It was 3 years ago that Jon Finch opened Loose-Fit surf shop with help from a group of surfers, they also went to Ireland as guests of Lahinch surf club and I was invited to film them. It has been a tease waiting for time to work on the project, but we now have a title and a schedule! We will continue to share clips with you as we work over the winter. This first short promo is from the signature section of POLLINATION and features Alex Knox in Devon, a huge thanks to Ellie Gregory for the music. Future clips will feature Tyler Hatzikian, Devon Howard, Dane Peterson, Belinda Baggs, Angela King and friends.

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I decided not to surf, it was bitterly cold in the wind and I had left my gloves behind, so took these photos of Saunton instead. I Met my mate Rob on the beach, who at 64 is one of the most enthusiastic surfers I know. He reminded me that I have yet to edit the footage of Laird Hamilton’s surf at Woolacombe, when he was visiting Dave’s Kayak shop. So I promised Rob I would do the edit before Christmas and put it up on the journal, now he knows I will!

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I just had to find some footage that had something to do with light and clarity, which are the only words I can find to express the impact of Barack Obama’s victory speech. Enough said, watch it here if you haven’t already. The clip, is from Morte Point on a very clear day in August last year, the sound track is from the ONEDAY project.

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This weeks clip is another from the wavedreamer archives and features my friend Steve PP riding one of the first stand up paddle boards, over two years ago. Steve is a painter and musician, he creates surf art and more recently has been painting wonderful coastal landscapes, you might spot him with his easel painting outside or selling his work from his van in Woolacombe. The soundtrack is Steve jamming on his ukulele.  He has a website where you can see and buy his work. 

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I wish all surf competitions had the same vibe as this event, you might then see me at more! What a brilliant day this was at the Witterings on the south coast. Organized by A1Surf in conjunction with Wittering Surf Shop in aid of the RNLI Lifeboats. Thanks to David and Elvis who made me very welcome. Raw Percussion were performing on the day, providing the sound track to these rough cut clips.

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What a weekend that was! I have to hold my hands up and admit to losing my focus. Broken van, cloudy sunrise, too much wind, missed phone calls, I could blame many things but the truth is I was distracted by my need to surf and surf I did! Which means this weeks video is of a similar swell from the wavedreamer archives. The footage is of Nick Thorn at home. Apologies to Ben and Neil, next time heh! Thanks to Clive for letting me use this track that I recorded during one of Bowl Rider’s Studio sessions at Decoy, it sums up my weekend.

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Once the sun came out in September the bees seamed to be making up for lost time. This post is a slide show of stills from my wild flower filming in Braunton Burrows, a Biosphere Reserve, designated by UNESCO. It’s a magical place, the two people who have helped me explore and understand it, are Mary and John Breeds. Mary has written a book about the wild flowers that you can pick up in Braunton Countryside Centre. You will be able to see the footage of the flowers and dunes in one of my surf movie projects, I will let you know when its released. The music is from the ONEDAY project sound track and was written by Clive Reeve.

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I popped down the coast to catch up with my friends Russ and Jill. We spent a couple of glorious mornings on the beach, you can see Russ’s great still photos at http://www.russpierrephotography.blogspot.com/ Thanks to James Parry, Sam Bleakly, Elloit Dudley, his partner and the men in the harbour for letting me film them. I was also there to see Andy Cummins from SAS surfing a very special board (the quad half way through the clip). The blank comes from Home Blown and is made from about 34% plant based materials and the resin is from 98% plant based materials - producing a board that has more than 50% sustainable materials. They are priced about the same as their petrochemical cousins and under strength tests are proving to be stronger and lighter than polyurethane blanks. Andy was also testing out the camera board for a project we are working on for a bigger darker day.

Thanks so much to Richard Asquith and Henry Price for the beautiful track called Haven. You can see what they are up to at http://www.friend-of-mine.co.uk/

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It was a long time coming but at last, sunshine and a clean swell! Missed the moon setting but up early enough for the sunrise. Spent the time working through ideas for the ONEDAY schedule. The rough cut is from that morning, with an evening section from a previous day (it clouded over by lunch) Thanks to Sandra, Steve, Graham, Mark’s son and Chris and the other lads out. The music is the beginning of dawn section of the ONEDAY soundtrack. 

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The clouds parted last Sunday! And I was at Chapel Porth, Cornwall, for the 6^th World Belly Board Championships. It was even more splendid than the last time I came in 2005. Its amazing how much difference the sun makes. This clip is just a taster of things to come, I will edit a much longer piece in the next couple of months that will include interviews and some history of the bellyboard and the event. The music is an old Cornish tune called the Boscastle breakdown and was kindly played by Mr skelton on his English Concertina. He won the World Championship in 2004.

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