SUPs, good books and massive ants

So far this weekend has been all about our new stand up paddleboard - it is GINORMOUS and we all love it.

I'm reading The Paperbark Shoe by Goldie Goldbloom (great name), although shortly after taking the below photo I was bitten on the bottom by a fearsome looking ant and quickly jumped back in the water...

Happy Father's Day

We bought Mark this print from Bear Graphics - it pretty much sums up his philosophy in life :)

However, today he can't surf - he's fixing the boiler - there's no job he can't do!

(Or won't attempt..)

Blue Sky in Devon

We went to Woolacombe in the van for the weekend -and apart from a rocky start when Mark locked the keys in the house and then got wedged in the dogflap trying to retrieve them...we had a nice time!
All my photos seem to be of sky -

Surf

Just been looking through Mark's Surfer's Path and found a few nice photos - the one below is by Jack Brull - a NY based photographer and surfer who uses 'lo-fi' cameras to capture his surfing shots - he has a blog here

I also love the photos of Clark Little - have a look here

Croyde

We went down to Croyde on Sunday for the day, and yes, it rained. A lot..

But that's the way it should be in North Devon - in my family we call it 'Combe Martin weather' after many damp holidays spent visiting my granny who lived there.

If you too love North Devon you can still snap up this Beach Hut here

Gnarly..

Gnarly Grom Marley is one of our current favourite books - we bought it in Australia for the boys and they love the story of Marley who wants to surf, but first has to learn to swim.
The website's pretty cool with lots of activities which I might be resorting to during these long summer weeks.....

Protect our Waves

This animation from Treat Studios is part of a Surfers Against Sewage DVD that is part of their Protect our Waves campaign - check out the links above to find out more and get involved.

(If you can't see it, click here)

Breakfast, Bournemouth and Beach Huts

We camped at Hurst View campsite near Lymington, which is open all year (and was surprisingly busy for February!) and after breakfast we headed down to Boscombe to check out the new surf reef ( but there was no surf..)


So we walked along Bournemouth Pier (Molly wasn't keen, she doesn't like looking through the gaps in the floor!)...


Wandered along the beach...

And found lots of lovely beach huts...

I'm having number 233, but remember you can buy your own very specially personalised Beach Hut here!

Happy 2010!

On Boxing Day we got up early and rushed down to North Devon - we had a great week with lots of surfing, rock climbing, getting wet in rock pools and eating way too much...
Happy New Year and keep watching for exciting new developments and designs...

Weekend collage #1

Another weekend in North Devon..

We found a really cool new surf shop in Braunton, and then saw some of their boards in Wave Length magazine. Loose-Fit claims to be the UK's first 'carbon zero' surf shop. I love the design of their website and their boards look like pieces of art.

Ooh, and they've also got a cafe!