Saturday 13th April sees the 1st annualSlyder Cup hit Lusty Glaze. Presented by creative collective Approaching Lines, The Slyder Cup is a different kind of surf event. Championing the underground and celebrating the creativity that exists in waveriding culture, The Slyder Cup takes surfing back to its roots, bringing together the finless tribe of waveriders: bellyboarders, body surfers, paipo riders, handplaners, mat surfers, and alaia riders in a one-day surf...
Chris Nelson worked closely with surf company Finisterre to help them devise and develop their cold water surf map. The purpose of the map was to showcase those surfers that Finisterre has supported and developed a special relationship with over the years. Chris produced a series of features, launching with five profiles, which captured both an essence of the surfers and the locales. The surf map will continue to develop as an ongoing feature and draw in personalities...
When the crew at the Good Cornwall Guide wanted the inside track on what it’s really like surfing in Cornwall in winter, they got in touch with our resident cold water soul, Chris Nelson who penned them this feature for them. _DT
COLD COMFORTS & ICE CREAM HEADACHES // CHRIS NELSON
There is something special about summer in Cornwall. Small lines of swell roll through to sandy coves, greeted by the eager battalions of surfers who pepper the line up. The huge...
When Alex got in touch and asked me to share a tale with him for his book, I was a little unsure. He’d spoken to the likes of Shane Dorian, Laird Hamilton, and Mark Vissier who’d told him big tales of big surf. He wanted to talk to me about Cold Water Souls – a book that had taken me to some of the most inhospitable surf spots on the planet to search out those cold water pioneers who call those locations home. It was a big trip, a big commitment of...
Cold water surf company Finisterre wanted to spread the word about the opening of their first ever London pop up shop so commissioned we are the fold PR Director Demi Taylor to roll out a tightly targeted communication campaign through the specialist media.
AIMTo devise and roll out a tightly targeted, core press PR campaign to generate coverage and buzz surrounding the Finisterre London pop up shop launch and the 10th year aniversary of the brand
STRATEGYGiven the time...
In celebration of their 10th Anniversary year, and the launch of their very first concept store, cold water surf company Finisterre asked us to curate a special evening of surf cinema in the city. Having scooped Best Documentary, Viewers Choice and a standing ovation for Director Inge Wegge at London Surf / Film Festival, it’s fair to say that ‘North of the Sun’ –a staycation epic on zero bucks at zero degrees –was the run away hit of this year’s festival, and our...
4 nights, 13 Features, 11 Shorties, 7 International shorts, Q+A’s, talks, the Approaching Lines Room,gallery shows, music and more, it’s far to say we had a blast putting together London Surf / Film Festival 2012. We watched, we talked, we listened, we drank, we browsed, we debated, we laughed, we cried, we partied and most importantly we came away inspired. Thanks to everyone who came for making it such an awesome few days!
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Thurso has always been my retreat. While friends sought out tropical relief from North East winters, I was drawn north to the charms of this cold Scottish wave that thundered along the tapering slabstone reef enjoyed by a handful of hardy locals. But times, they are a changin’ and Thurso, in spite of itself hasn’t been immune to surfing’s global boom. I’ve know Thurso local Chris Noble for some years now so I caught up with him to find out...
Awards ceremonies and surfing have always been slightly uneasy bedfellows – how do you judge something that is intrinsically a form of self-expression, an artistic endeavor? More so with surf movies. Surely these are completely subjective? What one person loves, another may not.
However, film festivals offer something that is becoming increasingly rare in this digital age. Yes, films premiered onto the Internet hit a huge audience, but can you ever better the...
SAS + LS/FF might sound a chemical equation but actually it’s a perfect formula for positivity and change…_DT
The London Surf / Film Festival is proud to welcome environmental groupSurfers Against Sewage on board as friends of the festival for 2012. “Surfers Against Sewage is delighted to partner with the London Surf / Film Festival,” says Hugo Tagholm, SAS Executive Director. “SAS is committed to protecting waves and the coastal environment, the very...