What? No Gamu!!

Gamu not through ... somethings not right here. She was the only one not to be shown with Dermott! Something is definitely afoot. Bring her back.

Nice one Europe!

Three punctures in 24 hours! Very inconvenient!

Surf's Pumping!!!

What a Result

Here's Kelly's latest report from the weekend (before last) comps.

'TWO COMPETITIONS IN ONE WEEKEND - THE JESUS AND THE VOLCOM STONE TOUR

The Volcom Stone Tour in England is just one stop on the European tour that they hold a compition in every surfing country including Germiny. Every finalist gets to go to france next april to compete in the finals to find out who is the best Junior in Europe. So there's a lot up for grabs. The comp was held in Porthtowan where the surfers enjoyed great conditions - 3 to 4 foot and cleanish - and because of that, it was decided to run the whole event on the one day rather than the two - making for a very long day! But the boys who came down to that comp did really well, they all surfed hard and got there placings in the finals again. Harry Timpson surfed consistently throughout the event landing the only air of the comp in one of his heats. He went on to win his age division. Max Payne surfed well in all his heats getting some nice nearly vertical reos in earned himself the respected place of second behind a just about unbeatable Harry Timpson. Following close behind Max, and the youngest of all the competitors to make the final came Liam Murray Strout. Ryce Barfeild who was unlucky in his heat and drew a hard heat in the first round went down fighting - like I always say to the guys, "what do you prefer - to surf well and get beaten or surf poorly and win?????

END RESULTS 15 AND UNDER

1st Harry Timpson (Surf's Up! Elite)

2nd Max Payne (Surf's Up! Elite)

3rd Liam Murray Strout (Surf's Up! Elite)

THE JESUS SURF CLASSIC

Unfortunately both events where held on the same weekend and I can't be in two places at once. I can't give you an eye witness account but from the sounds of things every one surfed really well. From our Newquay squad Angus Scotney won the under 12s - well done. Dale foster also surfed well thoughout the event but did not surf his best in the under 16s final but still got himself second place.

On a different note Gabbie Row our only elite girl left who is taking her training and her surfing seriously and who in my eyes is and has been one of the top girl surfers in the country not only in her age division but in the open devision as well, but never seems to put it all together for the entire event, finally did it in this event. She won not only her own age division but beat all the top woman in the country and won the Open womans as well at the ripe old age of 16 so a huge well done to her.

END RESULTS

UNDER 12s

1st Angis Scottney

UNDER 16S

2nd Dale foster

UNDER 18 GIRLS

1st Gaby Rowe

OPEN WOMANS

Gaby Rowe

Nice work team - well done Kelly. The Surf's Up! Elite crew have been dominating proceedings this year which is great to see. We invest heavily in their training programme and competition support, for no other reason than we enjoy seeing the team try and reach their potential. We've been at the forefront of kids surf coaching for the passed three years and are well ahead in terms of the intensity and consistency.

Stoked

Lost one stone!! Sweet - nearly down to fighting weight. No chocolate, no caffeine - seems to have done the trick! Oh, that and the 300 miles that I put in on the bike this week!! Before, I was built for comfort, now I'm built for speed!

Had our yearly appointment with the accountant. Normally involves me getting all bitter and twisted about having to pay VAT on surf lessons - which is effectively a straight tax on turnover. I don't mind when it's the shop and you're selling product, something to offset. Makes me MAD, so no change there today. A good 40 miler cleared the head!

Nice!

Surf this weekend - very nice.

We headed up to Haldon Forest Park, Exeter yesterday - took the bikes - what a great place that is! Lots of bike tracks, walks through the trees, stunning views - and it was busy. Really good to see so many people getting out there, being active and these places getting investment to make the most of what's around. Will definitely go up there again soon.

Lovely day - 3ft on the sets, offshore breeze. Keeping everyone on the beach happy as Larry.

My mate Simon came down to visit - he's been staying with us for a few days. Not used to all the mod cons down here - he stands there for ages switching the lights on and off, on and off. Bit like Tom Hanks in Castaway when he returns home. He's from Newcastle!! We worked with him up at Bude, before he set off to Falmouth to do a film making course. This led him to doing various stuff all over the world filming extreme events and then closer to home working for Sky behind the cameras at the Premier League games. His love, though, has always been with the mountains.

We chatted about his new ski chalet business that he's set up - sounds exciting.

