My Hero

Still has to be... Tyler Hatzikian.

All time favourite surfer goes to....

I'm 44 but this guy is my hero!! Tyler Hatzikian ripping

Freddies Back.

Fresh back from a month of Bali barrels, back to the spring peelers of Cornwall. Freddy Warwick, off the plastic and back on a log. Stylin on the Tyler 305.

Tyler Hatzikian by John S. Culqui

A very happy new Year to everyone, I hope you all have a great year ahead and may the force be with us all. Its a couple of days late but a nice clean swell in North Devon has kept me away fro a few days over new year.

Here is some great art by John S. Culqui for Tyler Hatzikian. So much creativity around its so hard not to want to take things further this year with my own photography and projects. I would like to create new images and work that will showcase the amazing people and place that I'm surrounded by. But most of all I hope those of you out there that occasionally check in to my blog keep coming back to see what is happening in the Wild West of Cornwall. Happy New Year

Tyler by Mike Kim

Tyler Hatzikian is without a doubt my surf hero! Great person, great surfer, great shaper, great style and love those dropknees he does so well. The shots is by photographer Mike Kim (check his link) who just happens to be one of my favourite photographers. California style in front and behind the lens.

Emulate and appreciate

During or after a surf I would like to think we all have our heroes who influence our surfing, those we try our hardest to emulate in some way, maybe take a piece of their style. Reading the latest Surfer Mag, Rob Machado would focus on Occy and Lopez. Me personally it has to be Tyler Hatzikian. Five years ago on a trip to the UK and before he got out of the brown Puttsborough, North Devon water, I got two shots of Tyler. One hangin' ten, the other was this drop knee. No one does it better.

Master and commander

An old photo of Tyler Hatzikian. I've been looking at his boards lately, he really is a master craftsman but a few days back I was talking of drop knee turns. Comments welcome but in my mind no one does it better.

One California Day

Just grabbed myself a copy of One California day by Jason Baffa, the guy who made Single fin Yellow. I have waited about two years for this to reach our shores. Great film, beautiful surfing and makes you want to get in there like swimwear! Tyler Hatzikian Hangin ten, Devon, UK.