What can I say, A marvellous surf session. Caswell was pretty crowded at 7.00pm but the tide was out so we were able to get around the corner towards whiteshell point and out the way. The surf was pushing in at about 2ft and glassy with slightly bigger sets. With the usual mixture of experienced and novice we saw people catching their first decent sized waves through to a few mahoosive re-entries.
Curiously as the tide picked up, so did the swell and the other surfers dimished leaving the SUP surfers with the run of the beach until it got dark. lovely. 
 
Very exciting news the new Naish boards will soon be available on the Gower. Ooooh check out the Naish Hokua http://www.naishsurfing.com/en/boards/hokua_2.html
If its in by next Wednesday you too can give it a blast 
 
Cracking session and something for everyone. we had a small wave in the bay so the gentlemen with completely inappropriate race boards could take the opportunity of trying them out for purposes they weren't designed for! We split up as a group allowing half the group to play in the surf whilst the other group headed off to Pwll Ddu point followed by a pretty gruelling interval training session led by Rich.
Something for everyone and everyone happy.
Once again near beginners  made huge progress in the company of so many paddlers.
Want to get better? Come and have a look at what's going on.
 
Well in the end, at 7pm, Caswell was a horrific lumpy, side and back washy mess and with safety in mind (and 20 prone surfers already in the cramped lineup) we decamped and headed to Swansea Bay. Swansea was a high tide mill pond and a very pleasant paddle was had between Knab Rock and the West Cross Inn. Of Particular interest was the board that Matt from SUP Gower brought along - a Drops 8'11" Furious. This board has a modern shortboard template with a twin fin set up and a domed deck - and although only 8 11 it was suprisingly easy to paddle and would clearly be loads of fun in waves.
It did cross my mind that if you live on the Gower and you SUP - if you can get down on a Wednesday you are not really likely to ever get a better chance to try out so many new boards, size, shape, make, style etc. So come on down. (Even if one of them is the inflatable that Dogman brought along :-) - but even that was huge fun with a very high grin factor as soon you experience the flex..

Matt tells me he has new toys for people to try on the next flat water session - so watch this space.
 
Hi you Gower Paddlers!!
I am very pleased to confirm that this Wednesday 21st April down at Caswell you will have the chance to try out the brand new Laird 14ft Coast Runner, the very same board that made its way over to Ilfracombe at the weekend! This board is a cracker - whether you are cruising with family members on board, powering down the coast (or across the channel) or looking for a very solid platform to explore and fish from - this board can do the lot.
In addition there will be a 12 ft Laird Surftech Softtop available - an ideal beginners board but still with a very respectable distance and surf pedigree.
Both boards very kindly provided by courtesy of Chris at the Guts Surfshop.  Come on Down, bring your wetsuit and have a go.
 
Conditions are looking good for tomorrow evening so its all systems go for our next get together. We have had a few requests for extra boards and paddles, so if you do have any spare kit and you are happy for someone else to use it please let us know. Otherwise see you down Caswell at 7.  
 
Hi Guys,

So the website is all set up and ready to go (let me know if you spot any mistakes!!). Hopefully this evening we will have a good turn out for our first ever club meeting down at Caswell Bay. The forecast looks good and it even looks like the sun maybe starting to show itself. Hopefully we will have the same conditions as last night (flat calm and sunny!) as me and Jim had an awsome paddle from Caswell around to Hunts Bay and back, we even saw a pod of porpoises of Pwlldu Head which was amazing!

So first blog done, see you soon!

Rich