drift, perspectives in surfing

Our friend in Brazil, Luciano Burin, keeps us in touch with what’s cool in Florianopolis. So when he sent me the link to this little film he’s put together, I checked it out straight away. I know the sun has been making a break for freedom here in the West Country recently, but it’s still not a patch on the rays out in Brazil. It’s Luciano’s grin in this film that really warms you though - he’s just fooling around with a new camera and some editing software, but he’s having a ball. Check it out…

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Join the likes of Robbie Kegel and the Gato Heroi crew at Currumbin on Sunday 14 March, as they and a whole bunch of fish freaks swap designs and ideas.

Check the Fish Fry blog for all the latest news. Anyone who can’t make it can check a full run down here on Drift just as soon as we can get it together. Meantime, here’s a selection of phots from last year’s Fry to whet your appetite…

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Our US crew have just published a gorgeous set of photos from NorCal designer/photographer/musician John Ryan. So if you fancy a change of scenery but can’t leave the office, do check it out.

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Residents of the St Merryn area were last week made aware of a worrying planning application to put in a drainage [including treated sewage] pipe flowing onto the beach at Booby’s Bay in North Cornwall, which if granted will damage the surrounding area, the beach and the water quality, reports Adrian Philips of Fluid Juice. [Photo by Jamie Bott.]

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Those of you with a fish fetish take note: on Sunday 14 March, Currumbin Alley is THE place be as this year’s Alley Fish Fry will be in full swing. Come along and admire, covet, and generally find out more about some of the most fabulous incarnations of this fun little board…

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In 1964 Nicholas Tomalin wrote an article for the Sunday Times entitled ‘Sun, surf and sexuality – it’s a whole new cult’ about the new craze about to take the UK by storm. Its tone reminds me of those old public information films and should raise a chuckle or two…

[Completely unrelated photo by Jamie Bott]

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If you’re around Newcastle this Christmas, check out Andrea Allan’s exhibition at the Trent Gallery (19 December to 29 January), which celebrates the rich surf culture around Tynemouth Longsands.

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Listen up chaps, this isn’t some kind of girly skincare thing. Even the hardiest man has to admit to owning a little pot of Vaseline or some lip balm, right? But do you ever think about what goes into your grease of choice?

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John Isaac and his crew of hot dogs and hep cats at the Revolver Surf Emporium have their fingers firmly on the pulse of Kernow’s surf culture.

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Check out Tom Veiga’s latest work – Serie Waves, a collection of art “inspired by sensations and feelings I get from the sea, wind, the sun’s heat and the movement of the waves, as well as places I knew and other places that I still want to know”.

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