“It is with great sadness that I inform you of the passing earlier today of ex club secretary Chris Webb following a lengthy battle with cancer, he was 76. Chris joined the club in 1968 and became the secretary from 1969 – 1973. He remained a member until the end and featured in our 50th anniversary documentary first shown in January last year, as well as a regular contributor to various Facebook posts on our page and the surfers of Bournemouth pier group etc. Ensuring he kept as actively involved as possible. He was also a keen photographer and enjoyed taking many a beach/surf shot.
In my sometimes difficult role as the current chairman it has been an absolute pleasure to get to know such a lovely and helpful man like Chris through his involvement in celebrating the clubs 50th anniversary last year. In the words of Guy Penwarden “He was one of the true gents of our sport”
I visited Chris at his home only last week, and whilst he did look frail, he was in remarkably good spirits, so it came as a shock that he has gone so soon after that meeting.
RIP to a wonderful man & friend to the Wessex & surf community
In keeping with tradition a paddle out will take place on the West side of Boscombe pier, where surfing was focussed in his day this Sunday at 12 midday, followed by drinks at Reef Encounter Sea Road where we will give him a great send off as only surfers deserve. We hope to see a big turn out there to show your respects to this great guy and club veteran.
See attached photo`s of Chris and If anyone would like any personal messages passed on to his family please forward to us at this email address [email protected]
Sunset Sons have announced the release of their debut album Very Rarely Say Die for April 1 2016 on French Exit via Kobalt Label Services. The album will be preceded by new single ‘Somewhere Maybe’ in February. Very Rarely Say Die – recorded between London, Nashville and their adopted hometown of Hossegor with Jacquire King (Kings of Leon) and James Lewis (Arctic Monkeys) – will arrive amidst a 14 date UK and Ireland headline tour. The tour begins in Newcastle on March 23, hits London’s KOKO on April 6 (following previous sold-out London headlines at Scala, House of Vans and Community Festival) and will then take the band on a 17 date European leg – for full dates see below. The headline tour follows their support slot for Imagine Dragons across their current UK and European arena dates.
The Anglo-Aussie band have had a blinding past 12 months, which has seen them play over 20 summer festival dates (Glastonbury, T In The Park, Isle of Wight, Boardmasters), secure Radio 1 (Track of The Day) and Radio X (Daytime Playlist) support, and win over hundreds of new fans, night after night opening up for Imagine Dragons. Prior to that, the band embarked on a sold-out UK tour through the spring, which ended on a sold-out London Scala show – all none too shabby for a bunch of four surfers who fell into music as a means to pay the bills just two years previously.
Sunset Sons came into being when Rory, Pete, Jed and Rob encountered each other whilst pursuing their love of surfing in the sleepy French beach town of Hossegor. Drummer Jed came across frontman Rory hammering out cover versions (which incredibly took in everything from QoTSA to D12) on a bar piano, inbetween stints pot-washing in the kitchen. That bar, ‘Le Surfing’, happened to be owned by Australian bassist Pete’s cousin, and lent its name to Sunset Sons’ self-funded and released debut EP (which entered at No.6 on the iTunes Rock Chart, having been recorded in just three days).
A subsequent UK tour took the band not to the typical major city dates in London and Manchester, but out to the coastal surf towns of the UK including Thurso, Scarborough and St Ives. It’s part and parcel of that same down-to-earth love for surfing and its no-nonsense lifestyle which keeps all four members of Sunset Sons still living by the sea in Hossegor, still more than a little bemused by their own success; ‘That was part of the deal’ says Rory. ‘We couldn’t write the songs we do living in, say, London’. True to form, as soon as the festival season was over, the band returned to Hossegor to finish recording Very Rarely Say Die.
1 Know My Name 2 Tick Tock 3 Remember 4 Bring The Bright Lights 5 She Wants 6 September Song 7 The Jam (Interlude) 8 Gold 9 Somewhere Maybe 10 Loa 11 On The Road 12 Lost Company 13 I Can’t Wait
The mighty orca, the very beast our publishing house is named after, might have the slightly terrifying moniker of ‘killer whale’ but they don’t kill people. Seals yes. They slay those furry nuggets with abandon … but in the wild they don’t bite folk.
That isn’t the most comforting thought when one is having a chew on your stand up paddle board. Props to Lukas Reilly for keeping his cool and appreciating an inquisitive moment from one of the true wonders of the marine world. As for whether the boardshorts were brown afterwards remains to be seen.
So winter has kicked in and you may be feeling a tad nippy. Fear not cos we have spoken to our mates at Billabong and they have given us five Adventure Division Fjord jackets to give away. Like the one Shano is wearing here… Just like the pic, follow our Instagram, and put your size in the comments.
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