitton Cross about 5 mins drive from this view. Click here for more information on how to visit, surf or stay at Rhossili Bay.
Here is a cool place to refresh after the surfing experience and replace all the energy used walking up the stairs... For more information on our learn to surf beach locations and booking click here.
Greg from Gowerlive phoned me and brought me out of a self induced coma to inform me that the swell had arrived
The serious hangover was due to drinking too much Poncha which is rocket fuel and the result of the self sacrifice was a cracking session out at Crab Island with glassy grond swell pumping over the reef to be shared with a surfer from Oz that kept shouting this is like my local break back home..
Here is a shot of Rhossili Beach in the afternoon, the surf school customers who took advantage of the 3 days for 2 surfing had a great time as did the couple on the 1-2-2 session with Ben. Anyway off west today to watch some of our ex pupils competing in the Welsh national championships. Have a good day surfgsd
Ben has been with us a year now and his surfing and coaching has improved substantially, he will be taking his level 2 BSA coaching award after this summer to add to his BA Hons and Outdoor education certs. Here are some nice surf pictures of Ben surfing at home in Caswell beach and on the Algarve last year on our surfing holiday trips.
