A postcard from a week in the forest. Starring Chippa Wilson and Dion Agius. With Jay Davies.
South West France, October 2018.
A Wasted Talent Short Film.
Filmed by Guillem Cruells and Yentl Touboul.
Water cinematography by Pierre David.
16mm by Yentl Touboul.
Edited by Guillem Cruells.
Supported by Monster Energy.
Soundtrack - Delta by Mount Kimbie + Mire by DIIV.
North Shore tubes and cooking tips from Conner and Parker Coffin in the new ep from YoungWiseTails.
We did a trip to Peniche in January with Stan and a bunch of Brit groms you’ll be seeing stuff in the mag from shortly. Seth Hughes was there to film the goings on and this is his clip of Stan… and his 35mm portrait shots below. Action shots are by Sharpy.
Seth and Stan nailing the clips.
Stan does Coxos.
Coxos keg.
Coxos wrap.
Sometimes it sucks to be a pro. Take pity on Brett Barley…
“The forecast for the day wasn’t anything super special. It was meant to be side shore and kind of wonky surf, so all my friends headed in for work. Upon arriving at the beach, I found a perfect wedging peak that was barreling and rippable. Expecting the wind to come up any moment, I couldn’t believe how long it stayed clean for, and scored some super fun waves with no one around for 3hrs!”
Africa is a land of contrasts. No five-star accommodation here. Mosquito nets & stifling humidity. Where Earth tones meet colourful culture, and danger collides with explored, yet untapped opportunity. Follow along as Jack Freestone, Seth Moniz, Ryan Callinan, & Ethan Ewing step out under the sun and onto reeling right hand point breaks, capturing the raw beauty of this vast continent. This is Life’s Better in Boardshorts, Chapter 8: Under the Sun.
Development has begun on the world’s largest man-made surf park in Turtle Island, Siheung in the Gyeonggi province of South Korea. Scheduled to open in 2020, the announcement of this project was made official following the signing of a contract in November 2018 between Wavegarden and Daewon Plus Construction, one of South Korea's largest real estate and theme park developers, in the presence of the Governor of the Province, Siheung’s City Mayor and the Secretary General of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Korea.
The formalization of this partnership comes after a year of intensive design and planning work between the two parties that led to Daewon Plus Construction being selected by the city as the preferred developer of the project in a highly competitive tender process.
Located just an hour away from Seoul, and constructed on land reclaimed from the ocean, Turtle Island is a new international waterfront destination, which will have different water and landside leisure facilities including hotels, convention centers and marinas. The centrepiece of the 2.1B€ avant-garde mixed-use development will be the Wavegarden Cove surfing lagoon. The Cove, with its enticing turquoise waters, is capable of producing up to 1000 ocean-like waves per hour, which unfurl across a range of different surfing areas. Each area offers waves of different size and power specifically designed to provide ideal conditions for everyone, from professional surfers to newcomers picking up a surfboard for the first time. Apart from riding waves, Turtle Island offers various other aquatic activities like kayaking, SUP and swimming in zones with and without waves.
Fernando Odriozola, Chief Commercial Officer of Wavegarden said: "We are delighted to be working with Daewon and to bring the incredible sport of surfing and beach lifestyle to South Korea. With consistent waves of different sizes and shapes, Turtle Island is going to be the new beach of Seoul and the place to surf for families, professional surfers, and everyone in between."
With a beach spanning almost 1km, and the capability of hosting thousands of visitors, Turtle Island is set to become Korea’s premier surfing and water activity destination and a ‘must-visit’ for the large resident market and the 10.8m international tourists that visit the region annually.
An innovative project of this magnitude doesn’t come without highly complex challenges. Specialized technological solutions are required in wave generation, water treatment and civil works. However, after years of R&D at the demo center in Northern Spain, and having constructed many full-scale facilities, the team at Wavegarden has perfected all the essentials to design and implement a venture of this scale.
The state-of-the-art machinery can produce millions of waves per year and is designed to recover part of the energy used in the wave generation process to attain the lowest possible energy consumption.The innovative water treatment system, developed specifically for wave lagoons, will keep the water transparent and clean throughout the year. It's intelligent design uses the energy of the waves to acquire the highest level of energy efficiency available nowadays for large recreational water bodies.
This exciting news comes at a time when two Wavegarden facilities are currently in construction in Melbourne, Australia and Bristol, England, with another 28 contracts signed and in various stages of development in 5 continents around the world.
