Comments for lostcauseboards.com http://lostcauseboards.com Colin McCulloch - custom made kite and surf boards Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:19:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 Comment on Memory Book for the Kids by RichBrack http://lostcauseboards.com/2009/08/09/memory-book-for-the-kids/#comment-759 RichBrack Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:04:31 +0000 http://lostcauseboards.com/2009/08/09/memory-book-for-the-kids/#comment-759 Only just found out.... in a force 6 and waiting to go out for a sail down at J Rd...one of the locals told me. Totally stumped...didn't want to sail. But thought your Dad would mock me for bailing out so had a blast. I met Col when I was travelling through WA some years ago....I can remember being jealous of his lifestyle and his silly oversized flip flops! He was a regular down at J Rd and we all loved sailing with him...he raised the stakes and I can only dream of ever being half as good as he was! Ive since travelled to many windsurf spots around the world and didn't meet anyone who said a bad word of 'your smiling father'. He will be missed. Brack - just one of the Joliffe boys Only just found out…. in a force 6 and waiting to go out for a sail down at J Rd…one of the locals told me.

Totally stumped…didn’t want to sail. But thought your Dad would mock me for bailing out so had a blast.

I met Col when I was travelling through WA some years ago….I can remember being jealous of his lifestyle and his silly oversized flip flops!

He was a regular down at J Rd and we all loved sailing with him…he raised the stakes and I can only dream of ever being half as good as he was!

Ive since travelled to many windsurf spots around the world and didn’t meet anyone who said a bad word of ‘your smiling father’.

He will be missed.

Brack - just one of the Joliffe boys

]]> Comment on Memory Book for the Kids by danny seales http://lostcauseboards.com/2009/08/09/memory-book-for-the-kids/#comment-617 danny seales Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:29:01 +0000 http://lostcauseboards.com/2009/08/09/memory-book-for-the-kids/#comment-617 Dear Josh, Mia and Caroline I first met colin when i was 16 and shared a house with him in Tiree when we were competing in the tiree wave classic, he wasnt like all the other windsurfers of the time and he and I spent our weekend clubbing and partying. If I remember correctly he was a DJ at the time with an brilliant collection of Strictly Rythm Records( impossible to get, but he had the lot!) I remember once in cornwall when i had just turned pro I had all brand new equipment, cutomized boards from hawaii all tied to the roof of my golf. Unknown to me colin had got up in the night and robbed the lot hiding them in his caravan. After an uncomfortable 2 hours stuck in the local police station making a report of the theft he decided to confess to me that he had them all along! the best times we had together where stoned in the van far too many stories to mention....The last time I saw him I confronted him about copying a shape of a board I had designed he replied " yes I did and it was shite!" so I copied one of his the week after........... He was amazing in the water both windsurfing and kiteing but im sure I dont have to tell you that, he was a legend and will be sadly missed Danny Seales Dear Josh, Mia and Caroline

I first met colin when i was 16 and shared a house with him in Tiree when we were competing in the tiree wave classic, he wasnt like all the other windsurfers of the time and he and I spent our weekend clubbing and partying. If I remember correctly he was a DJ at the time with an brilliant collection of Strictly Rythm Records( impossible to get, but he had the lot!)

I remember once in cornwall when i had just turned pro I had all brand new equipment, cutomized boards from hawaii all tied to the roof of my golf. Unknown to me colin had got up in the night and robbed the lot hiding them in his caravan. After an uncomfortable 2 hours stuck in the local police station making a report of the theft he decided to confess to me that he had them all along! the best times we had together where stoned in the van far too many stories to mention….The last time I saw him I confronted him about copying a shape of a board I had designed he replied ” yes I did and it was shite!” so I copied one of his the week after………..

