Obeche
Paulownia is arguably the best and currently the most popular wood for alaias and paipos, but here in Europe it’s difficult to source and expensive.
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Mark Sankey
Bonzers take Europe
This spring, Malcolm Campbell will be heading to Europe for an extensive shaping tour.
• Portugal, 13-22 May (contact Manila Surfboard Design at [email protected])
• France, 24 May – 3 June (contact UWL Surfboards at [email protected])
• England, late June through mid July (Guy Penwarden at [email protected])
Eclectica Newquay
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’.
West country colours
Steve Plydell-Pearce (aka Steve PP) is an impressionist artist and former animator living an envious lifestyle by the beach in Woolacombe – painting and surfing the inspiring littoral of North Devon.
Freshly peeled
Launching a new company when the global economy was languishing in the depths of a recession might not have been the most sensible business plan, but Peeler’s Andy Thorne is glad that he made the leap when he did. Against the odds, Peeler is doing really well; it would appear that people’s appreciation of good quality, eco-friendly products has allowed the company to grow, even when we’re supposed to be pinching pennies.
Saving more than just waves
Chile is somewhere that I have wanted to go for some time but, for whatever reason, I haven’t made it yet. By all accounts it’s a land of adventure, beauty, waves, wine, culture and, from what I have read, a place that remains dear to the hearts of those who visit.
A rhino’s tale
The recent spell of good waves and almost arctic conditions has been the perfect chance to try out my new super winter wetsuit. Its inaugural surf was an appropriately cold day at a south coast reef with a biting northeasterly wind grooming the waves.
The cost of a clear conscience
Ironically, my recent surf trip to the Philippines coincided with the final session of the UN Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen.
“___”
Johnny Abegg, the free-surfing, free-thinking, filmmaking whizz whom I spoke with this summer for Drift has now turned out a new film project, “___”, which he’s currently touring around a select few locations in Australia.
Ricardo y Ricardo
When planning last year’s winter escape to Panama, we (misguidedly) thought that Heathrow airport would be quiet on Christmas day. But the hoards of other travellers stuck in stupidly long queues was just one in a line of disasters, some of which will be familiar to those who like to travel with boards in tow…
