In the next phase of its Waste No Time campaign, Nixon brings together father and son surfing legends Herbie and Nathan Fletcher on a road trip to Baja. The Waste No Time campaign champions the makers, creators and doers who continually push the boundaries of the never been done, and The Fletchers are no exception. In a film short directed by Riley Blakeway, the campaign intimately captures Herbie’s pioneering spirit within the surf community and the close knit relationship he has built with his son Nathan. Herbie and Nathan Fletcher’s love for all things Baja, the uncharted roads and waves of the desert coastal landscape, was formed during their adventures to the peninsula more than 20 years ago.
In the 1970s, Herbie began traveling to Baja in search of less crowded line ups and more adventurous breaks than those in southern California. In Mexico, the lifestyle differs as surfers set out to hunt waves and share sunsets at oceanside campouts. Herbie fully embraced this sense of community the sport brought and began to bring Nathan along on his adventures. As Herbie shares the joy he has found by traveling with Nathan, Nathan details his perspective on his father’s childlike enthusiasm for surfing and life, ideals he hopes to pass down to the next Fletcher generation.
So… I wasn’t quite sure what was going to happen when I sneaked up on Ben Skinner with the latest Carve, but fair to say I didn’t quite expect…. this. Obviously Ben is pretty stoked…
It is Ben’s first ever cover, and probably the best water shot we have seen of Porthleven. The shot is by Cornish photographer Mike Lacey. So congratulations to him too. Shaka’s all round!
Carve is on sale through WH Smiths, WH Smiths Travel, Tesco and all the usual newsagents in time for the Easter weekend. More info on the issue here.
Welcome to the liberation of Volcom Boardshorts. Refined by their history, defined by their future.
With over two decades of testing and fine-tuning, Volcom have created a new category of boardshorts balanced in function and style for everything aquatically epic. From the performance-driven Mod Tech series, to the all-inclusive, water-hungry Slingers, the innovation and unique signature details that represent the True To This movement. Volcom Boardshorts are for the visionaries, the free-thinkers, the doers. Welcome To Water.
WELCOME TO WATER :
Welcome To Water is the anticipation, the urgency, the unapologetic sense of feeling that overcomes you when you submerge yourself in water. It is a lifeblood of human existence. It is powerful. It is alive. With subtle nods to the raw, cut-and-paste approach from Volcom’s design roots, the refined and elevated visuals of this campaign represent the unpredictable moments you experience in water. They are simple, yet magical. They exist only for that moment and do not surface until you return. We urge you to dive into your imagination. Welcome to existence. Welcome To Water.
WOMEN’S SPRING 2016 APPAREL AND SWIM COLLECTION
At the heart of this season lies a subtle infusion of dreamy 1970’s nostalgia. This story hints to the era but does not duplicate it. We focus on our love for prints of the past while also retaining a cool, modern edge. An undeniable sense of comfort sets precedence as the familiarity of these prints brings you back to a time where the swagger was effortless and the style proved to be timeless. Futuristically primitive geos are woven into the story mimicking the perfect balance of two opposite worlds. The Sun bleached effects create a faded color story that gathers warm neutral tones enlivened by pops of minty green and fiery red. Safari green, navy and black are essential in complimenting the array of color shining through each delivery. A retro fresh vibe mixed with relaxed styling creates a life on its own that is anything but a hazy dream.
In Africa for the Tour, Matt Wilkinson and Owen Wright head deep south and rubber up against all things Dark Continent.
Words as told By Wilko to Dave Sparkes, Photos by Corey Wilson and Stu Gibson.
“We’d been in J-Bay and since we were both out of the running for the WSL event we thought, well sweet; we’re in a good part of the world for wearing wetsuits and finding some space to ourselves so we thought: Let’s go searching.”
Full story in Carve 168 on sale for Easter.
Filmed and edit by Nick Pollet
Additional filming by Andrew Buckley, Paul Daniels and Dylan Jeffery
Drone footage by Stu Gibson
Artist: Lionfish Music
Track: African
Source: Getty Images
Filmed for the upcoming TV documentary Britains Sharks the video shows up to 200 blue sharks tucking into a dead humpback whale in an area called The Celtic Deeps between Cornwall, Wales and Ireland.
Dr Nicholas Higgs, a research fellow at Plymouth University’s Marine Institute, set up the experiment with Ben Fogle during the filming in the Celtic Deeps, a deep water trench between the coasts of Cornwall, Wales and Ireland.
Dr Higgs said: “When a whale dies it can float for weeks, and be carried along by the current for miles while being fed on by scavengers. Elsewhere in the world, we know that a huge range of animals will come in to feed, everything from great white sharks to tiny worms. But we’ve never had the opportunity to study one in the UK because when a whale washes up, it is taken to landfill.
“We had no idea what might come along to the feast. I would never have predicted that you’d have this many sharks eating this much of the whale at the surface,” he said.
“If you’d asked me six months ago about what was likely to happen to this whale, I would have said that you might get ‘a few nibbles here and there’, but most of that whale would end up on the seabed. What we’re seeing here is a huge proportion of it just being eaten and taken away by these sharks.
Britain’s Sharks is broadcast on ITV Friday, March 25, at 9pm.
Sharks spotted off the UK and Ireland include mako’s porbeagles, blues and baskers. Although the water is perfect for great whites there have been no corroborated sightings even tough scientists have been trying to find them for years and conditions are ideal.
Carve’s oceanography department however issue a warning for weavers which are about to come back to haunt the beaches.