He was amazing in the water both windsurfing and kiteing but im sure I dont have to tell you that, he was a legend and will be sadly missed

Danny Seales

]]> Comment on Memory Book for the Kids by Andre http://lostcauseboards.com/2009/08/09/memory-book-for-the-kids/#comment-615 Andre Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:02:09 +0000 http://lostcauseboards.com/2009/08/09/memory-book-for-the-kids/#comment-615 Although I didn't know him as well as some of the other people on this site, I still had some great times with your Dad. One thing that I will always appreciate about him was that whilst he could be marvellously quick to take the mickey out of other people, he could also handle being the butt of other people's jokes. Also, he could also admit that he wasn't always right. For example, after nearly 3 hours and 3 CDs he did acknowledge that all Faithless music tracks do eventually "Become one"! (Look that up in an encyclopaedia when you get old and don't know what CDs are any more.) However, my favourite memory does relate to your Dad's wicked sense of humour. He, Paddy and I were on one of our day trips to surf in the west country. Your Dad had a "short cut" that went through these villages in the middle of nowhere in Wiltshire. It was dark, cold and about 5 o'clock in the morning. Paddy was driving his van, I was in the front passenger seat and your Dad was in the back of Paddy's van, telling us what we were doing wrong. Suddenly, in a village that noone could ever find again, we passed a speed camera that flashed. Paddy's face was all indignant that he wasn't going too fast but he was totally gutted that he would be busted for speeding. As Paddy get more stressed and worked up about the speeding fine and the points on his driving license, your Dad was grinning more and more. I thought that he was going to burst with evil glee as he revealed to Paddy that, at the moment we went passed the speed camera, he had flashed his own camera in the dark to wind Paddy up. EXCELLENT! Although I didn’t know him as well as some of the other people on this site, I still had some great times with your Dad.

One thing that I will always appreciate about him was that whilst he could be marvellously quick to take the mickey out of other people, he could also handle being the butt of other people’s jokes.

Also, he could also admit that he wasn’t always right. For example, after nearly 3 hours and 3 CDs he did acknowledge that all Faithless music tracks do eventually “Become one”! (Look that up in an encyclopaedia when you get old and don’t know what CDs are any more.)

However, my favourite memory does relate to your Dad’s wicked sense of humour. He, Paddy and I were on one of our day trips to surf in the west country. Your Dad had a “short cut” that went through these villages in the middle of nowhere in Wiltshire. It was dark, cold and about 5 o’clock in the morning. Paddy was driving his van, I was in the front passenger seat and your Dad was in the back of Paddy’s van, telling us what we were doing wrong. Suddenly, in a village that noone could ever find again, we passed a speed camera that flashed. Paddy’s face was all indignant that he wasn’t going too fast but he was totally gutted that he would be busted for speeding. As Paddy get more stressed and worked up about the speeding fine and the points on his driving license, your Dad was grinning more and more. I thought that he was going to burst with evil glee as he revealed to Paddy that, at the moment we went passed the speed camera, he had flashed his own camera in the dark to wind Paddy up. EXCELLENT!

]]> Comment on Memory Book for the Kids by Jenny Fisher (Nana) http://lostcauseboards.com/2009/08/09/memory-book-for-the-kids/#comment-498 Jenny Fisher (Nana) Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:45:08 +0000 http://lostcauseboards.com/2009/08/09/memory-book-for-the-kids/#comment-498 Dear Joshua and Mia, I didn't know kite surfing existed until I met your dad, then of course I rapidly got aquainted with the sport. Your dad worked and played so hard. It was because of your dad that I live so close to you as he persuaded me to buy the house that I had discovered down the road. I remember him plumbing in my washing machine and a few years later knocking down the wall in my garden that was threatening to fall. I remember the day you were born Joshua and the look o pride and joy on his face when he held you in his arms and then reluctantly allowned me to hold you. When your mummy was being attended to by the nurses he discussed with me whether to call you Joshua or Robert. He decided on Joshua as you 'looked more like a Joshua'. The same look was on his face when he held you as well Mia. He had his little girl as well as his little boy. I remember there was a compromise on your name as mummy liked the name of Pia and daddy liked the name of Maria so they gave you the lovely name of Mia. I remember the very energetic times that you had on the trampoline with your daddy when he taught you many tricks and how to do them safely. You were too young as yet to try water sports but your daddy was so proud of your swimming and when you splashed in the sea recently I know that he was looking down on you and feeling so proud. Remember him always with pride and love as I know you will. xx Dear Joshua and Mia, I didn’t know kite surfing existed until I met your dad, then of course I rapidly got aquainted with the sport. Your dad worked and played so hard. It was because of your dad that I live so close to you as he persuaded me to buy the house that I had discovered down the road. I remember him plumbing in my washing machine and a few years later knocking down the wall in my garden that was threatening to fall.
I remember the day you were born Joshua and the look o pride and joy on his face when he held you in his arms and then reluctantly allowned me to hold you. When your mummy was being attended to by the nurses he discussed with me whether to call you Joshua or Robert. He decided on Joshua as you ‘looked more like a Joshua’.
The same look was on his face when he held you as well Mia. He had his little girl as well as his little boy. I remember there was a compromise on your name as mummy liked the name of Pia and daddy liked the name of Maria so they gave you the lovely name of Mia.
I remember the very energetic times that you had on the trampoline with your daddy when he taught you many tricks and how to do them safely.
You were too young as yet to try water sports but your daddy was so proud of your swimming and when you splashed in the sea recently I know that he was looking down on you and feeling so proud.
Remember him always with pride and love as I know you will. xx

