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Surfing Lessons at Shanklin A huge thanks from all who participated to Cathy Budden and the West Wight Landscape Partnership for organizing and putting on surfing lessons with ISurf and Chris Mannion. With the strong wind and swell Chris had decided that the best and safest place to surf on the Saturday afternoon was at Small Hope Beach in Shanklin. Chris initially takes them through the basics on the sand before they all enter the water and it wasn’t long before there were hoots and high fives with huge smiles all round.

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Saturday, March 26 · 10:00am – 12:00pm Grange Chine – Isle of Wight This SAS beach clean is a great opportunity to take action and help our coastline. Grange Chine has a serious problem with marine litter and the clean will make a massive difference to this beach. All are welcome whether you surf or not, but the clean is part of the Motivocean Beach Clean Tour 2011 and any volunteers aged between 16 and 25 are eligible for a free surf lesson as a reward for taking part. This will be in the form of vouchers given out on the day to redeem at a later date. Gloves and bags are provided, but make sure you bring warm and waterproof clothing in case the weather is poor. We will meet at the bottom of Grange Chine at 10 am….

IOW Surf Club – Frost Bite Series Event No 2 Event No 2 press release from the Isle of Wight Surf Club (Thanks to Matt Harwood, Oliver Harvey and Dave Smart for the write up) The November event held last weekend (Sat 13th) Doug Richards showed his true talent by overcoming a competitive field of talent to take the win in every testing, weak two foot surf at Compton. Against tough competition, Doug surfed well through all rounds to book a berth in the final along side the ever-stylish Joe Truman, competitive Matt Harwood and Chris Mannion who has just returned from training in Australia. Matt Harwood and Joe Truman opted for a strategy of catching inside waves and trying to build scores from medium size waves, but it was the patience of Chris and Doug who waited for bigger…

IOW Surf Club Frost Bite Series Today saw the first ‘Frost bite’ competition of six being held this winter, sponsored kindly by the boys at Rapanui. Greeted with pretty grim onshore head-high waves at Compton, first up we saw the groms test the water. Both Robin & Dylan snagged plenty of waves each but Robin gradually took control with a couple of good waves to take the first event. The waves continue to prove challenging for the mens Open, as the pool of 16 riders entered the water in 4 man, 20 min heats. Julie Tortajada, in the first quarter final, took the Ladies title getting several fun waves. From the first round the following progressed into the semis: Heat 1:       1.Richard Gray           2. Jamie Whittle Heat 2:       1.Nick Whittle             2. Foz Heat 3:       1. Jo Truman              2. Al Reed…