Last years winning shot by Laurie McCall.
The dryrobe® Advance is one of the most useful products to protect cold water surf photographers. So we’re stoked that dryrobe® have come on board to sponsor the 2024 Carve Photo of the Year Comp, celebrating the unsung heroes who battle the weather to record everyone’s sessions.
Surf photographers are the unseen backbone of the cold water surf scene, enduring everything the Atlantic has to throw at them in order to capture moments of magic around our coastline for the magazine, surfers and now influencers. In the past there were only a few surf photographers and their work was revered. Now the digital age has opened up surf photography to more people but somehow most photographers remain faceless and unrecognised for their endeavours. The dryrobe x Carve 2024 Photo of the Year Competition celebrates their dedication and skills and presents their shots in all their glory on quality paper in the magazine – the best way to see it!
Back in the day, dryrobe® inventor and owner Gideon Bright and Carve Editor Steve England were part of a hardcore St Ives / St Agnes (Badlands) crew charging Porthleven and the heavier breaks of west Cornwall as well as travelling the world to place like remote Indo, Hawaii and through Europe before full time work beckoned! Steve then began at Carve Surfing Magazine and after some time in the film industry Gideon ended up inventing dryrobe® and a whole new category of changing robe. Steve still uses one of the very first dryrobes that Gideon gave him back in 2010!
“We are stoked to be able to run a comp that showcases British and Irish cold water surfing photographers because we know the dedication needed to get up on a cold winters day and head out into the teeth of an Atlantic storm,” said Steve,
“Thanks to Gideon these days days after a surf, I pull on a long-sleeve dryrobe® Advance instead of flimsy, non waterproof, half-length puffer jacket and life is much easier. I can’t wait to hand a photographer the full dryrobe® kit and make their life easier too!”
The winner will get an ultimate ‘All Seasons dryrobe® Bundle for Photographers’. Plus: Thanks to Red Bull, the winning photographer will get the chance to travel and capture a Red Bull UK surf athlete in action!
The bundle will include;
dryrobe® Advance Long Sleeve £165, dryrobe® Mid-Layer Jacket £110, dryrobe® Waterproof Poncho £120, dryrobe® Water-repellent Car Seat Covers £50, dryrobe® Thermal Boots £80, dryrobe® Thermal Gloves £40, dryrobe® Compression Backpack £95
dryrobe®, how it started vs. How it’s going.
dryrobe® also support numbers surfers and organisations including
Supporting the England junior surf team as well as team riders like Andrew Cotton, Lukas and Ben Skinner, Cal Major, Siyanda Hewitt and Sophie Hellyer.
• dryrobe® annually donate £100,000 to the RNLI
• Collaboration – a Wave Project dryrobe® is available online, 100% of the profits from each sale of this Limited Edition dryrobe go to the charity.
• Produce a custom dryrobe® Advance for Surfers Not Street Children where 100% of the profits go to the charity.
• Based in Malibu, California, A Walk On Water provides surf therapy programmes to children and their families.
• Royal Lifesaving Society.
Enter the dryrobe x Carve 2024 Photo of the Year
Our favourite time year when we celebrate Britains and Irelands best photographers and their photos.
You don’t have to be pro, you don’t have to have the best gear, you just have to have an eye for the moment.
Every one is in with a chance and we will be running a full a gallery of the top contenders next issue. Lineups, action, portraits, show us what you got! Ever wanted your shots in print? Send them in! Know someone has super talented but a bit shy? Send their shots in! The closing date for entry is 4th July, 2024.
The Carve editorial team will select top 10-15 photos and a final winner. To Enter: Send a maximum of 5 low res photos to [email protected]
The finalists will have their shots printed in Carve and we will be picking the best photos to be printed in a full feature.
Have your cameras/shots at the ready, we can’t wait to see your creative work.
Team Carve.
The deal:
- You’re a British or Irish photographer, although the location of photos does not matter.
- You can supply us with your best action or lifestyle shots which have been taken in the last year and are unpublished.
- Finalists will need to send original files, provide proof of ownership and date taken using the RAW file information. Uncropped full frame files with your colour corrected/edited version.
- The photos will need to be printed A3 with no loss of quality, so please do not crop the image.
The closing date for entry is 4th July, 2024.
The Carve editorial team will select top 10-15 photos and a final winner.
To Enter:
The prize bundle, hell yes.
T+C’s
Got to run these because law. – No cash alternatives to the prize. By entering you agree to allow Carve (Orca Publications) using your photo in the mag and online (You will be credited or tagged when we do). No one else will use your photo. We will contact those in the final selection directly. We can’t answer all messages or emails so bear with us.