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.
She’s back, our famed Etobicoke has arrived and pre-orders have been flying out over the last month.
Finisterre product tester, James Bowthorpe has smashed the round the world cycle record by three weeks. FULL STORY »
After clinching consistent first and second place wins throughout the British Longboard Union tour, Trevelyan Garland has won the British Junior title for 2009. FULL STORY »
“Hi Finisterre, all is well here. The Bowmonts had an MOT yesterday when I checked on their body condition. We are only a few weeks away from putting the rams in now and I have to get them “fit not fat” which means enough body condition to be healthy but not so much that they lay down fat around the ovaries etc which affects conception”, said Lesley, Finisterre’s fine wool and sheep expert in Devon. FULL STORY »
“There’s been lots of earthquakes, which is scary as we’re right on a fault line out here, not a great place to be so close to sea level, we’re hoping the quakes settle soon as we’re expecting a crazy swells and with a bit of luck 10-20 second barrels at Nokandui”, said Ian Battrick, Finisterre Ambassador. FULL STORY »
St Agnes based fashion label Finisterre has been shortlisted in the fashion category for this year’s RSPCA Good Business Awards, which recognise ethical business approaches to animal welfare. Finisterre has been shortlisted alongside some of the biggest high street names including George @ ASDA, Tesco, New Look and M&S.
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“It’s just easy: the jacket looks slick, like something you could see on Saville Row, and can stand up to some pretty shit weather,” says Finisterre ambassador, Carlos Burle.
Offshore thinking
Finisterre’s founder Tom Kay tells Drift why it’s cool to be warm.
Something old, something new
Steve Croft of Laminations talks asymmetric shapes, sustainable surfboards, and Chops Lascelles.
Soul & substance
Cedar Surfboards, in Bundoran, County Donegal, are turning out innovative, hand-crafted boards.
Reef encounters
No group combines hardcore surf experience with hard science better than the team at ASR.
Heaven on Earth?
How can we make sure that our search for waves doesn’t have a detrimental impact?
Walk the plank
Grain Surfboards has cornered the market in sustainable wooden boards that ride like a dream.