]]> Comment on Memory Book for the Kids by Giles Jermy http://lostcauseboards.com/2009/08/09/memory-book-for-the-kids/#comment-484 Giles Jermy Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:18:31 +0000 http://lostcauseboards.com/2009/08/09/memory-book-for-the-kids/#comment-484 I didn't know your dad that well - but I do know what he had. I came down to the house a few times to buy boards in 2004/2005/2006. I'd always come home raving about this guy who seemed to have everything - a great (noisy and chaotic) family, talent, drive and a lifestyle I envied. A few years ago the thought of having children of my own was too scary - I thought that would be the end of having fun. Seeing for my own eyes that your dad had you and loved you and yet still lived the life I envied was a real revelation and inspiration. I don't pretend to live the life the he did - but your dad unknowingly showed me what is really important - my little boy Ollie owes something to you. I didn’t know your dad that well - but I do know what he had.

I came down to the house a few times to buy boards in 2004/2005/2006. I’d always come home raving about this guy who seemed to have everything - a great (noisy and chaotic) family, talent, drive and a lifestyle I envied.

A few years ago the thought of having children of my own was too scary - I thought that would be the end of having fun. Seeing for my own eyes that your dad had you and loved you and yet still lived the life I envied was a real revelation and inspiration.

I don’t pretend to live the life the he did - but your dad unknowingly showed me what is really important - my little boy Ollie owes something to you.

]]> Comment on Memory Book for the Kids by Darren Topps http://lostcauseboards.com/2009/08/09/memory-book-for-the-kids/#comment-482 Darren Topps Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:50:27 +0000 http://lostcauseboards.com/2009/08/09/memory-book-for-the-kids/#comment-482 Dear Joshua and MIa, I've known your dad for a long time, from school to college to work. We started windsurfing togeather and when he bought his BIC Gun we had a race over to the island. I'd been windsurfing a little longer and to be honest Colin's new board wasn't the best and landed on the beach at Osbourne House a few minutes before Colin, ready to gloat as I was, only for Colin to tack, stick his fingers up, shout looser and head back to Hillhead. We would sit watching all the older lot windsurfing, doing loops and the like. A few months later I was still sat there but this time watching Colin doing the loops and taking the level of surfing at Monks Hill up a notch or two. Always the inventor and pioneer he was the first I knew in to kites and thankfully I was there when your Dad helped Mr Paul Hartley break the land speed record,a memory that with out fail makes me laugh like an idiot everytime. Crazy, manic, ambitious, funny. Your Dad is an inspiration and I feel very proud to have known him. Dear Joshua and MIa, I’ve known your dad for a long time, from school to college to work. We started windsurfing togeather and when he bought his BIC Gun we had a race over to the island. I’d been windsurfing a little longer and to be honest Colin’s new board wasn’t the best and landed on the beach at Osbourne House a few minutes before Colin, ready to gloat as I was, only for Colin to tack, stick his fingers up, shout looser and head back to Hillhead. We would sit watching all the older lot windsurfing, doing loops and the like. A few months later I was still sat there but this time watching Colin doing the loops and taking the level of surfing at Monks Hill up a notch or two.
Always the inventor and pioneer he was the first I knew in to kites and thankfully I was there when your Dad helped Mr Paul Hartley break the land speed record,a memory that with out fail makes me laugh like an idiot everytime.
Crazy, manic, ambitious, funny. Your Dad is an inspiration and I feel very proud to have known him.

