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mat at goto11

mat — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:38:39 +0000

Mat is a superlative designer, surfer, comedian & all-round magnificent human being. Calling on his abundance of talent & the impressive resources of his design agency, goto11, Mat created this stunning wavedreamer website. And yes, he wrote his own entry for this page…

www.goto11.co.uk

PP Surf Art

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:20:41 +0000

Steve is featured in ONEDAY living the life in Woolacombe & its all his fault that I live 200 yrds from the beach. Thanks Steve!

www.ppsurfart.com

Bowlrider

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:19:37 +0000

The band of the multitalented man Clive Reeve who wrote the intro and the last track on my Brighton project and is writing and performing the score to ONEDAY. Clive is a collected Artist and teacher as well as a musician His work can be seen here.

visit Clive’s site

The Surfing Museum

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:18:11 +0000

The Surfing Museum is a real and vast collection and an online resource. Conceived and run by Peter Robinson a journalist and my mate, he has set himself the task of writing and documenting the history of surfing in the UK his tireless search for surfing stories, boards and paraphernalia means there is something to surprise and entertain everyone – check it out

www.thesurfingmuseum.co.uk

Gulf Stream

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:16:42 +0000

Always up for a project, the men at Gulf Stream are a cultural beacon shining bright in North Devon. They don’t just make pieces of art that you can ride waves with, they do other stuff too, pop into their gentleman’s outfitters in Braunton, it’s full of girls stuff.

www.gulfstreamsurfboards.co.uk

Loose Fit

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:17:28 +0000

Inspired by California dreams, Johnny Finch and his team have created a shop like you have never seen before in the UK (it’s an art gallery too!), and he brought over Tyler Hatzikian, Devon Howard, Dane Peterson, Angela King and friends to open it! Oh and look at their award-winning environmental policy.

www.loose-fit.co.uk

Tim Kevan

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:47:35 +0000

www.timkevan.com

Mr McTavish, Mr Lovett & Mr Walden

richard — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:11:23 +0000

Tiki in association with GSI brought over three of the worlds best surf board designers to North Devon UK. Where they met the locals and had a surf at Putsborough! Watch out for the full evening Q & A session filmed at Croyde Village Hall. It will be on youtube and itunes as a video pod cast. Thanks again to Richard Asquith and Henry Price for the track called Covert Beat. You can see what they are up to at www.friend-of-mine.co.uk

Billabong girls weekend

richard — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:44:40 +0000

Its that time allready, another splendid weekend for the girls and what fun they had. Pro surfer Keala Kennely was there to pass on her wisdom and play a set. Sound track thanks to local band Zamba who know how to party!

Rob from surf plugs

richard — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:24:53 +0000

Pardon what did you say? if this is a regular question you ask, get Rob to peer in your ear with his high tech equipment as you may have surfers ear! Even if you haven’t you should consider wearing ear plugs to prevent it, I should know.

you can contact Rob via the surf plug site

A1 Surf

mat — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:15:26 +0000

www.a1surf.com/

Little Comfort Farm

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:52:50 +0000

www.littlecomfortfarm.co.uk

Andrew at Pickwell Barton

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:52:07 +0000

www.pickwellbarton.co.uk

Mortehoe Shellfish

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:51:21 +0000

www.mortehoeshellfish.co.uk

Jonathon and the National Trust

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:50:38 +0000

www.nationaltrust.org.uk

Christie/Devon Estates Trust

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:49:40 +0000

www.northdevonbiosphere.org.uk

Woolacombe Boardriders Surf Club

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:49:08 +0000

apologies for any content on this website for one of the UK’s oldest & largest surf clubs

check them out on FaceBook

James at JD Photography

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:43:58 +0000

www.jdphotography.com

Clever Trevor at Eyeball Surfcheck

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:41:53 +0000

www.eyeball-surfcheck.co.uk

Buckie and Hunter Boardwear

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:39:39 +0000

Special thanks must go to Buckie and all his retail experience, for attempting to impart at least some of his greedy capitalist ways on me

www.huntersurf.com

Sally at Original Surfboards

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:38:35 +0000

www.originalsurfboards.co.uk

Dig at Bay Surf

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:38:02 +0000

www.baysurfshop.com

Andy & Matt at Extreme Boardshots

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:37:26 +0000

www.extremeboardshots.com

Bro Diplock

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:36:23 +0000

Thanks to Bro Diplock for all the on board filming

www.blackandwhitesurfcoltd.co.uk

Glen & the crew at Surfed Out

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:35:57 +0000

Well done to Surfed Out for all their enthusiasm!

