THE HARLYN SHUFFLE
The waves at Harlyn were only head to half-mast high, but whatever they lacked in size they certainly made up for with raw power. Within five minutes of my arrival on the shoreline with the camera, Adam Lewis was crawling out of the surf with his mast in pieces after a gnarly wipe out in the impact zone. A few minutes later I spotted poor George Shillito amidst a tangle of sail and broken mast, also trying to drag himself out of the surf; the guys were getting decimated.
Despite this heavy beach break seemingly being able to snap masts like match sticks, Timo wasn’t going to let this minor deterrent hold him back from joining the gig. On his very first wave, his first riff was to launch into a huge aerial over an ugly section and nail it right into the flats. The show went on for the next hour and a half with the boys trading waves in this pristine paradise. Adam wasted no time returning to the stage with a new axe, and with Timo pounding out the beat, Muzza thumping down the bass line and George and Jamie providing the rhythm section, this band was rocking the place and putting the Stones to shame. With barely a cloud in the sky and stunning Cornish scenery on both sides of the bay, I could not believe how this gig had just played into our hands. Yep nothing like breaking a plan and doing the Harlyn Shuffle!