Lovely Weather

The sun continues to shine and the surf continues to please. What have we got today.... um, 3ftish on the sets, light winds. Fun for all.

Now I was in Asda yesterday and Tony Blair's book caught my eye. So I bought it. And I'm loving it. It's a really good read. Hard to put down in fact. Highly recommended!

Stand-Up Paddle Boarding - we've started to see this hit our beach but we have to hope that it's appeal is limited. I can see the attraction, I remember watching from Daymer Bay as a few locals on their SUP's paddled across the glassy estuary to surf the wave over at Stepper and Tregirls - looked fantastic. Must have been a memorable experience for all concerned. And there are a few people at Polzeath that are really good at it, Alex for example, rips it up and is fantastic to watch. Trouble is when you get novice surfers taking it up, people who have no prior knowledge of waves, that's where I have a concern. It's definitely not something we can get involved in - can you imagine one of the behemoths hitting one of our Boardriders or my own kids on the head! People would ask serious questions about our judgement. We had the opportunity to get involved a few years back and turned it down on that basis.

The bottom line - everyone, has an equal right to be in the water so maybe it's something that we'll just have to get used to and who knows maybe like the skateparks that have been taken over with scooters, perhaps everyone will be doing it soon and the pop will be a thing of the past. It's a fast track way to catch unbroken waves - great fun. But let's have some dialogue as to what level of surfer we think should be allowed to hire out the boards. Food for thought, nothing else.