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Winter Web Gallery

Luke Gartside

A sheltered corner lights up on a very windy morning

For us here, in our little corner of merry old Blighty, winter has come to an end.

Whilst El Nino raged on the other side of the world, the Atlantic too has been quietly delivering a succession of storms and groundswells, lighting up sheltered corners all over our coast line. As ever the winter was wet and wild and despite the constant stream of perfect warm barrels that appeared daily on our screens, many still found the motivation to pull on all that neoprene and venture out amongst the weather to our own unique and varied coastline. And for those that searched hardest and abandoned the most plans they’d promised to keep, there were some truely magical moments to be had. Here is a selection:

Clean peelers, sun and offshores- Harry Timson and Oli Adams venture out on a rare day of perfection in CornwallOli Adams boosts on the south coastA sheltered corner lights up on a very windy morningA magical afternoon on the South CoastThe familiar sight of stormy sea's Angus Scotney slides the tail off the topA small crowd enjoy perfectly sunny a-frames one day in FebruaryA rare point lights up under stormy skiesOli Adams finding shelter on a sunny afternoonA stack stands tall against the elementsTom Butler snags a backhand bomb on the South CoastMiles Lee-Hagreaves throws buckets down the lineOli Adams sheltering from the rainBen Skinner pulls into a final bomb before the sun goes down after a long day of waves Alan Stokes pig-dogs through a long beach break barrel Jobe Harriss feeling very at home on a solid day on the pointTom Butler tucks into a fun sunny peeler under clear skiesThe first of a whole run of epic days at the South Coast's premiere reef breakMatz Ginman-Trout takes a steep drop under rugged Cornish cliffsTwo onlookers contemplate entry as an insider unloads onto dry rockTom Butler pig-dogs through a fun one on a rare little rightHarry laying it on rail during his winter sojourn to Lakey Peak. Photo Vince Timson

 

All photos by Luke Gartside // @lugarts