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Boards
| This is only some of the boards I have owned (some I don't have pictures of). My local break is Woolacombe in North Devon. | |
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Action shots |
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 Surfing Woolacombe 85: Chris, me, Adrian and Barrie |
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 Chopper rescue |
 You can see the Diplock board better in this one! |
Bodyboards |
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 This was the first bodyboard I owned made by Harmony Surfboards, it originally belonged to Neil Wilson |
 It had a fibreglass bottom and twin skegs. The picture was by Paul Wilson |
 This is my Morey Boogie Mach 10 - the first proper bodyboard I owned |
 This is my Morey Boogie Mach 10 - the first proper bodyboard I owned |
 This is the Rheopaipo bodyboard I swapped the Crystalight board for |
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 HB Team Spec Bodyboard |
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Kneeboards |
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 This is was my first kneeboard, built by Harmony and originally owned by Neil Wilson. It had very little rocker and tended to pearl on take off! |
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 Check out that fin! |
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 This is was my second kneeboard, built by Harmony and originally owned by Justin Hillier (ex Surfed Out, now I think North Devon Surf School???), one of my old surfing buddies |
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 This was originally a quad converted to a two and a half fin (twinnie with a small balancing fin rather than a thruster). Best kneeboard I've had, tail-slid really easily when you wanted it to and carved really well (tore my ligaments on this one) |
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 Bro holding my new Bro Diplock 5'8" x 23" x 2 11/16" kneeboard |
 Bro put the kneepads on for me |
 Diplock shaped |
 Paul Huin glassed |
 Got the knee-boarder logo! |
 Diplock Surfcraft |
 The fins |
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 Diplock 5'10" kneeboard (ex Dunc) |
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Surfboards |
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 This was my first custom board (actually shaped by a mate of mine Phil Wilson, brother to Nick, Paul and Neil - their father originally owned Harmony Surf and Nick took it on). I converted it from a twin to a thruster |
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 This was the first custom board I owned from new (had it shaped specially for me). Unfortunately the year I got it, I had problems with my back so I swapped it for a brand new body board |
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 Tiki 6'4 fish |
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 Hawaiian Soul 8' Mini Mal, my latest board |
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Wetsuits |
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| Not got pictures of my first wetsuit, a Ra (Rick Abbot, Braunton. Is he still going?) or my first winter suit which was a Warmbac | |
 O'Neill 3/2 summer suit with detachable arms - like the '80's colours? |
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 Second Skin custom 5/4 winter suit (the arms were red but faded badly! |
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 no name armless shortie |
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 My current Ripcurl 3/2 summer suit |
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 My current Xcel 5/4 winter suit (not sure why it's appearing blue when it's black!) |
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Swim fins |
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 Turbo swim fins, my first pair and I was still using them until last year (they're at least 23 years old and I bought them new from the Harmony Surf shop in Woolacombe) |
 Nameless Churchills copies I used in the winter with boots (they NEVER came off, hence no fin tethers). I had a smaller orange and black pair I used in the summer but sold them to my mate Andy |
 Tech 2 swim fins, use them in winter with fin socks |
 My new Octoblades |
Skateboards |
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 These are the skateboards I still have which don't include the one I snapped in half doing the jump pictured below! |
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 Jumping off a ramp on one of my skateboards (in my youth!) |
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