]]> Comment on Memory Book for the Kids by Peter Shiplee http://lostcauseboards.com/2009/08/09/memory-book-for-the-kids/#comment-471 Peter Shiplee Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:21:30 +0000 http://lostcauseboards.com/2009/08/09/memory-book-for-the-kids/#comment-471 Dear Caroline, Joshua and Mia I knew your Dad through kite surfing. Back in 2001 he came to Littlehampton there was only Col me and Debs Carling out as it was very windy. He was doing these insane loops and stuff and riding in full bindings. It was inspirational and that gave me the boost to push my kite surfing harder. After the session he was only too happy to give me advise and tips to doing tricks he said "there's always a trick to doing a trick" so true. I kited with him at various spots and he was always smilling and going for it. Such a zest for life. I started to break alot of boards and in 2005 Colin started to make my boards, he would always say"yeah it'll be ready next week" but you knew if the wind was blowing then that would never happen. One day he said that one of my boards was finished, great. I poped down and waited in the garden with a brew, he said" I've only got to drill the holes,fin it, strp it,put the grip on and paint it!" and started laughing. You could only laugh with him especialy when he kept painting them yellow. My local beach at the time was Littlehampton and every kite boarder if they knew their stuff were and still are riding a lost cause board the beach was littered with them because we knew they were the best.My camper van had all lost cause stickers on the back. I am still riding your Dads boards and will treasure them. Rest in peace Collin, your a legend Dear Caroline, Joshua and Mia
I knew your Dad through kite surfing. Back in 2001 he came to Littlehampton there was only Col me and Debs Carling out as it was very windy. He was doing these insane loops and stuff and riding in full bindings. It was inspirational and that gave me the boost to push my kite surfing harder. After the session he was only too happy to give me advise and tips to doing tricks he said “there’s always a trick to doing a trick” so true. I kited with him at various spots and he was always smilling and going for it. Such a zest for life. I started to break alot of boards and in 2005 Colin started to make my boards, he would always say”yeah it’ll be ready next week” but you knew if the wind was blowing then that would never happen. One day he said that one of my boards was finished, great. I poped down and waited in the garden with a brew, he said” I’ve only got to drill the holes,fin it, strp it,put the grip on and paint it!” and started laughing. You could only laugh with him especialy when he kept painting them yellow. My local beach at the time was Littlehampton and every kite boarder if they knew their stuff were and still are riding a lost cause board the beach was littered with them because we knew they were the best.My camper van had all lost cause stickers on the back. I am still riding your Dads boards and will treasure them.

Rest in peace Collin, your a legend

]]> Comment on Memory Book for the Kids by James Douglas http://lostcauseboards.com/2009/08/09/memory-book-for-the-kids/#comment-468 James Douglas Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:09:11 +0000 http://lostcauseboards.com/2009/08/09/memory-book-for-the-kids/#comment-468 Hey Guys My student days were spent daydreaming about heading down the coast to go kite surfing and popping in for a cup of tea and a chat with Colin and Caroline. I spent a year trying to go up wind with a 2-line kite and a wakeboard before Colin called me a Twat and made me my first Lost Cause Board. Every board after that just got better and better (or less and less gay!) Colin couldn't make you a board without calling it Wank 6 months later! I also remember Colin spinning baby Josh on his backside like a spinning top on the polished floor - amazingly you loved it! (If I ever have kids I'll do it to them too!) I also want to remember Caroline putting an angry, punchy Kiter back in his box after starting on Nick for landing his kite wrong. - Caroline - you are the best! I wish we could do it all again We'll miss you Colin - I hope I leave a mark as big as yours James (doctor james) Hey Guys

My student days were spent daydreaming about heading down the coast to go kite surfing and popping in for a cup of tea and a chat with Colin and Caroline. I spent a year trying to go up wind with a 2-line kite and a wakeboard before Colin called me a Twat and made me my first Lost Cause Board. Every board after that just got better and better (or less and less gay!) Colin couldn’t make you a board without calling it Wank 6 months later!

