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Sean Mattison has a reputation as a designer, a coach, and a businessman. His competitive experience, retail background and knowledge acquired from testing hundreds of surfboards made him one of the most versatile surfers in California. Words: Rui Ribeiro.

Hidden away in a Falmouth boatyard among the classic lines of traditional timber ships is an unusual surfboard factory: one in which the boards are finished with wood and natural oils. Here tradition meets modernism. This is Glass Tiger. Words: Mark Sankey Action photos: Kirstin Prisk Other photos & design: Alexa Poppe

Tucked away at the top of a hill near Gwenver beach in Cornwall, Skewjacks was the definitive 1970s surf camp. Drift took four of its founding fathers - Dicky, Harvey, Jamo and Mickey - to the pub and reminisced about good times gone by. Words: Jamie Bott Credit & thanks to Graham Shephard & Mel Sedgwick

Mark Leary's latest work deviates sharply from the usual surf photography portfolio, celebrating as it does the commonplace, everyday aspects of surfing instead of monster swells and awesome barrels. Chris Preston chats to him about moments captured.

Chris Brunt chats to west Penwith's prodigal son and professional journeyman Sam Bleakley about his thirst for adventure and love of longboarding. [All photos by Chris Brunt.]

Drift tracked down Mark Jeremias and Jason Baffa, directors of ‘Singlefin: Yellow’, to talk about their new project, ‘One California Day’, and find out their thoughts on surf culture and tradition from Crescent City to Imperial Beach. Words: Jamie Bott

All reefs under threat by 2050

February 24, 2011 | Words By: Howard

Reading around this morning, The Guardian is reporting that all coral reefs will be in trouble by 2050. All coral reefs?

Overfishing, climate change and pollution are now putting so much pressure on reefs systems that Reefs at Risk are saying that the results of recent studies are dire.

Climate models predict that roughly half of the world’s reefs will experience coral bleaching by 2030. and around 95% by 2050. Although reefs can tolerate relatively mild bleaching, any severe distress will be impossible to recover from.

The effects of climate change will overwhelm any conservation projects and efforts, even in Australia where just under 90% of reefs are under strict protection from fishing.

Nancy Knowlton, chair of marine sciences at the Smithsonian insisted that unless carbon dioxide reduction is taken far more seriously, all the Earth’s reefs will be affected by 2050.

   

1 Comments


  1. Gareth says:
    February 24, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    Just read the same article, this is worrying.
    This is going to happen during our life time and should not be thought of as in the future,
    It is happening now!!!!

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