Portugal explodes onto the global big wave circuit with a handful of household names and a freakish wave canyon. Photos: Jorge Leal and Wilson Ribeiro.

Drift tracked down Mark Jeremias and Jason Baffa, directors of ‘Singlefin: Yellow’, to talk about their new project, ‘One California Day’, and find out their thoughts on surf culture and tradition from Crescent City to Imperial Beach. Words: Jamie Bott

Al Knost is one of the best sliders around and has a close connection with a scene far removed from the modern marketplace hustle. Ryan Tatar tracked him down with his project partner Tyler Manson and gave us an insight into their freshest work. Words: Ryan Tatar Photos: Jamie Bott & Tyler Manson

Devastated by more than a decade of civil war, the Republic of Liberia is still in a serious state of flux. Could surfing bring a new hope and more peaceful future to this West African nation? Words & photos: Nicholai Lidow & Kate Thomas. Additional photos: Ted Grambeau & Jamie Bott

One of the great things about surfing in this current era is the wide acceptance of different board designs. Over the last 10 years, it has become acceptable to pretty much ride anything from surfmat to singlefin, fish to longboard. Words: Chris Preston Photo (2): Dan Crockett

Mark Sankey discusses the merits and faults of EPS with two of Britain's finest craftsmen, Mark Dickinson and Rob Lion, both of whom have been shaping the stuff with style for a good few years now... [photos by Ollie Banks]


Crazy June Round-up (part II)

July 04, 2010 | Words By: Niega

cosmic1opener And if all that wasn’t enough, two weeks later we all drove to Liencres (near Santander, Cantabria) for the 5th Amstel Cosmic Children Festival.

A festival that honours the free flow spirit of the 70s as well as Spain’s surfing pioneers. We got lots of peace, free love, vintage boards (plenty of original single and twin fins shaped in the 70s) and some very good and powerful waves on Sunday. Once again Saturday night was epic with, among other bands, the best cover band of The Doors I’ve ever seen: The Other Doors. Do not miss them if they play somewhere near you.

All the photos HERE.

And now we are just trying to recover from all this craziness. We’ve got a month to get rest our limbs, heal our sores and get plenty of energy for the biggest festival of the summer: the 9th Vans Salinas Longboard Festival. After last year’s success (almost 400 registered longboarders + their partners/friends/siblings/offspring/parents/dogs, etc…) this year the organization has extended the festival to four full days (July 29th – August 1st) and added a ton of extra stuff to do. Chris del Moro and Kassia Meador –among others- have already confirmed their presence as no one wants to miss Europe’s biggest longboarding event of the year. Will you?

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