Check out the latest edit from from Adam Norris, No Place Like Home featuring the likes of Reubyn and Joss Ash, Stan Norman, Malakai Hagley, and Jobe Harriss and they blaze through North Cornwall.
Wavey season is upon us, hit play and dig in.
Filming: @offshoresphoto
It was a fairly solid day at Lagundri Bay, but the opening set in the video was a good few feet bigger than anything else that morning. It looks like local knowledge pays off, as the local rider threaded a beauty, while the two visiting surfers took a couple solid beatings respectively. @global.zoo.co
And they say there are no mistakes in life, just lessons, respect due to all the riders out there.
Welcome to the Skookumchuck Narrows, a tidal rapid that is well known by tide enthusiasts and kayakers for its massive standing wave and insane whirlpools…
In this video, I’m linking up with one of the first surfers I’ve heard of to frequent this place, blending the lines between surfing and kayaking… and getting to experience the special place these two worlds meet.
Special thanks to Nick Legge-Wilkinson, and the kayak crew, Marco Colella, Pat Corcoran, Jacob Mermelstein, Sophie Gilfillan for sharing your world with me. What a cool experience. This one is seared into the memory banks. Dylan Graves
Filmed by:
Dave Malcolm
Additional footage:
Dylan Graves
Archival of Elijah Mack:
@RiverSurfing
Torren Martyn describes this perfect day from the Calypte voyage when timing, ocean conditions, and a bit of luck all aligned.
'Before the trip I remember so clearly thinking how amazing it would be to just have one really memorable session with our little home bobbing away in the channel and how it would just be a dream come true. That was certainly the day, I couldn’t believe what was happening around me, the unridden perfect waves that were coming through and the fact we’d just landed ourselves in the right place at the right time, it was such a miracle.'
What made that day stand out as the best surf of the Calypte voyage?
Before the trip, I remember so clearly thinking how amazing it would be to just have one really memorable session with our little home bobbing away in the channel and how it would just be a dream come true. That was certainly the day, I couldn’t believe what was happening around me, the unridden perfect waves that were coming through and the fact we’d just landed ourselves in the right place at the right time, it was such a miracle.
Tell us about just how perfect those waves were?
Yeah, no words really, it was mind boggling. I was pinching myself.
What did you do afterwards to celebrate or reflect on the experience?
We sailed a couple of hours back to a safe anchorage, dropped the anchor and cracked a beer or maybe it was beer then sail then anchor then beer. We ate, cheers’d and slept well that night.
Ishka did an incredible job filming the day in what looked like challenging conditions.
He really did! The morning started off very stormy and unruly. I hadn’t seen that wave before nor did I know the reefs around it, at the first couple of signs of surfable waves that steamed down the reef we had a look for a keyhole to drop Ishka to the beach and by the time we’d found a relatively safe little spot the ocean had cleaned itself up and I was in shambles to get out there and test the waters.
Did that day influence the rest of your voyage in any way or your approach to surfing in general?
I remember that day as one of the best days of my life. It really fuelled my curiosity of surfing and searching for waves, I’m not sure if it was a blessing or curse to be honest.
The soundtrack song to this section is really catchy – those guys are Indonesian musicians?
Yeah I love that track, it's just so funky! The band Ali are from Jakarta, Indonesia and the track is called 'Downtown Strut'. I’m grateful that needessentials invested in such an epic range of music for the Calypte film.
How is fatherhood and do you have any future adventures planned?
Fatherhood has been the greatest adventure yet, it's a trip! As for future films and adventures, I don’t know if anything will compare to the whole Calypte experience but Ishka and I are planning a wild little sailing trip early next year, this time on a much smaller vessel(s).
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