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Flitting between awesome waves at Aileens and Nelscott Reef is all in a week's work for Ireland's big-wave master Al Mennie. Words: Al Mennie Photos: Al Mennie, Gary McCall, Larry Jansky, Richard Hallman

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

Joe Curren is the surfing equivalent of old growth, his style in the water and behind a lens is deeply rooted, contemplative and quietly powerful. Jair Bortoleto caught up with Joe to talk about family, travel, and shooting analogue in the digital age. Words: Jair Bortoleto Photos: Joe Curren

They're trained to defend their country and protect our freedom and liberty, but when active service is over, many soldiers find themselves struggling with personal and mental problems that the army just doesn't want to know about. Could surfing provide some answers? Words & photos: Russ Pierre

Following the demise of Clark Foam, 'eco' boards and alternatives to petro-chemical products have been the focus of developments in surfboard technology. Words: Mark Sankey Photos: Alexa Poppe

...in the age of the programmable hand. San Diego's Josh Hall explains why he has chosen to tread the well-worn path of hand-shaping, in conversation with Andy Smith. Photos: Garrett Highhouse, T. Colla, Ryan Tatar

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The Brazilian Paradox deepens

December 07, 2009 | Words By: Clare Howdle

luana_forblog1The Brazilian Paradox has got people talking so I thought it would be good to talk back - nothing like a bit of healthy debate. Thanks to Luciano Burin and Drift for giving this topic oxygen…

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Ouch!

October 29, 2009 | Words By: Clare Howdle

weeverfish1Autumn swells and sunny weather may be tempting us all out back, but something nasty is still lurking in the shallows…

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Rose Tinted

September 16, 2009 | Words By: Clare Howdle

halcyon-summer1_openerHalcyon days. Summer daze. Our rose-tinted paraphrase for that lustful glaze of memories, praise for a sun that - as the air’s chill picks at our bones - always felt hot, whether or not it shone.

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Surf at Work

August 19, 2009 | Words By: Clare Howdle

bigcolourful-front-webWith A-level results looming, this week’s airwaves have been sagging with the doom and gloom of how hard young people are being hit by the ‘recession’ or as I prefer to call it, (thanks, Charlie Brooker) ‘moneygeddon’. Read the rest of this entry »

Garden Party

August 03, 2009 | Words By: Clare Howdle

porteliotopenerIt might not be surfing, but we like it. From  wild swimming and performance poetry to ukuleles, Clare Howdle goes in search of Cornwall’s cultural side at the Port Eliot Festival 2009.

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Cultural Ebb

July 22, 2009 | Words By: Clare Howdle

camping-at-port-eliot-fest1Hailed as this year’s hippest festival, Port Eliot is just around the corner and I’m heading to the stately home to see just how a weekend of books, comedy, music and eccentricity fits into Cornwall’s cultural landscape.

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Purple jelly

July 16, 2009 | Words By: Clare Howdle

by-the-wind-sailor_courtesyofmarlinYou heard it here first folks. It’s official - we are in store for a scorcher this year. I’ve seen definitive proof – if the locals are to be believed - to back up the Met Office’s promises of a barbeque summer and it comes in the way of purple jelly.

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Crazy for the Storm

July 15, 2009 | Words By: Clare Howdle

opener21A book landed on my doormat today. From a PR company. Now, I’m a big fan of reading and a big fan of surfing, but often the books that I get sent don’t do either of them justice. This one is an exception.
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Sexually confused fish

July 04, 2009 | Words By: Clare Howdle

summersurf_blogThank God for summer. The boots are off, the sun is out and, over the last month at least, the surf has been firing. The hot weather has resuscitated Cornwall, bringing tourists to our coastline and with it an increasingly crowded line-up of rapidly bleaching hair and tanning faces. Read the rest of this entry »