Surfing.

Surfing in St. Ouen’s Bay which is on the west coast of Jersey. The beach is called locally “The Five Mile Road” among other names. The beach is about 3 miles in length. Time passed farmers would take their horse and cart along the beach to get to the other end of the bay, it was decided when motorized vehicles came inti use that a road was needed. The States of Jersey bought a strip of land about 100 yds from the high tide mark and built a road also they realised that sea walls were needed so they started building them where the tide came up in the highest place first. The Occupation came and the Nazis with slave labour finished the sea walls around the Island for defence against the Allies if they should try to liberate the Island. The whole of the area is sand dunes behind the sea wall and they rise to roughly about 200ft.  The beach is used for all sorts of water sports and motor car/bike racing but all year round the surfers are there. The beach holds Championship Surf Competitions because the surf is usually very good. On any day that the tide is out you can see kite surfing, sail boarding, sand yachts and skate boards being pulled along by a kite. When flying into the Island the planes 90% of the time come in over St.Ouen’s Bay and it does even if i say so myself  looks terrific to see the long stretch of sandy beach and waves coming in onto the beach.