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corduroysurf · Joined: 01 Feb 2008 Posts: Location: Cornwall, UK

Hey guys , Im new on here , did post but it seems to have not gone on ? ..
Im trying to put together a little book on bellyboarding in the UK .. i have a blog
http://pronetobelly.blogspot.com
which will hopefully be a running commentary on the book as it shapes up ?!
Theres a link on there to the Champs amonst others ..
I used to have a shop in Newquay called Revolver & still make the odd traditional stand up board but have always been fascinated with the other side !?!
Please, please ,please guys .. anyone who has any stories , experiences to do with this sport of ours please get in touch .. the book is about people not just a historical narrative ..
Look forward to hearing from you ..
Thanks

Poobah · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:13 pm Post subject:

How about "Things to Come" or a chapter on the "Lone Wolf." There's bound to be a few lone wolves over there. Prototypes are relatively easy, because the boards are small and sometimes simple plywood.

Lately I've been sealing my wood/cork hybrids with hemp oil. It's comparable to linseed oil, but makes a better poitical statement...the United States is the only industrial country in the world where it's illegal to grow industrial grade hemp.

corduroysurf · Joined: 01 Feb 2008 Posts: Location: Cornwall, UK

Thanks for the photos & reply .. you're right .. the joy of these boards is the relative simplicity involved i making them & thus discovering new shapes etc .. Ive found so many weird & wonderful versions over here some of them dating back to the 1920's ! I'll post them as i can .. my blog should see a few posted too .. & im gonna go try hemp oil instead of linseed ..
thanks
john

Poobah · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:09 pm Post subject:

I'd be interested to know if you find anything about Scouts and bellyboard surfing. Is bellyboarding somewhere in an old UK Boy Scout handbook? Was there a "surfing" merit badge? A how to project?

eef · Joined: 27 Mar 2006 Posts: Location: Alkmaar, Holland

Hello there,

i just checked out your blog and love it! Fantastisc pictures of all this oldschool bellyboarding. Very VERY inspirational. Keep it up, and looking forward to your book!

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Poobah · Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 1:29 pm Post subject:

In my own living room, I recently discovered a copy of Poldark's Cornwall by Winston Graham. It's from about 1983, and it has many fine pictures of Cornwall, but no boards. He seems to have been more interested in bodysurfing, but he does mention that the rest of his family used "the normal wooden board of Cornwall." There is also mention of the safer alternative of a "short rubber li-lo such as they use in South Africa." (Page 96.) I wonder if he's referring to a Surfoplane or something similar.

Well anyway...I was wondering about several things, like are bellyboarders only tolerated at Chapel Porth one day out of the year for their contest? And how can one visit without adding another car or caravan to the roads? What about combining the elements of the Cornish coastal walking tour with a bellyboard vacation. Is is possible to stay at just one B&B and walk to several beaches suitable for wave riding? Or are the distances too great? Maybe a walking bellyboard tour that visits two or three B&B's?

mrmike · Joined: 06 Sep 2007 Posts: Location: coronado, ca

welcome to the group I have been makeing my boards now after a design from the 1930s they seem to work well sometimes biulder over look the past MRMIKE Cool

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Jon Davey · Joined: 14 Jun 2004 Posts: Location: Cornwall, U.K

Poobah,
In answer to your question, there are many fine beaches all within easy walking distance of Chapel Porth. In fact, at low tide, it's joined up to another fine surfing beach called Porthtowan. There are also many tucked away coves where you can score a wave and get away from the crowds. There are plenty of B+Bs in the area. I think your idea of a walking/belly boarding tour is a goer but if you hired a push bike it would be even easier.

jon

Poobah · Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:51 pm Post subject:

Are there some coastal trails where bicycles aren't allowed? Or it's just unridable? I wouldn't want to piss off any of the local bodysurfers...some of those guys look kinda rough:

http://www.ukbellyboys.com/profiles.php

Jon Davey · Joined: 14 Jun 2004 Posts: Location: Cornwall, U.K

Bikes are allowed on all of the coast path. The problem is much of it is impossibly steep and rough - more suited to hiking. There is a very pleasant coast road and cycle trail slightly inland of the path where this is the case though. As for the local bodysurfers - their bark is worse than their bite - and I went to school with their older brothers, so any trouble and you know who to call!