It’s May 2020. The UK has been in lockdown for over a month leaving many people feeling isolated and anxious. Photographer Nick Pumphrey turned to where he feels most at home – the sea. In May he dedicated to taking his camera in the sea for every dawn of the month, and sharing his experience each morning with ten photographs on Instagram.
His ritual was known as #DawnDaysOfMay
As if watching Kelly Slater thread solid Padang Padang isn’t enough pleasure for the eyes, he ups the ante with some tandem tube time with local legend Rizal Tandjung.
But they weren’t the only ones doubling up where even accomplished surfers come unstuck in solo mode. Betet Merta and Eli Hanneman got in on the act as well. It really is another level and shows just how comfortable these guys are in the tube.
Check out the bonus edit below to watch the GOAT threading Padang.
Bob Marley – Legacy: Ride Natty Ride (Episode 6. In an ongoing series concerning the influence of Bob Marley and his legacy, this episode focuses on surfing in Jamaica. 30 minutes well spent in the company of Billy Wilmot and the surf culture in Bull Bay, Jamaica.
A man in his 40’s has tragically been killed after being attacked by a shark just off Greenmount Beach in Coolangatta, Australia. This is believed to be the third surfer killed by sharks in the last four months in northern NSW/Southern QLD.
The attack took place just after 5pm local time, he was attended to by paramedics after reportedly suffering a bite to the leg by a shark, sadly passing away shortly after.
Beaches north and south of Greenmount were closed soon after the attack and beaches further afield on the Gold Coast are expected to be closed tomorrow.
A police helicopter was deployed shortly after, searching for any sign of the shark that was responsible for the attack.
According to 9news.com.au
Local surfer Leo Cabral was filming his 13-year-old son in the water at the time of the incident.
“I was focused on my son with a camera and I heard people yelling ‘shark, shark, shark’,” Mr Cabral told 9News.com.au.
“I looked around and thought maybe it’s a dolphin. I looked again at my son and with my camera, I zoomed in next to him to his left and I saw a board and the guy was laying down in the water.
Our thoughts go out to his friends, family and the surfing community in the area during this very difficult time.
FLUX is a lo-fi experimental short that asks questions on the state of surfing today…An Olympic sport? Counter-culture movement? Spiritual release? Commune with nature? Marketeers dream? Whatever it is? The disparate strands of surfing are evolving and in flux.
A surf film without surfing, contrasting the pure stoke and optimism of todays’ groms with the sometimes less than idyllic reality of surfing in Europe.
