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Surfer Profile
Graham Shepherd
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Questions
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Response
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Name:
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Graham Shepherd |
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Email:
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gram@skewjack.co.uk |
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Date
of Birth:
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3rd April1954 |
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When
did you start surfing?:
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4th April 1966 |
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Are
You a Club Member?:
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No |
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What
is your Favourite surf film?:
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Tales from the Tube |
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What
was the first concert you ever went to?:
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Rolling Stones 1966 |
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Who
would you most like to have been if you were in Star Wars?:
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what's Star Wars |
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What’s
your porn name? (Your first pets name and your mothers maiden
name combined).
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Brandy Stirling |
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Who’s
your surf hero? And Why?:
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Mark Richards. Brought the twin fin to life |
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What
did you enjoy most about school?:
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Going home |
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Where
would your ideal surf trip be?:
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All around S America (both Pacific and Atlantic |
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What
do you love most about your job?:
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The students |
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If
you had one wish, what would it be?:
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That my body worked as well as it did when i was 25 |
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What
board are you currently riding?:
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7 Fish/Mal hybrid |
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What
has been your worst surfing injury?:
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Landing on my arse in 18' of water at Spanish point. It felt like it had exploded |
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Any
surfing tips for beginners?:
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Stick at it and keep out of the way |
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Last
book that you read?:
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Most dangerous enemy. Stephen Bungay |
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Your
guiltiest pleasure?:
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My motorbike |
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What’s
the biggest wave you would like to surf?:
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25 + just to know what it is like |
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What
was your favourite cartoon as a kid? And why?:
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Captain Pugwash and being to young to get any of it... |
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What
do you listen to before a surf to get in the mood?:
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My girlfriend nagging, sets me up a treat. |
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Have
you won any competitions – surf or other?:
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yes |
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What
do you most want to achieve in life?:
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to live in the sun and be brown all over |
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If
you had the choice of a superpower what would you have and why?:
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being able to duckdive an 9'6 mal, imagine no reverse takeoffs! |
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What
is the strangest thing that has ever happened to you?:
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Saw all these photos of English surf in a Spanish Surf shop and they were of me out at Sennen many years ago. |