A video roundup from the British National Surf Championships event held at Fistral Beach, Newquay on 8-9 November 2014. This exhilarating & high octane competition had some 70 entries competing in the men and women’s open, seniors, masters and the veterans categories.
The contestants were treated to some tricky weather with wintery conditions, a good sized swell and a bitter driving wind.
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Surfing GB has announced that after three years of hard work it has now achieved Stage 1 of its application for recognition as governing body for UK surfing.
Surfing has not had a UK-wide Governing Body since the collapse of the British Surfing Association (BSA) in 2010 and as a result no major UK Government funding for Surfing has been available to help grassroots projects, support surf clubs, coaches and schools, or look after the safety and enjoyment of all those who surf in the UK.
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Knowledge is Power
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Surfing 365
Drift speaks to Jim Heimann - cultural anthropologist, graphic design historian and author of a new publication TASCHEN’s 365 Day-by-Day Surfing.
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Drift catches up with Portuguese genius photographer Hugo Silva
Reading shadows
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Switch-Foot is back
The original seminal surf book Switch-Foot will be back in its third incarnation thanks to a Kickstarter campaign. It is nearly ten years (2005) since the first Switch-Foot book took to the surfing world, creating ripple effects wherever it went.
Morocco's best kept secret
Follow Alexandra Gossink as she uncovers the true Morocco.
The slabs of Ericeira
Portugal has a massive open secret... Follow Matt Button to discover what is going down.
The Gen SĂĽden Project
This is the story of an epic coastal journey from North Germany down to Morocco in an old Fiat Ducato. As I am normally working as a video cameraman I really enjoyed concentrating on just photos without having an agenda in mind.
The Life Aquatic
Drift catches up with multi-award winning photographer Lucia Griggi whose office is the ocean and who is one of the most respected surf photographers in a male dominated industry.
Dawn Patrol
Homeless at fourteen, prison by eighteen, Jonny Gibbings endured a violent and difficult start to life, resulting in being illiterate until late teens. Now a published author Jonny talks to Drift and shares his lifelong passion for Surf.
Hawaii Heaven
Follow cameraman Mike Lacey as he takes on Hawaii. An amazing collection of photos from the spiritual home of surfing.
The Real Rio by Benoit Fournier
Rio de Janeiro is know throughout the world for its carnivals and beaches, swarming with beautiful, bronzed party-people. The images in our latest feature however, reveal the quality of its surf, which is undoubtedly among the world's most enticing.
