god went surfing >> not sure why I looked

I am not sure how I ended up at god went surfing.com you know how it is, one click leads to another. I think the link in came though juxtapoz arts & culture online magazine.

I do not pretend to understand just how complex the situation in the middle east is but this site (blog) and the film it describes became very interesting to me. I am taken by the idea of life in israel and gaza, which is by all accounts (as I say I have never been so cannot be completely objective) a war torn area of secular hate. however within that area people still surf.

elbow >> winning the mercury music prize

just a short post to say that I am very pleased to see that elbow won the mercury music prize today tuesday 09 sept 08 for their album 'The Seldom Seen Kid' . very well deserved.

ecuador >> hammocks & balsa surf boards

while wonder where to hang my ecuadorian hammock. brought back from south america my carol last month. I happened to be looking at things hammock online and fond a really good site selling balsa surfboards as well as hammocks (sounds like my kind of dream). rather than take it from me have a look at balsasurfers, some good stuff.

lifeguard hoodies & stuff | sign the petiton against them

more of a serious moan than a normal blog post, but I have to do something this topic actually makes me angry. a while ago I joined the facebook group BAN NEWQUAY LIFEGUARD HOODIES AND ALL SIMILAR MERCHANDISE & today I became the 93 person to sign a petition to restormal borough council (cornwall) in support of this ban.

apart from the very obvious danger it creates (they really are pretty tacky pieces of clothing). if you surf or swim in the ocean even use the beach and have any common sense you will want to sign the petition here to get this banned. after all it is illegal in the UK to impersonate a policeman, a paramedic, a fireman, why should lifeguards be different. any way enough moaning, have a think and then sign it electronically here

go2 >> the september issue

I know it's not cool to promote your own work but I am sort of pleased with the article (for a change) I wrote for the september issue of go2 magazine so after thinking about it for a while decided to promote it again here. what is so good about go2 as far as I am concerned is that editor viv twornicki and deputy editor rachel weightman are totally behind the magazine and believe in their work fully, but still have the confidence to let me have control over what I write, very rarely changing anything. not the same experience I have had with other publications.

if you can't pick up a copy in the SW of the UK because you aren't in the SW, visit the go2 web site and download an issue or two.

channel 5 >> surfers >> read on

every now and again I get emails from people in broadcast media, probably because I write a bit for print/web based media on surfing stuff. a while ago I got asked to do the channel 4 programme 'wife swap', luckily my wife carol refused to have anything to do with it!

yesterday and today I got lucy contacted by lucy lane at channel 5 (or working for a production company princess productions working for channel 5). I said that I would help her with her search.

this is what lucy emailed me this morning make of it what you will.

"I am working for a TV show called Generation Sex and we are looking to speak to male surfers about how much female attention they receive. Do you have female surf groupies who watch you surf or like to hangout with you? Do you find more girls are attracted to you because you surf?

We also want to speak to females who find male surfers attractive. Ladies is your ideal guy a surfer?"

if you are interested in getting involved get in touch with lucy mention that david george sent you her email: lucy.lane@princesstv.com or call her on 0207 9851725

I have to add as a surfer this has never really happened to me!

finisterre care (st. agnes, cornwall)

for ages now I have been meaning to post about the st agnes (cornwall) based company finisterre. there must be something about st agnes that makes people think in an environmentally friendly way, as some years ago now SAS (surfers against sewage) was founded there in the late 80's early 90's.

anyaway to finisterre I am pleased to be able to post a blog about a company that don't seem to bow down to the high street's surfing stereo type.  providing real quality clothing products in a eco-friendly way. working with natural fibres that are pretty much completely recycle-able materials. winning an observer ethical award earier this year, amongst other awards.

have a look at their site even just as good bit of understatment, as compared to the surf wear big boys.

glass / frames / stuff >>

today I noticed as while shopping for a new pair of shoes and a mini DVI to VGA adaptor for my macbook. just how much time I spend looking at stuff through glass. perhaps a silly statement as we all do it, but windows frame stuff without you even noticing. from a few pictures I have taken over the last week (on my phone) I found my little notion underlined.
from the shopping centre (while the glass roof was being) and the airport (while planes were landing) some accidentally framed pictures. I got some shoes and the DVI-VGA cable by the way