I also remember Colin spinning baby Josh on his backside like a spinning top on the polished floor - amazingly you loved it! (If I ever have kids I’ll do it to them too!)

I also want to remember Caroline putting an angry, punchy Kiter back in his box after starting on Nick for landing his kite wrong. - Caroline - you are the best!

I wish we could do it all again

We’ll miss you Colin - I hope I leave a mark as big as yours

James

(doctor james)

]]> Comment on Memory Book for the Kids by Jon Brooks http://lostcauseboards.com/2009/08/09/memory-book-for-the-kids/#comment-464 Jon Brooks Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:59:49 +0000 http://lostcauseboards.com/2009/08/09/memory-book-for-the-kids/#comment-464 Hi Josh, Mia, and Mum too. Well I knew Colin for over 25 years. From the early days of windsurfing through to his dominance of Kitesurfing. I remember him turning up at the beach a skinny 14 years old with a bottom half of a pram and his 1st board on the top. He used to turn up like this every day till he learned to drive. He was always on the water, I was a keen windsurfer but your Dad was addicted! Mind you he progressed faster than any one I have ever seen. He learnt to forward loop a windsurfer under a year after he started. I only think he didnt learn earlier because it hadnt been invented then! He used to make me laugh so much and would also infuriate the hell out of me with his larger than life attitude to stuff. But God he was talented. I have so many memories of sitting with him at Hillhead, then Hayling/Witts, Tiree, then Maui, laughing about manouvers and what we should try next. He would always sit there and call me a "pussey"(ask Caroline or Paddy when you are older!) for not pushing hard enough, and ribbed me to the point that I would try things new. I still have scars! Then when I had completed something new it was my turn to wind him up, unfortunately he was so damn talented that he would learn so quickly so I did not have as much goading time as he did. I remember one day sitting in Maui in 2000 at baby beach when a so called pro windsurfer was out having photos taken of his new manouver in secret for the magazines. Colin and me sat and watched and then went out and did the same trick. The guy was so angry and Colin just kept doing it and shouting over to him to " go get another job, your sh*t" I havnt laughed that hard for years. Above Paul Hartley has added his comments about the first Kitesurfing exploits with lauching the kite at Hillhead. I was on the other side of the kite when Colin suggested just throwing it up in the air dead down wind, as he put it "hell it will go up at least" Watching Paul run at speeds in excess of Usain Bolt was and reamins till this day the funniest thing I have ever seen, if only we had a cam corder then. The thing about your Dad was that he never stopped, except for chocolate, and was always experimenting. The first time he spoke about kitesurfing I thought he was mad (I'm a windsurfer through and through) but its now massive, He told me about SUP and I thought it looked daft (I now have one) He was a genuine inovator. He touched a lot of people in his too short life, and above all I will remember him as being a superb athlete. I have his boards and when I get too old or raggetty to surf its going on my wall. He loved you both very much, and left a legacy to all who knew him of having fun and enjoying the ocean. I hope you Josh and Mia learn to love the ocean too, because above everything else you have fantastic genetics in your favour. I will miss him very much, my old peparami mate. Bless you all x Hi Josh, Mia, and Mum too.
Well I knew Colin for over 25 years. From the early days of windsurfing through to his dominance of Kitesurfing. I remember him turning up at the beach a skinny 14 years old with a bottom half of a pram and his 1st board on the top. He used to turn up like this every day till he learned to drive. He was always on the water, I was a keen windsurfer but your Dad was addicted! Mind you he progressed faster than any one I have ever seen. He learnt to forward loop a windsurfer under a year after he started. I only think he didnt learn earlier because it hadnt been invented then! He used to make me laugh so much and would also infuriate the hell out of me with his larger than life attitude to stuff. But God he was talented. I have so many memories of sitting with him at Hillhead, then Hayling/Witts, Tiree, then Maui, laughing about manouvers and what we should try next. He would always sit there and call me a “pussey”(ask Caroline or Paddy when you are older!) for not pushing hard enough, and ribbed me to the point that I would try things new. I still have scars! Then when I had completed something new it was my turn to wind him up, unfortunately he was so damn talented that he would learn so quickly so I did not have as much goading time as he did.
I remember one day sitting in Maui in 2000 at baby beach when a so called pro windsurfer was out having photos taken of his new manouver in secret for the magazines. Colin and me sat and watched and then went out and did the same trick. The guy was so angry and Colin just kept doing it and shouting over to him to ” go get another job, your sh*t” I havnt laughed that hard for years.
Above Paul Hartley has added his comments about the first Kitesurfing exploits with lauching the kite at Hillhead. I was on the other side of the kite when Colin suggested just throwing it up in the air dead down wind, as he put it “hell it will go up at least” Watching Paul run at speeds in excess of Usain Bolt was and reamins till this day the funniest thing I have ever seen, if only we had a cam corder then.
The thing about your Dad was that he never stopped, except for chocolate, and was always experimenting. The first time he spoke about kitesurfing I thought he was mad (I’m a windsurfer through and through) but its now massive, He told me about SUP and I thought it looked daft (I now have one) He was a genuine inovator. He touched a lot of people in his too short life, and above all I will remember him as being a superb athlete. I have his boards and when I get too old or raggetty to surf its going on my wall.
He loved you both very much, and left a legacy to all who knew him of having fun and enjoying the ocean. I hope you Josh and Mia learn to love the ocean too, because above everything else you have fantastic genetics in your favour.
I will miss him very much, my old peparami mate. Bless you all x

