Quick photo !

Hi All,

well after a week or so of shitty weather we're now back to lovely Canarian winter sun and looking at some good conditions over the next few days.

The photo (thanks Matt Owen) looks like it's an inside wave from the 2nd Jan session in La Santa. The Point can be a really frustrating wave because it's so sensitive to swell direction. When it gets over 6 or 8 ft you have to be really careful where to sit and to pick the waves that'll run and not close out through the middle of the bay....... unless the swell direction is west that is... then you know every wave is going to have a beautiful long wall on it and leave you in a nice wide channel.  This was such a fun day that I made sure I got a couple for all the boys at the shop.... except for Reedy.. he can only go left and to be honest there aren't too many lefts on days like this... Missed out Reedy !

Hi all and welcome to the new blog!
Right now I’m at home in Lanzarote with a massive swell hitting La Santa. The wind’s shit for this side but there’ll be good waves at Lobos, on la Graciosa and the East coast.. probably check it out this afternoon.

Christmas and New Year really cooked with some classic Canarian winter conditions. Pretty much the whole north shore cooked with all the spots having their days. For me the highlight was Jan 2nd at La Santa Point. Light winds and a perfect 3m west swell, about as good as it gets. With lots of 12 ft + sets from right out the back at La San Cristia right through the bay I tried out me new 9’6” Linden. Absolute magic (thanks Tunnel Vision). Little bit wider in the tail, nice and thick went like a beauty !!!! Hopefully I’ll be able to stick a couple of photos on the blog soon.

El Quemao was off its face for days on end too. The local boys are pushing the limits out there and a few of the sessions were real shows. The standard of surfing on the island is rocketing and you notice it when the conditions get heavy. Unfortunately a respected local surfer ,”El Fula” died at El Quemao on New Year’s Day, a tragedy that has left the Canarian surfing community reeling.

Anyway, chatting this morning with local legend and big wave charger, Sergio “el halcon”, he reckons that we’re gonna see loads more big surf this season. I hope so ‘cause I’m waiting for a whole bunch of new Bilbo boards including a 9’0” and a little tow-in number and it’s always good to try ‘em out in good surf!!! Last year we had loads of nice surf but very little waves of size and quality. We deserve something more demanding this season !

Moley’s threatening to come out sometime next month or March so I’m going to have to get the ski serviced so we can go and check out a couple of sneaky spots out ! Last time Dan was out here we got some great surf so I’m hoping we can repeat that success !

That’s all for now.... keep you up to date with island happenings as they happen !

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