This was the clubs 5th weekend trip to Bude, since the
successful first outing in May 2010. After a weekends surf
kayak training in April and an early club summer warm-up
weekend in May, this Septembers theme was based around
"Hedonism"....."The doctrine that the chief good of man
lies in the pursuit of pleasure"
Club weekend Mum Clive Joyner got a little worried about the
title, until it was explained to him, it was all about
surfing, takeaways and consuming quantities of gods falling
down water !
With a small surf report shown on MSW for Friday, several
members decided to delay their arrival until Friday evening
or Saturday morning. A bad decision, if MSW says 0.5ft and
clean, then always add onto that.
As it turned out, the waves at Crooklets during Friday pm
were a good, 2-3 ft on the set and clean peeling beauties.
Amongst those that caught these with joyful woops were,
Grant "Gumps" Pring, Ken "Wing Commander" Baillie, Steve"
Simon Hammond" Budd, Nobby "Classic" Crannie, Tony "Torpedo"
Sandrey and Teresa "Surfette" Cobster...Geoffers "Silver
Fox" Ridler was without a boat until late afternoon so
surfed in the waves on his board like Kelly Slater. Oh and
then there was Pete "Port" Woods....there isn't actually any
evidence he was surfing.....but for amusement we gave him a
10/10 for effort...he does take great pictures
though....Bless.!
On arrival back at the campsite late afternoon, the
chairlady Barbara "Bottombracket" Browning was lording it
about in her Triathlon Lycra..!! after having successfully
ridden her new road bike from Burton to Bude in 6 1/2 hours.
(BONKERS)
A fantastic achievement........Poor old Ian "Hackers"
Hackworthy...he looked just knackered thinking about it. !
Friday evening saw the arrival of club pro surfkayaker
Christov "BillyWhizz" Fryer, with his world champion seabed
Inspector Gazza "Seabed Sediment Sid" Elkington (triple S to
his friends).
Along with these two, Buddy, Gumps, Silver Fox ,SSS, and
Teresa, Barb, and Hackers, all 9 then felt their hedonistic
calling and made to Crooklets.
The scene was set, the sky was clear, blue, with the
occasional sweep of a cloud towards the horizon where the
sun was dropping.....it was a surreal moment for all.
Local boarders and kayakers were catching in 3-4ft clean
waves as the sun dropped, a red sunset ,with the silhouette
of man and woman enjoying the surf in pursuit of pleasure
!!!
For those there, it will be a moment never to
forget..........however I'm not sure if Gazza "SSS"
Elkington saw it, but I'm sure the sunset beneath the waves
was just as glorious!
Saturday arrived and the weather was overcast but
mild....the water at the moment is almost bathwarm.
Joining the group were Clive "Senior Pro" Joyner....John "Tinkerbell"
Christmas and Mark "Demon" Damon......
All the group travelled and spent the day at Summerleaze
where waves were 4-5ft and clean during the morning
session....
Ken "Wing Commander" Baillie stated to Sky Sports after this
session......"I caught probably the biggest wave I've ever
ridden out there today"......the only eyewitness was a young
18 year old blonde male RNLI lifeguard, who refused any
comments about the incident but did allegedly state to other
club members "Ken is a legend in local surfing folklore"
Saturday afternoon saw several swimmers, as the sea was
menacing...amongst those were...Pro surfer Billy Whizz Fryer
and Classic surfer Nobby....nuff said !
Saturdays evening meals were again consumed amongst copious
amounts of Bude falling down water, whilst Teresa stuck to
her local brew called "Strongbow"
An early trip home on Sunday for Buddy due to an infested
chest and broken surf fin, left all the others to enjoys a
few more hours of Bude-wai....this was done with lots of
enthusiasm and after lunch the group dispersed to break camp
and return home.
It was another great weekend, with 15 surfers and everybody
got involved.......without a doubt we were all smiling for
the entire trip....be it pleasure or sheer fright at the
waves !
The RNLI shirt swimming award went to Gary "SSS" Elkington
for most pop's, and best improved ....and the beanie award
went to Nobbiy "Classic" Crannie for his spiritual
Hedonistic, almost heartwarmingly tearful team chat prior to
hitting the Bude-wai waves on Saturday afternoon that caused
carnage.........
Here's looking forward to the next Classic IOPCC
weekender........
MY WAVE DUDE !!!!
Buddy
WW/SuRF Rep !
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| Buddy makes it to
Bude |
Gary and Chris
getting the caravan 'Just So' |
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| Sunset at Crooklets
Beach |
And again |
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| Nice boys |
Teresa ripping it up |
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| Gary and Chris,
please note that Gary is the right way
up...remarkable!! |
Grant on a nice one |
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| Ken the maestro |
Barbara on her way
out...but not too far! |
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| Chris, leaning back
as usual. |
Ken in the club surf
boat |
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| Chris...must be
getting tired by now... |
OMG he's fallen
asleep! |
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| What a bloody rabble. |
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