]]> Comment on Memory Book for the Kids by nick berry http://lostcauseboards.com/2009/08/09/memory-book-for-the-kids/#comment-455 nick berry Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:59:11 +0000 http://lostcauseboards.com/2009/08/09/memory-book-for-the-kids/#comment-455 i knew colin and caroline only briefly in june/july 99. i kipped in the same place, johns in paia opposite mana foods. i remember him and you caroline often. colin was the most incredibly talented windsurfer i\'ve met and sailed with. it was effortless. goiters before anyone could spell the word. and i remember caroline being under fear of a row, if you didnt keep the video trained on him for the whole session when i know you;d of been happier catching some sun up on the cliff. a wonderful fella. funny, unique and mellow if its possible to be all 3. he set the tone for my maui experience... breakfast of vanilla crunch from mana food, all day sail, jack in the box, quick tour around "ross dress for less" for more trainers, a bottle of beer and talk rubbish back at johns. i think of what he's up to often and now i\'ll just remember that talent and the smile on his face when he came back into the beach to tell me that he'd landed a push loop in front of josh stone and he'd given him a "woop". bless you mate and you too caroline i knew colin and caroline only briefly in june/july 99. i kipped in the same place, johns in paia opposite mana foods. i remember him and you caroline often. colin was the most incredibly talented windsurfer i\’ve met and sailed with. it was effortless. goiters before anyone could spell the word. and i remember caroline being under fear of a row, if you didnt keep the video trained on him for the whole session when i know you;d of been happier catching some sun up on the cliff. a wonderful fella. funny, unique and mellow if its possible to be all 3. he set the tone for my maui experience… breakfast of vanilla crunch from mana food, all day sail, jack in the box, quick tour around “ross dress for less” for more trainers, a bottle of beer and talk rubbish back at johns. i think of what he’s up to often and now i\’ll just remember that talent and the smile on his face when he came back into the beach to tell me that he’d landed a push loop in front of josh stone and he’d given him a “woop”. bless you mate and you too caroline

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