www.surfedout.com

Ben Haworth

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:35:27 +0000

www.benhaworthsurfer.co.u

Rob Tibbles

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:34:23 +0000

www.robtibbles.com

Alex Wade

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:33:51 +0000

Alex is a fellow SAS board member and blogger. He has made a great contribution to surf culture in Britain and Ireland, check out his blog and his book Surf Nation. Oh and he is into boxing!

www.surfnation.co.uk

Richard Asquith and Henry Price

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:33:29 +0000

Richard and Henry write and perform beautiful music.

www.friend-of-mine.co.uk

Peter Partington

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:33:00 +0000

Peter was my first painting tutor at college in 1976 he is a darling and taught me many things

www.peter-partington.fsnet.co.uk/

Richard Gregory

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:32:36 +0000

www.richardgregory.org

Sereno

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:32:00 +0000

John and Rod are that rare bread: creative consultant techies. They built the last NOTCALIFORNIA site.

www.sereno.co.uk

Brightboximages

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:31:29 +0000

Russ and Jill arrived in Cornwall via Brighton, a creative team, together they are helping me document the making of ONEDAY. You will find their images all over the south west. This image is of Jill and a friend at a famous party, Russ is shy.

www.brightboximages.com

Guts Surfboards

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:30:59 +0000

Aha! That loverly Welshman who encouraged me so much at the start. Chris built the first two camera boards that I used in the Brighton Project. They are still going – I’ve resprayed them for ONEDAY – thanks Chris!

www.gutssurfboards.com

Tyler Surfboards

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:30:31 +0000

Lord Tyler and Lady Catherine taking tea and scones in North Devon, Sir Mikie was out of shot scoffing scones. I do miss them and so does the little fisherman.

www.tylersurfboards.com

Emma Critchely

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:29:50 +0000

Emma helped me out with the first planning trip for the ONEDAY project and some of the footage in Lunch in Porthleven is hers. She is an award winning underwater photographer. She has bought some new kit since this pic was taken!

www.emmacritchley.com

Steve Frost

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:29:16 +0000

My mate and co driver on missions, Steve has helped me with a lot of the onboard filming designing and building kit in his garage. The pic is from the 1975 the only thing that’s changed is the technical specs of his leash. Oh, and the tash has turned into a goatie!

www.epicsurfboards.co.uk/

Bone Idol

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:28:47 +0000

Martin was the first person to talk to me about surf boards, he opened his shop in an arch on Brighton sea front in ‘92, is still designing and manufacturing his own range of clothes – another little fish surviving in a big pond.

www.boneidol.co.uk

River Ocean

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:28:19 +0000

The River Ocean Foundation is a charity dedicated to increasing awareness and encouraging care for our water environments. Their activities are focused in the fields of environmental education and research. They organize the global lowtide event and publish that splendid lunar calendar.

www.riverocean.org.uk

Gigantic Design

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:27:48 +0000

I met Mark on the MA in sequential design and he built the first NOTCALIFORNIA site for me. I owe him big time. He now lives in Oz and does much more meaningful things every day now, but I wish here was still here.

www.giganticdesign.com.au

Sharkbait

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:27:13 +0000

One of the first community surf sites in the UK, James Onslow has been providing Brighton surfers with surf reports since 1999 and winning awards for it ever since!

www.sharkbait.co.uk

Douglas E Powell

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:26:21 +0000

Thanks to Douglas for the man hugs

www.douglasepowell.co.uk

David Kenard

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:25:33 +0000

Thanks to David for being a super shepherd

www.mistthemovie.co.uk

Mark Brindle

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:23:41 +0000

Mark is my technical mentor & a mate!

www.maniacfilms.com/

Surfers Against Sewage

mat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:17:11 +0000

Surfers Against Sewage campaign for clean, safe recreational waters, free from sewage effluents, toxic chemicals and nuclear waste. Using a solution based argument of viable and sustainable alternatives, SAS highlight the inherent flaws in current practices, challenging industry, legislators and politicians to end their ‘pump and dump’ policies. And sometimes they do this by cross dressing. Yeeeha!