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Rob Small
Spitting time between Lanzarote in the Canary Islands and Newquay in Cornwall, Rob Small is a renowned surfer, big wave surfer and stand up paddle boarder. Although Rob performs in all surf conditions it’s when most of the other guys don’t want to go in the water that he comes into his own.
Results
1985-1995 competitive surfing career
1995-present professional freesurfer
1994-surfing consultant and Ewan McGregor’s double, Blue Juice.
1990s First surfer of the modern age to surf the Cribba Newquay. Surfed big waves in Hawaii, Australia, Tahiti, Peru, Chile, Spain, France, Canary Islands, Azores, UK.
1998-present pioneered and surfed big waves in Canary Islands
2002-2003 Red Bull Local Hero Tour Chief.
2002 First European invited to international big wave event, Big Wave Africa, Cape Town.
2010-2012- Stand up paddle pioneer in Canaries.
I started surfing in the 1970s in Perranporth, Cornwall. It seemed a very natural thing to do, living next to such a beautiful beach and many of my contemporaries went on, like myself, to make a name for themselves as surfers. The surfing industry was growing at the same time I matured as a surfer and this gave me the opportunity to travel and compete for a few years as a pro rider. However by my mid twenties the allure of competitive surfing started to fade and I was drawn more to freesurfing, travelling to new waves and pushing up the size with which I was comfortable.
For the last 14 years I’ve spent 8 months a year in Lanzarote which gives me ample opportunity to surf and pioneer big waves, something which I’m still pursuing with gusto today. Although I still surf and tow-surf as much as ever, in recent years I’ve been stand up paddling more and more. It’s such a fresh and exciting way to surf that I feel just like I did all those years ago in Perranporth. So whether it’s getting people into SUP and surfing through classes in both Lanzarote and Cornwall or paddling my new Fanatic stand up boards out to a mysto outer reef I feel really fortunate to involved in the evolution of surf sports and to have such great backing from Fanatic.
