In My Experience: Wavelength Magazine

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... Read More

Montecristo

As the familiar crisp edge begins to bite into the shortening days, my thoughts become clearer and I begin to dream again of colder climates and distant lands.  I first went to Vancouver Island in 2005 to meet some of Canadian surfing’s most interesting characters and pioneers. This was the journey that planted the seed for Cold Water Souls - an anthropological exploration of some of the world’s least hospitable surfing locales –... Read More

When The Dust Settles : The Surfer’s Path

There have been many changes in Morocco since the days when Taghazoute was just a dusty little village at the end of the Hippy Trail. During my first trip in the mid-90′s there were no luxury apartments or broadband, no surf shops or wax. My last trip to the area had been in 2001, and I was keen to return to see just how the village had changed, what impact the influx of surfers have had on the lives of locals and hear first hand their thoughts... Read More

AGAINST THE CODE: HUCK MAGAZINE

For Issue 31 HUCK Magazine London Surf / Film Festival founder Chris Nelson talks to movie makers Pierce Michael Kavanagh and Cyrus Sutton to explore whether, with branded surf footage amassing online, the independent filmmaker can still make things DIY. Extract below. AGAINST THE CODE – CHRIS NELSON The ground is shifting under our feet. The fault creep rumbles on, inexorably. The Digital Revolution, that all encompassing subterranean shift,... Read More