If you’re in Newquay on a Saturday night and want to get your freak on, but don’t appreciate the rich diversity of stag party fancy dress that’s normally found around these parts, then you should get yourself over to On The Rocks for ‘Eclectica’.
A brand spanking new Drift playlist is now available, featuring the talents of the folk at Friend of Mine…
Work getting under your skin? Why not suck your employer’s bandwidth dry with the Drift playlist? The hours will fly by and it’ll soon be five o’clock.
If you’ve had the pleasure of hearing RW Hedges then you’ll know exactly where I’m coming from, and kinda where he is! (Photos: Cheryl Davies)
It 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.
Hailed 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.
Australian Xavier Rudd is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who has a strong connection with environmentalism and the rights of Aborigines. His inspiration comes as much from the ocean as the land.
Incubus front man Mike Einziger has recently collaborated with Hollywood’s hottest film score composer Danny Elfman on an unusual new project.
Music is Ben Harper’s passion but he’s also an avid surfer, with a great belief in the creative power of the ocean. Drift asked the man who counts the Malloy brothers, Eddie Vedder and Jack Johnson among his friends whether surfers make a good audience…
Faria+
Luciano Burin catches up with Junior Faria, a pro surfer breaking the Brazilian mould.
Watching waves
Mat Arney documents a different perspective in surfing
Switch-Foot II
Drift checks in with Andrew Crockett following the release of the much-anticipated 'Switch-Foot II'.
Asylum seeker
Nigel Semmens on machine shaping and Gerry Lopez's backhand
Free falling
In an exclusive extract from his new book, Al Mennie explains what it's like to survive the mother of all wipeouts.
Promised land
Alex Klein discovers surfing in Israel and Gaza is more important than politics and war.
