Hello All,
Please read below and if you can contribute please email David Ferguson or Stuart Abraham on stuartabraham@localdial.com. or fergje3@yahoo.co.uk with your personal story.. This will be an epic book containing loads of eye catching material and stories told by you the surfers of Jersey past and present..
Anybody who has any type of film footage please contact Gerry George gerrygeorgeci@hotmail.com
Our deadline will be the beginning of August with the view to publish for Xmas.
Helping with the editorial are Mick McCarthy, Ben le Feuvre[art design], Stuart Abraham and hopefully Jon Hetherington[Freedom Surfboards/Artist]
‘Making Waves or Off the Lip or Low Tide Splash or even 'Surfing Secrets' – The Story of one of Europe’s oldest Surfboard Clubs’ is the working title of the book we are hoping to produce to mark next year’s 50th anniversary of the club. The content will include great pics from past and present of which there are plenty and we are also looking for as much memorabilia that can be unearthed from five decades of surfing in Jersey. Basically, anything that is graphically interesting that will add dimension to the lay out and design. Here’s a quick list of the sort of things we are looking – original items we select will be scanned and returned straight away but not all of it will be used:
Logos,labels,stickers from local surf products ( boards, wax, sun oil etc) brochures, magazine cuttings, national/international magazine and newspaper cuttings Watersplash/Waves pix and posters, El Tico, SandsFreedom Surfboard factory – pix, logos, labels, pix of shapers,glassers,polishers,airbrushers at work, stacks of boards ready for export.Shots of beach scenes, vans and vehicles, surf crowd and good times
Competition/championships programmes, podium awards, medals, visiting surf stars. Local surf art
As mentioned the book will have 5 main chapters – one for each decade – and rather than being too historical it will be based on interviews and personal recollections/ stories written by you the surfers . We don’t want anything written in a strict style just stories about the surfing way of life - friendships, influences , waves, travel. 100-600 words max. If you need help with writing your account , Mick McCarthy will offer advice...mccarthy@jerseymail.co.uk
Cheers,
Stuart Abraham and Dave Ferguson JSC
