Name: Maurice Roberts
Age: 29 year old grom
Job: Civil Servant
Years Surfing: 3yrs (as of Winter 2006)
Habitat: Wigan
Boards: 2
Quiver:
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Nineplus Don are 9'0"x22 7/8x3"
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Nineplus Magic carpet 7' 4", 22 5/16, 2 7/8
Local Break: Nothing local. Surf Llyn Peninsula or the East coast.
Favourite spots: Scarborough/Cayton Bay as they're consistantly good if it's set up well, Sennen, St Ives Bay, Croyde and Saunton.
Places Surfed: Conwall,Devon, North Wales, North East England and Llangenith.
Favourite Surf Films: Endless Summer 1 & 2, Billabong Odyssey, Sprout
Worst Wipeout: Not so much a wipeout - recently surfed a spot near St Ives that was Overhead. Had just picked up my new longboard and put an old leash on it which snapped when I bailed on a killer set. Sent my board towards the shallows, leaving me a long swim on tired arms.
Favourite Manoeuvre: Big drops, gliding on clean face, drawing out turns and getting noserides.
Favourite Surfers: Nick Flack
Worst Surfing Habit: Not surfing enough (would like to be surfing more than a couple of times a month). When I've finished college we're moving nearer the sea.
Weirdest Surfing Experience: Surfing at night, watching the Flack exit a wave Italian footballer style and my first encounter with a seal a couple of years ago. We were surfing infront of some residential homes where a dog knocks around sometimes and I thought it had taken a dip as it popped up infront of me!
Other Interests: Guitar, Play cricket in the summer, working out for surf fitness and trying to get 'Er indoors to surf during the winter.
