A new longboard series has been set up to unite the longboard community. The first invitational with a $75,000 prize prize across three division swill take place at Malibu. The Malibu, First Point contest will also be the qualifier for 2018 three event series with with 16 surfers invited to each category.
“This inclusive invitational event will consist of both Longboarding and Logging . It is our vision to unite the surf community and build a sustainable competitive platform for Longboard surfing.I.” says SurfRelik.
The event will be held over three days with ten day waiting period, September 25-OCT.6, 2017
Divisions include progressive, traditional and womens all with equal prize money. 100% of the entry fees will be applied to prize money.
The ‘Smooth Movers’ will be an invitational exhibit of the finest traditional longboarding at Godrevy Beach, Cornwall, U.K. from the 15th-17th September.
We’ll begin the affair at 1900 at the Rockpool bar with a welcome speech from Michael Lay, gentleman, scholar and fine surfer to set the tone for the weekend. Welcome competitors, welcome friends, welcome all. After which we’ll be showing Nathan Oldfield’s visual poem ‘Church of the Open Sky’. This will of course be accompanied by chilled beer, if we’ve learnt anything from the WSL, chilled beer for all is a prerequisite of any surfing event, particularly for the press. Moving Smoothly on into some live music from Gwithians favourite son, Tyler Crewe’s we’ll send it, but not all the way, a pre-midnight finish will be an essential for all with an 8am start planned in the morning.
Saturday, the focal point of the weekend, we’ll watch the surfing from the cliff tops at Godrevy, facilitated by the National Trust, this is a unique and frankly epic location to watch europe’s best traditional longboarders move. As well as the longboarding we’ll be showcasing a ‘Battered Fish’ heat. Eight of the best, local, alternative craft riders will take to the curl on twin fins and draw lines for Godrevy. In addition, one and all are invited to ‘Send It for Summer!’ in our charity expression session 5 pounds, no thrusters, you do the math.
After the surfing, around 1700 we’ll retreat to the Rockpool cafe/bar, it’s probably time for a beer, an exhibition of art and local photography will greet us, St Ives legend Joe Greenaway will be the focal point of the exhibit have a browse drink another beer maybe? Slide 65 Surfboards’ Rob Wright will be exhibiting a few boards and answering questions on the crafts of the weekend. This will see us into the prize giving and a quick cut of the days happenings on the big screen. Flow into some food, paella served on the deck, accompanied by more beer to see the sun set.
As the sun dips, the mood rises; Algorhythm will host the official Smooth Movers after party, after a frankly mind blowing first event the boys are back showcasing some of the finest house/techno in the county. House music fan or not this will be the event of the summer, taking to the floor at 10pm you’ll need a ticket for the final part of the day, get one here;
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Mike Lay
Rob Wright
Colm Doyle
Maisie M
John Eldridge
Nick Radford
James Parry
Matt Travis
Ed Royall
Sam glaze
Dave Muir
Gwyllm Pritchard
Jimbo Bennet
Elise P
Chris Ryan
Joe Davis
Joey Horny
Jack Mander
Ian Wawrick
Rich Emerson
Dani Alvite
Jack Unsworth
Ben Skinner
This autumn Honolulu Events presents with Chris Burkard his new movie “Under an Arctic Sky”.
In ten different cities, the audience will be taken on an unforgettable evening through the breathtaking landscape of Iceland. Chris Burkard is an accomplished explorer, photographer, creative director, speaker and author. Chris Burkard tours through Europe between August 28th and September 08th 2017. On his tour, Chris Burkard will present his new movie “Under an Arctic Sky” and provides details about the experience of shooting a movie in Iceland, in a wild and stunning nature. The show starts with a slide show that will reveal some experiences during his adventures in Iceland, continues with his new movie and ends with a Q&A between the audience and Chris Burkard. The film follows six surfers along with adventure photographer Chris Burkard and filmmaker Ben Weiland as they seek out unknown swell in the remote fjords of Iceland’s Hornstrandir Nature Reserve. Chartering a boat, they depart from Isafjordur on the cusp of the largest storm to make landfall in twenty-five years. With the knowledge that storms bring legendary swell the crew are optimistic, but face failure when the storm forces them back to shore. Making the decision to carry the expedition on by road they experience the brutality of Iceland’s winter and begin to question if searching out the unknown is worth risking their lives for. Despite setbacks the team pushes on and finds that uncertainty is the best ingredient for discovering the unimaginable.
