Irish charger Hugh Galloway is the subject of this month’s photo profile from Mickey Smith. Hugo, as the lads call him, is quiet sort of fella who loves hollow waves, having a beer and just generally living for the moment. Sounds like a winning formula!
SEA COWBOYS
When it comes to driving a jetski, sounds like Egor Harris, Mitch Corbett and Matt Capel should perhaps change their names to Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid and Hopalong Cassidy. But while they may lack a bit of finesse at the controls of a Kawasaki Ultra 250X, you can’t deny that the boys have got what it takes to charge a double-overhead heaving slab.
THE WONDER YEARS
Ten years ago nobody surfed Bagpipes, Aileen’s, Riley’s, Lauren’s, G-Spot or Number 10. Nobody used Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, WindGuru or Magic Seaweed. Nobody tow surfed over here. Nobody dreamt of going on a surf trip to Norway, Canada or Iceland. And nobody seriously thought that an artificial reef would actually get built in the UK. How times have changed. We asked 10 British and Irish surfers how surfing changed for them in the Noughties.
FUTURE STARS
The Teenies (if that’s really what we’re calling it) is just as rubbish a name for a decade as the Noughties. But that aside, 2010 onwards is going to see some ballistic surfing from a small army of young, crazy, freakishly-talented international rippers. Some you already know, some you don’t. Here’s 10 we reckon will be blowing up in the years to come.
RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW
Like a typical 5 November fireworks display, the autumn season got off to a damp spluttering start...and then suddenly exploded into life. October and November saw every one of our coasts pounded by swells, and if you didn’t manage to score some decent sessions, well, you must have either been very, very lucky (dating Megan Fox) or very, very unlucky (combine harvester accident).
