“___”
Johnny Abegg, the free-surfing, free-thinking, filmmaking whizz whom I spoke with this summer for Drift has now turned out a new film project, “___”, which he’s currently touring around a select few locations in Australia.
Author archive
Ricardo y Ricardo
When planning last year’s winter escape to Panama, we (misguidedly) thought that Heathrow airport would be quiet on Christmas day. But the hoards of other travellers stuck in stupidly long queues was just one in a line of disasters, some of which will be familiar to those who like to travel with boards in tow…
Colors of Coincidence
‘Colors of Coincidence’ is a monograph of Wolfgang Bloch’s art, designed by the venerable David Carson and with text by Mike Stice. Expectations are always going to be high since David Carson and Wolfgang Bloch are two of the most influential creatives around.
Board Shorts
An evening of surf-related short films by independent makers showing the rich variety in British surf culture went off in style down at Falmouth’s Tremough Campus Student Union earlier this November, while a frigid northerly wind blew a hoolie outside.
Winter wonderland
September sessions here in Cornwall are normally the best of the year, but this year the surf was pretty dire. But just when it seemed like it was going to be one of the worst autumns I can remember, October turned up with the goods.
The search
Let me take you back to early Spring 2002, if my memory serves me correctly… I had timed a day off work to coincide with a good swell, but when the day and the swell arrived, so did the inevitable wind screaming out of the southwest.
Indian summers
Southwest France is famous for its late Indian summers – long hot days, surfing in boardies, morning offshores, early autumn swells and evenings spent sipping red wine – making it the perfect destination for a camping trip.
Sunday morning surf check
I recently caught up with the habitually calm and collected Neil Halstead for a Sunday-morning surf check.
Acceptance is only an opinion
I have just read the latest blog post by Mark Dickinson (of the Cell) and all I can say is - I concur.