Q: How did the film come to fruition? A: Under An Arctic Sky was years in the making. While the trip didn’t take place until December 2015, Chris Burkard and his long-time collaborator Ben Weiland knew they had an important story to tell that transcended surfing. After numerous trips to arctic regions like the Aleutian Islands, the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Faroe Islands they knew they wanted to focus on more than just surfing in their next film. Elli Thor Magnusson, an Icelandic photographer and Chris’ good friend, had told Chris of a remote region in the Northwestern-most part of Iceland that he was eager to explore for new waves. With surf culture becoming more mainstream and brands catering to a larger audience, Chris and Ben saw the perfect opportunity to usher audiences back to the excitement of the sports adventurous roots. When the swell finally showed promise – Chris and crew departed to Iceland, just as the worst storm in twenty-five years approached.
Q: Why suffer through such cold conditions just for a wave?
A: Whenever you ask someone what they picture when they think of a surfer they’d probably say a long-haired blonde kid from Southern California. There’s this stigma that the best places to surf are in warm, tropical places. This isn’t entirely true. Sure you can go to Hawaii and surf the North Shore, or Australia and watch perfect waves curl in crowded line-ups, but this isn’t what attracts people to surf. Big wave surfer and cold-water pioneer “Doc” Renneker says that it wasn’t about finding a perfect wave but that “surfing was just an excuse to get to these incredible places”. There’s so much joy when you find success after going through the proverbial (or in our case literal) storm. When you go to these places, there aren’t thousands of people onshore watching, or fifty surfers fighting for one of the many perfect waves, it’s just one or two surfers out in the wild having fun and enjoying the beauty around them. The water may be 34o, it may be snowing and miserable 99% of the time, but we go for the 1%, when everything comes together and we’re surfing a mushy wave under the northern lights with our best friends. In the end, that’s what matters – those singular moments that we can look back on and say, “ya, that was all worth it”.
Q: What are your hopes for the film moving forward? A: Ultimately our main goal is getting as many people to see the film as possible. Directly after the Tribeca release we’ll be touring the film across North America, beginning on the West coast. We’ve been getting incredible feedback form fans around the world asking for us to come to their cities to show a premiere so we intend on doing just that. Thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign we’re incredibly excited to share that we’ll have the means to travel all over to screen the film. In September we’ll launch the international tour which will run throughout Europe, Australia and South America as well as select countries in Asia. After the initial tour
“Creatures Country” transcends geographies, gender, age, location, surfing ability and situations in and out of the water. Through everyday life, travel challenges, surf adventures and heavy situations, Creatures aims to be there with you.
THE REAL JOURNEY OF AN UNREAL SURF FLICK, OSMO THROMBO.
Words by Tom Carey
Sometimes plans are meant to be changed. We set out to document a surf trip in Australia and ended up in Indonesia. Nate Leal (videographer) and I (still photographer) flew from California to Sydney ready to jump on another flight to Brisbane to meet up with surfers Ozzie Wright, Noa Deane, and Mitch Coleborn, along with Mikey Mallalieu (Aussie videographer). However, during the long trans Pacific flight, the forecast and weather turned grim to say the least. So, in the Sydney airport, we lined up last minute flights, accommodations, and transfers for all of us to one of Indo’s mysto, less frequented islands.
The swell forecast was better than what Australia had in mind for us, and sometimes you just need to get surfers out of their comfort zone and on the road.