Oxbow XPY

Okay I have the full lowdown on the weekend competition now with the Surf's Up! elite crew - this is the team of riders that we train. Report from JP.

"The Oakley XPY is the biggest Junior event of the year, and had loads on offer - very big cash prizes and final ranking points.

Max and Liam both reached the Quarters of the under 16, and then both reached the final of the under 12s.

For the under 12s this was the UK tour finale, deciding the champion for 2010. In a fantastic final Max finished second and Liam fourth, unfortunately unable to contain Harry de Roth who took the title and the Championship. Max finished second overall for 2010.

Harry Timson took fourth in the under 16s, in another emotionally charged final where, in the dying seconds he and Jobe Harris crashed into each other, taking them both out of the comp with a double interference (and broken boards!)."

Congratulations to all the team who've produced some spectacular results this year - the majority of whom still have at least one more year in the same age division next year.

Great results from Volcom

Big Volcom comp weekend before last - Check this out, our three Surf's Up! Elite Riders in the under 15 category, results as follows - Harry 1st, Max 2nd and Liam 4th. And then Gabi took first place in the Open category. A stunning performance from the team. Nice one. There was a comp yesterday as well - haven't got the full report yet - will come back to you.

Here's Max on his way to 2nd place - great result.

Billy's 11th birthday yesterday - started with the first league footie match of the season! They've stepped up to the full size pitch. Not their finest hour, but they managed to retain their 37 match unbeaten record with a 2-1 win over Helston. One hour of running around on that then a bike ride on the Bissoe trail and then around Falmouth (he got a road bike for his birthday) - then dinner at Pizza Express - it was a fantastic day. But here's the thing when we got back home we realised that it'd gone very quiet. Normally this would mean that the boys are on the computer. But no! Further investigation led to them both tucked up in bed - they'd had it. Not a word, just gone to bed. First time ever!

Load of fuss for a Country and Western Singer

Pope Benedict XVI? Isn't he the country and western singer from the US? I'm not really a country and western fan so his visit means little to me. Hang on, silly me I'm thinking of George Hamilton IV! Oh well, at least we haven't had to dig into the tax fund to pay for his visit...

... what we have?!

What a Grey Day

Okay, so most of the photos I put on here are the ones that make the beach look amazing! There's a reason for that - we want you to come on down! But, and I know this will surprise you, just every now and again, we do get days that dreams are not made of! This morning might fall into this category although as I write the drizzle has got brighter and a little less drizzly.

Janey is on a mission! She seems to have come out of the blocks firing! Which in my decaffeinating state is hard to go with. She's given me loads of jobs now that I'm back in the office full-time. Yes the summer holiday is most definitely over! Accounts, bookings, ordering product - you name it, she's got me on it.

Talking of my decaff state. I cycled the 45 miles to the skate park at Mount Hawke yesterday - Janey drove down with the boys. The coastal route is torture, up and down, up and down. More ups than downs from where I was sitting. And being very low on energy and with a big bad headache, it wasn't fun at all. At one point coming out of Newquay on the Perrenporth road, I was overtaken by another cyclist. Being a competitive chap, I did my best to stay with him.. but the 80 year old got away! Yes, that bad! There was nothing in the tank. The World Wide Web informs me that I should get my energy back soon. Here's hoping!

Caffeine and Chocolate Cold Turkey

"Often, people who are reducing caffeine intake report being irritable, unable to work, nervous, restless, and feeling sleepy, as well as having a headache."

Thirty six hours into cold turkey and I can report that progress is being made. I feel considerably better than I did yesterday, which was quite horrible. Chocolate and Mocha are my friends - any time of day they're there to be my comforter! Not only have they become part of my life routine, (the early morning coffee at the Cone Zone is a social ritual to start the day off), but I just really like the taste. Sitting here with a cup of Detox Tea, is not quite the same.

Yesterday's activity didn't help mind! Fin had a footie tournament down at Newquay, an all day affair. I think our supporters on the whole are quite reserved, those of other teams, not quite so! Standing next to them with a thumping headache is bad news! SO NOISY! And then we ended up at Wooden Waves the outdoor skatepark where I fell asleep in the car! So that's headache and sleepy accounted for. 'Unable to work, nervous, restless' - hm?

Janey's Mum and Dad have left to go to OZ for a couple of months - Janey's Nan lives in Brisbane. Sylv is brilliant with our boys and does so much to help. And Evan, is the practical man who can put his hands to anything. They're definitely going to be missed.