SET IN STONE - BERLIN
Today was just one of those slow days where I was fighting to get out of bed. The fresh pancake mix, maple syrup and coffee in the kitchen wasn't even tempting my brain to flip the sheets and face the light. So I dug my heels in and started trawling the net for inspiration from the comfort of my matress. Within a few minutes I'd found myself watching a video and it actually got me on my feet and in the kitchen!
HAULING ON A SURF/SNOWBOARD
So the dudes at Signal Snowboards have a classic video segment called Every Third Thursay. Basically they come up with a spontaneous theme for creating a board project and go out and build it! This time the video surrounds the crew attempting to create a surfboard that also functions as a snowboard. Huge collaborative effort, and it actually paid off in the end. The amount of stoke this random project generated from everyone involved is inspiring. Very cool.
CLIP OF DA WEEK / AFGHANISTAN: TOUCH DOWN IN FLIGHT
The media and word of mouth are powerful. Together or alone, amongst others, they can damage, destroy, rekindle, rebuild or create. When people are too quick to take what they see on TV or hear from a stranger or a friend as gospel, we encounter problems.
A FEW ISLANDS SOUTH OF SOUTH, SOUTH AFRICA...THAT ORTA DO IT.
In our eyes, there's no debating this next topic. Surf photographers don't need to and shouldn't hand out wave locations when publishing photographs online or anywhere. * [ Insert something corny about how a picture paints more than 1000 words].
CLIP OF DA WEEK / OFF BOOK: THE EVOLUTION OF MUSIC ONLINE
This is the first installment of Clip Of Da Week. This section of our website is easy to grasp. Each week we will air a new online video clip that has grabbed our attention. Film genres centre around our magazines core ingredients; surf, skate, music, art, culture, photography and music. To get the ball rolling we're starting with, Off Book: The Evolution of Music Online.
SMALL PROJECTS - PART 5 - LUKE THOMPSON - PHOTOGRAPHER
This is Part 5 of Small Projects where Russell Ord interviews fellow soggybones senior photographer, and our magazines fine eyed skate photo editor, Luke Thompson.
SMALL PROJECTS PART 4 - ZAK OGRAM - SHAPER / SURFER
When I was getting a bit long in the tooth for competitions over here in the West of Aus, I started getting my ass kicked by a young Dunsborough ripper by the name of Zak Ogram. Good air game, style, and cultured beyond his years at threading needles down Rabbit hill.
DON'T BE A COCK IN THE DRINK
A friend of mine wrote me today with a few words about a punch up in the surf somewhere in West Oz. He didn't bother to go into much detail... I don't think the beef really fazed him. We'd both witnessed surf brawls before, laughed about 'em and have even been on the receiving end of an aggressive surf antagonist looking to mince some man meat. This time I decided to invest a little additional thought into the topic of surf aggression in an attempt to encourage harmony in the ocean and deter the fire bugs.
IMAGINE SURFING AS SADHANA (2000) GARTH DICKENSON EXCERT
Passionate filmmaker Marshall K. Hatori's film, Imagine: Surfing As Sadhana, is a left of centre documentary exposing some unreal footage and surfing personalities. Whilst entertaining viewers with unique crew riding epic waves, Hatori attempts to discover and exemplify the reasons why we as individuals, and as a collective, pursue surfing. Leisure, money and finding inner peace all come into play. But ultimately there is no right or wrong reason(s) behind why people go surfing. One of the key characters we're introduced to is Australian, Garth Dickenson. A personal favourite.
LOOKING BACK @ OURS
East coast photographer Jason Corroto takes us back to a heaving session at Ours that went down mid 2011.
