Life and surf in Barcelona (I)
Surfing in Barcelona is not an oxymoron. As most dedicated surfers know well, the Mediterranean produces some great waves when all the elements come together.
Surfing in Barcelona is not an oxymoron. As most dedicated surfers know well, the Mediterranean produces some great waves when all the elements come together.
This Tuesday 20 October at 7.30pm the film ‘Message in the Waves’ will be screened at Holy Trinity Church in Hotwells, and local resident Andy Murray, who produced the film, will be in discussion afterwards.
Scottish SAS representatives are joined by local MSP to warn of potential increased health risks as sewage treatment is reduced at the east coast’s top surf spot.
We recently posted about the BBC Panorama programme on CSOs, which ran a couple of weeks ago. We’ve since had a response from the Environment Agency, insisting that the BBC misrepresented their cause. Here’s what they had to say…
St Agnes based fashion label Finisterre has been shortlisted in the fashion category for this year’s RSPCA Good Business Awards, which recognise ethical business approaches to animal welfare. Finisterre has been shortlisted alongside some of the biggest high street names including George @ ASDA, Tesco, New Look and M&S.
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Thank God for summer. The boots are off, the sun is out and, over the last month at least, the surf has been firing. The hot weather has resuscitated Cornwall, bringing tourists to our coastline and with it an increasingly crowded line-up of rapidly bleaching hair and tanning faces. FULL STORY »
The joys of forward trim
Chris Preston chats to the best shaper you've never heard of, Tim Mason, about hulls and flex.
The spirit of competition
Sam Bleakley reflects on what it means to be a pro surfer, and the beauty and innovation in progressive longboarding...
Something old, something new
Steve Croft of Laminations talks asymmetric shapes, sustainable surfboards, and Chops Lascelles.
Doing it for themselves
Tofino, British Colombia, is Canada’s best known surf destination and home to the Surf Sisters.
Reef encounters
No group combines hardcore surf experience with hard science better than the team at ASR.
Art of the matter
Veteran surf photographer Art Brewer on the legendary Bunker Spreckels.