On Christmas day 2009, Carlos Burle – renowned top ten big wave surfer became father to Reno Kai Moura Burle. That was a little over a month ago, in the meantime, he’s still been training on the North Shore and grabbing the occasional bomb off Pe’ahi.
Five years ago Tom Kay (Finisterre Founder) and Ernest Capbert (Marketing Director), decided to pile into a rented van and head to London’s Heathrow Airport to pick up Carlos Burle one of the world’s finest big wave riders.
A couple of weeks ago, Carlos and Ligia tied the knot, amongst the flurry of wedding preparations, family etc, Carlos had a little time to nip off to west coast of South America - Peru to be exact and compete in South America’s most prestigous big wave event - the Pico Alto Invitational.
Fish out of water
A shameless celebration of the fabulous fish at Australia's annual Alley Fish Fry.
Angels with dirty faces
Tucked away at the top of a hill near Gwenver beach, Skewjacks was the definitive 1970s surf camp.
Sentenced to surf
Carly Lorente reports on France’s radical move to use surfing to improve the minds of young offenders.
Bing’s the thing
Bing Copeland was a pioneer of the surf industry. Paul Holmes discovers what makes him tick.
The Brazilian paradox
In Florianopolis - Brazil's surf capital - during prime swell season, an incomplete line-up gets Clare Howdle thinking...
A quiver approach
Self-confessed board hoarder Chris Preston explains how he came to favour the quiver approach to surfing.
