Or to be exact this is Will, just about to pull into another barrel during last weeks swell. What strikes me most about living in and around Devon and Cornwall is that despite everything you read or hear about in the national media, of what England has become, there are people out there defining their own version of what England is. Look out for Will Brawn, his shaping, surfing and film making which will debut at the upcoming 2010 Cornwall Board Shorts film festival.

Its been an endless onslaught of waves since the start of the week, and I am sooo sore. Just glad I managed to catch a few images if just a little late.

Amazing day of blue skies and pumping swell. Think just about everywhere on the north coast was firing. Hope you scored it to !

Got in to the response of 'no way' from 'her indoors' - this is what I saw from the drive home.

Just a small offering of 1-2 ft and nobody other than the odd porpoise. What a beautiful night.

Passed this at Porthtowan en route to work today. It looked so perfect but couldn't sample it till dusk.

Well its with some concern that I post my latest session up today. After a truly beautiful summers day and a super fun swell, I still can't relax with the thought that we had scored some great conditions over the last 7 days. Instead as I pieced my latest offering together, I realised why I had first got into surf/windsurf photography, and that using a GoPro was for the same reason all those years later. It was so that you could push yourself more and more, and continue to improve as you witnessed your mistakes. But when I sift through what I sailed like yesterday, it felt so safe and boring. I tried some new moves, but the real ones like the forward loop didn't really come into my consciousness. Years of repressed thoughts - I am gonna do it this summer...etc etc. So without any further mutterings, the bar has been set and I look forward to breaking some stuff very shortly. Will post up my many mishaps.

D-Lo and his bro making the most of it into the last hours of daylight.
Nice work guys and great shots from Luke Parkhouse - thank you.

Following some new blogs lately and Gothic Dolphins is definitely worth a visit.
Forget Alaias and move over to the mat - Greenough forever !

Haven't posted any music for a while and got some amazing new music in Brighton, but that will have to wait. In the meantime, the Times ran an article today which I found most amusing and thought it might be wise to share. Hope you enjoy as much as I did.

Thanks AB for the photo of Luke out charging right after an epic windsurf session. Hardly seems possible considering the onshore conditions. Nice job !

Dan Crockett is without doubt one creative fellow, and to anyone who hasn't bought the kook, then they really need to. But its with total awe that I checked his latest post - please visit http://thisrichtapestry.blogspot.com/ right now to see the latest offering of Mickey Smith - this is too good not to share.

Stupidly forgot to charge my GoPro and caught only the first couple minutes of yesterdays perfect conditions. Still had to share the blue skies though, and experimented with a different mount on the boom. Its the MTB seatpost one, and it was perfect as I forgot that it was there. I wish it could have just caught a few more minutes as the jumping was so much fun.

Luke kinldy scored some shots for me, whilst I enjoyed a lengthy session. Was planning on going out again in a little bit, as the wind just doesn't seem to want to back down. Water is so nice and warm, and the wind is just howling.

After 15 hours of driving over the weekend to see my sister and her family in Brighton, returning back to North Devon to wind and sun was a real treat. I think I had almost forgotten that I still love the wind, and on the final hundred or so miles, I really started to get a pangs for the coast. Finally reaching the beach at 5pm, everyone was packing up and I got the usual comments of 'you should have been here earlier'. But not so ! Just by chance, I got the tip off about a favourite wave spot, showing a little promise, and by the time I had rigged it was looking perfect. Colin kindly carried over the new RRD 75 Wave Cult, which was an absolute cracker of a board. Very quick and sat really nice in the water, I can see why it won all the tests. We scored a quick hour, and by the time I was packing up, the others were arriving to score some of there own down the line fun.

Sometimes I struggle when people ask me what I actually do for a job. I have a number of irons in various fires, but one that has been giving me a great deal of pleasure lately is best described here in this months Drift magazine.

I hate the overuse of the term 'legend'. You always hear people slipping it into conversation as if to somehow thank you for some trivial deed you did. So it gives me great pleasure to lay down the truth about one such guy, who truly warrants the term. Its my wife's uncle Barry, who is always there to help, and has spent a lifetime doing so. After his most recent visit, he looked on in dismay at my meager man-shed and lack of tool bench, and lead a charge of serious productivity. Within 2 days we had built a new work bench from railway sleepers, rebuilt various parts of the ever crumbling and wind strained out buildings, made a serious dent in the garden and a myriad of other tasks. This guy stands tall, despite his 5'6 frame, and my son is able to give him the upgraded title of Great Uncle Barry. Thank you.

I am sure I can recollect that August used to be the hottest month of summer, and the fields all burnt up from the summer heat. Not continual rain, onshore wind, no swell, and definitely not shorts weather. So it was a real surprise to be out enjoying the sun on Sunday, knowing that the window for fine weather was closing in rapidly. So, I am focusing on work right now, and selling all my spare gear (namely 6'2 Twin keel Fish, and my 9'2 Longboard), if anyone is interested. With such a shortage of water time, it really hits home how one can have too many toys.