Friday 20 May 2011

Changes - About time

"I'm just not sure I'm going the right way with it." I said to Janey as we walked around Torquay! "The Blog. I've gone off track! I'm boring everyone!" I say everyone, that makes it sound like more than one reader!

We've done a bit of thinking. As of today there are going to be big changes to this page! I'm going to step back and let the crew get struck in, because all this chat about my family etc is not really what should be on here. The role of myself and Janey has changed - we come in in the morning, do what we need to do and then leave the ship in the hands of 'management'. The long hours that we did in the early days have freed up our time to be with the boys, which suits us well - but that's of no interest to anyone else really. Now, we can only walk away from the beach with great people in place. And it's their direct involvement on the beach that will lead to our staff writing stuff that is far more interesting and relevant. All part of the evolution.

In summary, what you're going to see on this page from now on are 'guest blogs' straight from the front line. If you're lucky we might even be able to tickle one in from Wailin this morning (although he's just said that he needs to the staff rota for next week first! I think he's stalling).

Here's a couple of the bloggers...

Wailin, Beach Manager. If you've been to Surf's Up! or even if you've been to Polzeath, you'll know Wailin. Awesome lead guitarist, surf coach, manager and right hand man. He's been with us so long now that I can't actually remember when he joined - he can fill in the blanks. He's got two amazing kids - Elliot and Mabel. Couldn't have a better man at the helm.

Coach Megs - has come right the way through the ranks of the Boardriders to be a fully paid up member of the team. Great instructor, really enjoys inspiring other ladies to get into surfing, has been to France, Portugal and Bali with us. She's off to a party tomorrow night and would like to tell you all about her new dress!! I said the blog would change, I didn't say it would get any better!

Before I go, I would like to send our best wishes to John Walters. He's a local lad who's Dad runs Black and White. On Saturday morning he was cycling down the steep hill into Polzeath when his brakes failed. He went past our shop, made it partway around the corner before hitting the curb - he flew over the pathway to the Galleon Cafe and landed on the sand. He beat himself up good and proper. I heard this morning that he's come out of hospital but some of the injuries will take a while to heal. Sounds like he was a very, very lucky boy and had he not been so physically fit and strong, well let's not think about that.

Okay that's me for today - off to pick up the new hoodies. Wow, a whole blog without mention of my boys or football! Doh!

One other thing. Watch out for a new arrival on the beach - our new mascot Kooky!!

One other thing. Don't forget if you want the latest Polzeath photos - then you can see them on my twitter feed - http://twitter.com/#!/petecraske - no mention of boys or football on there either. Doh!

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