Matt Rohrer shares some of the highlights of his conversations with Bay Area surfer Jimmy Holt, focal point of one of the few surfing photos to ever appear in National Geographic Magazine. Selected photos: Jim Shaw

Highs and lows in Morocco. Photos and words by Dan Crockett.

A shaper with a real passion for his craft, Tyler Hatzikian has consistently refused to compromise the quality or the integrity of his work in order to make a quick buck. He talked to Drift about nose-riding, refining longboard design and his reluctance to take the limelight. Words & photos: Jamie Bott

A road trip around the Scottish coastline reveals all of the anticipated joys along with a few unexpected pleasures. Words and Photos: Jonathan Barattini

Quietly considered and eloquent, you might know of Nathan Oldfield through his films 'Lines From A Poem' and 'Seaworthy'. Surf Screen's Christiaan Bailey popped him a few duly thoughtful questions about creative motivations and the surf film industry. Photos: Nathan Oldfield

Mark Leary's latest work deviates sharply from the usual surf photography portfolio, celebrating as it does the commonplace, everyday aspects of surfing instead of monster swells and awesome barrels. Chris Preston chats to him about moments captured.

Cultural Ebb

July 22, 2009 | Words By:

camping-at-port-eliot-fest1Hailed as this year’s hippest festival, Port Eliot is just around the corner and I’m heading to the stately home to see just how a weekend of books, comedy, music and eccentricity fits into Cornwall’s cultural landscape.

airstream-caravansAfter three weeks of solid rain the charts for this weekend are looking good, though it’s not waves I’m hoping for. It’s sunshine and plenty of it.  Because I don’t want to be wading through mud as I listen to Dominic West talk about life as Jimmy McNulty on The Wire, sway nostalgically to Evan Dando strumming, bounce around to rockabilly records and laugh as the best spoken word poets and comedians including Luke Wright, Joe Dunthorne and Simon Munnery make magic with words at this year’s Port Eliot Festival.

And on top of that I’m hoping to pick Gavin Pretor-Pinney’s brain about cloud formations over the ocean, chat to Jamie Brisick about marrying writing and surfing and hear extracts of Dan Crockett’s creative fiction.

Who said surfing and culture don’t mix? I’ll let you know how I get on…

     

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