drift, perspectives in surfing

Our friend in Brazil, Luciano Burin, keeps us in touch with what’s cool in Florianopolis. So when he sent me the link to this little film he’s put together, I checked it out straight away. I know the sun has been making a break for freedom here in the West Country recently, but it’s still not a patch on the rays out in Brazil. It’s Luciano’s grin in this film that really warms you though - he’s just fooling around with a new camera and some editing software, but he’s having a ball. Check it out…

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The wishthound gave me a new skateboard a month or so ago, much to my wife’s disgust I might add.

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Most of us shy away from philosophy. It’s irrelevant; too complex, too boring, too time-consuming. But did you know that ‘philosophy’ translates literally from Greek as ‘love of knowledge’? So if your idea of a good education is spending hours on Swaylocks researching displacement hulls, you can still safely consider yourself a philosopher. Or a philo-surfer. Geddit?
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I’m counting down to the summer. The surf here has been pretty epic of late and the crazies of Pembrokeshire have been entering the chilly seas – massive swell and ice cream heads.

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Here’s James Parry, shot by Russ Pierre a couple of weeks ago.  Seems like congratulations are in order, because James has been asked to represent Great Britain at the world championships in Peru this year. Go James!

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This is our team rider Toby, making the most of the last swell we had. He better get his surfs in while he can because he’s just about to become a father.

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A question touted around by the makers of an alarming but very open film about how we have decimated certain fish stocks throughout the globe. Awkward questions are asked, and not many answers given. A must see if you are an ocean lover.

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Few people would imagine that I’ve spent the last three months in envy of my brother. He is currently in his second year at Swansea University – in the freezing Welsh valleys, completing assignments and attending lectures. I’m currently in my fifth month of travelling, enjoying the baking heat of the Australian summer, sleeping in late and partying away the night.

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Chile is somewhere that I have wanted to go for some time but, for whatever reason, I haven’t made it yet. By all accounts it’s a land of adventure, beauty, waves, wine, culture and, from what I have read, a place that remains dear to the hearts of those who visit.

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Good surfing doesn’t always mean you have to dominate the wave.

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