longtime since the last blog, Anglet in fact. Well I guess that's down to working my annual summer season in Bilbo Surf Shop in Newquay .... anyhow that's all done until next year so here's the latest.
Local stand up paddlers Oli Beach and Rob Lucas just happen to be in a great band called Yellow Wire. When not gigging or recording you can be sure to see the guys hanging around the Sunset Beach Cafe and along with Rob's brother Ant and band manager sean catching a few waves. They're a fun, free wheelin' crowd even in the midst of another shite Cornish summer.... oddly enough Yellow Wire's debut single is called 'Where Is The Summer ?' . Good song check it out.
Anyway, stop bolloxing on Small and get to the point. Oli is the driving force of the band and his family were great friends of Freddy Mercury, who of course needs no introduction. So it was a great honor for me to be invited to join the guys and Be Freddy For A Day down at Gwithian. I don't know what happened but I think Freddy invoked The Power Of Rock and blessed us with the best surf and weather possible.
I got to wear the Freddy suit too. A great honor. And you know not one of the regular surfers (I feel weird saying that as later in the day I rode my 6'2" TVS like any normal person) even raised an eyebrow as I paddled around on a SUP in a garish Freddy suit (Wembley '86) followed by 4 others in Flash t-shirts. A bit surreal but loads of fun and for an important cause.
We spent the whole day down there. Rode some waves, had loads of fun and toasted the great man as the sun set over Cornwall at its best. No doubt there will be many more Yellow Wire SUP exploits to enjoy in the future..... stay tuned.
As for me I'm back off to Lanzarote next week to run Casa Penelope for the winter and get some warm quality waves. Got loads of surf and SUP stuff to do so we'll bog 'em as they happen.
Rob
Yellow Wire SUP Freddie Vid.
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