Velvet Joy

Luke Davis having a right old time in some blue water holes.

A Minute Long Wave?

This is one of those surreal confluences of geography and ocean physics. A minute long point break… As shot by the even handed drone of Stu Gibson. How much do you want to surf it?!

Mason Ho's Day Off

Mason Ho takes on dark, brooding, moody Teahupo’o for the first time…

Offline…

The world is connected, 1.31 billion facebook users now share their lives online, 500 million tweets per day, there are 42.9 million instagram photos of people’s dinner, internet addiction disorder is now a recognized medical condition. Are we now just drowning in a barrage of unnecessary information? And at what cost? Paddle out, go offline…

A note and plea from Mr B… “Aware of the irony of posting a video for the London Surf Film Festival which uses a ‘liking’ voting system, my several social media accounts, several facebook conversations between myself and Stoker to make the film, and the many positive benefits both personally and to the world, please don’t think of this as an ‘anti-social media film’. This is more of an expression of the over-use, the intense barrage of content and information seeping into areas of life which should be dealt with in the real world, and that the sea is for both myself and Stoker one of the last refuge available to escape this relentless online content and contact. With the new iWatch recently released and waterproofing technology improving yearly, my biggest worry is that this aquatic refuge could be infringed upon.
It would be unacceptable to receive a mobile call or snapchat alert in the middle of a Baptist service, a Muslim prayer, a Hindu wedding or a Catholic Mass… so please lets not allow technology to encroach on our final simple, information-free sanctuary.

Cornwall vs Europe: A Jobe Harriss Retrospective

Jobe Harriss has had a busy year. The 19 year old from Bude had a winter filled with rad trips to Indonesia, Ireland, Portugal and a pumping spell at home before he went on a tear and won the English National Champs. He took this form into Europe for his final year on the WSL (World Surf League) Pro Junior Tour living out of his van for weeks on end. His campaign kicked off at the first event of the year with a 5th place finish in Portugal before backing this up with a couple of 3rd place finishes. Now with 1 event remaining in Lanzarote the powerful goofy footer needs a strong result to be in with a chance of fulfilling his goal of qualifying for the World Championships. Here’s a quick look back at his year so far and an insight into the life of a surfer who represents the top end of British competitive surfing right now.

Film Production by – XPY Films – xpyfilmandmedia.com Pic: Christian McLeod