Drift ran a feature on Salt+Wax a few months back, have a read here and see for yourself.

If you would like to support Mark then please visit his site and find out all about how to buy this incredible book.

Surfer created. Audience selected. Ocean inspired. This year’s film brings together unique sections from around the world, including freesurfing legends like Pipe Master Jamie O’Brien and South American champ Gabriel Villaran, underground dazzlers like Maui’s Albee Layer and New York’s Leif Engstrom, and outsider icons like Santa Cruz’s Josh Mulcoy, Canadian Pete Devries and Maui’s Hank Gaskell.

Last year’s $100,000 winner Matt Meola is also back to defend his title, and the rest of year’s qualifiers are coming on strong with new music, new clips and a whole new approach. Join the action at innersection.tv

Wonderful beach art – patterns and sculptures in the sand – came to Jersey big time. The first MyMemory.com World Beach Art Championship took place in the Island off the coast of Normandy where beach artists from around the world created masterpieces in the sand that only lasted until the next high tide.

TWOTHIRDS Sentinels are people who live for the ocean, world famous or unknown. They put their talent and passion into protecting and preserving our oceans. Essentially, they are informal ambassadors flying the flag of TWOTHIRDS in a variety of subcultures, such as surf, music, film, art and environmental activism.

Protect what you love!

Pro-surfers Mark Egor Harris and Mitch Corbett travel the length of the UK on a road trip tracing the wild and unusual roots of British surf culture.

Featuring: Mitch Corbett, Mark Egor Harris. Surfers interviewed: Roger Mansfield – Pete PJ Jones – Malcolm Findlay – Charles Williams

Surfers featured: Alan Stokes – Gabe Davies – Russ Winters – Nate Phillips – Nigel Semmens – Steve Daniels – Carwyn Williams. Archive courtesy of: SWFTA – Three S Films – ITN Source. Music: The Dakotas The Cruel Sea.

If you like the vintage ITN footage, then read our interview with the original Skewjacks cast Angels with Dirty Faces

From Morgan Rae Berk, Founder New York Surf Film Festival,

“As we grow this initiative, we will be adding an additional layer to aid in providing a sound future for those that choose the surf film-making craft as their career path – a fund that grants participating filmmakers dollars to invest towards their next film project.

The NYSFF welcomes filmmakers and sponsors to join us in raising dollars for the surf community and its related charitable organizations. Please inquire with us if you would like more information on getting involved. And in the meantime – enjoy the film.”

The New York Surf Film Festival is the premier showcase for international independent and established surf films. The mission of the New York Surf Film Festival is to provide filmmakers who are exploring the diversity of surfing an opportunity to present their work to a larger audience. As surf culture becomes more popular, the notion of what it means to be a surfer expands. The New York Surf Film Festival’s aim is to build upon and shape the idea of what a surf movie is, while fostering the growth of this global community in NYC.

Fifth Annual New York Surf Film Festival
September 2012
Submissions now open through June 1, 2012

Wheels & Waves is an exhibition of vehicles used by British surfers from the 1950s to the present day, along with a display of surf art, boards and memorabilia from the Museum of British Surfing, which runs at the Museum until 18 March 2012.

Vehicles on display at the exhibition include a range of VW Campers from 1962 to the present day, including a modern T2 on loan from Danbury Motor Caravans, alongside a Beach Buggy, a two-tone 1970s VW Beetle and a number of Woodies and hot rods.

An exhibition of surf vehicles

All of the vehicles are imaginatively displayed on specially constructed ‘beach’ sets within the exhibition, and are complemented by a huge range of items from the Museum of British Surfing along with newly commissioned artworks by Coventry painter Paul Jordan.

“The exhibition is actually genius, because surfers have been turning to novel forms of transport since at least the 1930s in that desperate quest to get themselves and their surfboards to the beach” said Peter Robinson from the Museum of British Surfing. “Anything from a modified pram, a skateboard, an old hearse or the ubiquitous VW camper – the vehicle often defines the surfer and has become an essential and vibrant part of beach culture – almost a cult within a cult, and so the Wheels & Waves exhibition is a great way of celebrating surfing here in Britain.”

Damon Hill, self-titled ‘Racing Surfer’ said “Surfers are a little like motorcyclists. They are just outside the mainstream of society. No shirts and ties allowed. And you need to be able to go when the surf arrives. At the drop of a hat. Surfers’ cars and vans express this ‘free spirit’. They are also ‘home’ to the smelly wet suit, meted surf wax and damp towels. If you haven’t slept in the car on the beach, just to be first to the surf, you are not a surfer. Customising the van is all part of the experience. Unless you don’t have time, like me. Did you know you can get a 9’4” long board into a VW Golf? Well you can. Just.”

Barefoot Wine proudly presents One Beach, a film that tells the personal stories of people who are using creativity and innovation to help keep the world’s beaches “Barefoot friendly.” Directed by renowned surf filmmaker Jason Baffa, the film profiles six passionate people who are working to help fix the global beach trash problem. The first installment of One Beach debuts on Facebook on September 20, 2011, with subsequent episodes posted weekly for five weeks following the premiere.

“We’re proud to unveil One Beach and are excited to share it with our foot fans around the world,” said Jennifer Wall, winemaker for Barefoot Wine & Bubbly. “The film is a celebration of our longstanding commitment to ‘barefoot friendly’ beaches and the people who keep them that way.”

Barefoot Wine was the presenting sponsor of the 2011 International Surfing Day and has been a supporter of Surfrider Foundation for more than 15 years, most recently through the Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project.

How to View One Beach and Join the Facebook Premiere:
Starting at midnight on Tuesday, September 20th, the film will be available on the Barefoot Wine Facebook page. Please visit onebeachthefilm.com to join the fun!

Barefoot will host a live premiere event at 3:30pm PDT (6:30pm EDT) – this will include a live streaming Q&A with the director and cast as well as an introduction from Stephanie Gallo. Fans around the world will be able to participate in real time using a live chat feature.

Five subsequent One Beach episodes will air each week starting from September 21st.