I seem to have missed a lot of the decent swells this winter. I swear there’s been a recurring pattern of good waves during the hours of 9-5, then as soon as the weekend swings around so does the wind. Or it’s flat. Or choppy. You get my drift.
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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.
Michael Koskela makes a superb cup of tea, but that’s not the only reason to pay this Cornish surf/skate emporium a visit… I swung by to check out the origins of a surf shop that really can claim to grow its own…
The beauty of Drift is that everyone knows someone who knows someone who does something cool. I love it when I get one of those “You should check out…” emails, because it invariably leads to a few moments of eye-candy-fed escapism, and I feel it’s my duty to pass on the goodness.
September sessions here in Cornwall are normally the best of the year, but this year the surf was pretty dire. But just when it seemed like it was going to be one of the worst autumns I can remember, October turned up with the goods.
Autumn swells and sunny weather may be tempting us all out back, but something nasty is still lurking in the shallows…
Cornwall’s number-one seamstress and super-laidback entrepreneur Elsie Pinniger on surfing, sewing, and Bon Jovi… You’re going to see her name in lights, but she’s more driven by a creative passion than a desire to become a millionaire.
And so to the highlight of my European Tour…
It’s Tuesday morning and I am still in shock from the weekend’s series of events. Fortunately I am relaxing in the Brea Vean Surf House and have time to decompress.
If you’re down in Cornwall, pop into to one of the Driftwood galleries for a shot of ocean-inspired artwork…
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.
Good day at black rock
If you like your barrels with a Spanish/North African vibe, Lanzarote’s fast shallow waves are calling.
No place like home
Chris Brunt chats to professional journeyman Sam Bleakley about his thirst for adventure and love of longboarding.
Coffee cups & surfboards
Mark Sankey discusses the merits and faults of EPS with northeast-England shapers Mark Dickinson and Rob Lion
The Brazilian paradox
In Florianopolis - Brazil's surf capital - during prime swell season, an incomplete line-up gets Clare Howdle thinking...
Learning curve
Ryan Lovelace talks to Chris Preston about trusting your eyes, hands, and feet, and adding another leaf to the weird-hull-alternative-vibe-tree.
Combat surfer
Could surfing help heal the scars of war and the horror of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?
