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Pilgrimage Of Grace – A Northcore Film

October 08, 2013 | Words By:

Pilgrimage Of Grace - A Northcore FilmThe second instalment from a series of award winning short films from Northcore, shot on the UK’s rugged North East coast.


“North Sea swells are never easy to predict, low pressure charts often allow hopes of fresh swell to soar only to fade as dawn breaks and nature hasn’t delivered. Occasionally those broken promises are redeemed and all the elements combine gracing us with pristine lines of energy sculpted by offshore wind, reef and blessed by sunshine. This is when the North Sea glows and the pilgrimage begins.”

Pilgrimage Of Grace- London Surf Film Festival “Shorties” from Northcore on Vimeo.

Credits:
A Northcore Film
Director- Chris McClean
Executive Producer – Matt Strathern
Additional Footage- Lewis Arnold
Music – Lake Poets – Mercury Retrograde Notwithstanding
and Half Moon Run – Full Circle
Surfers – Gabe Davies, Sandy Kerr, Owain Davies and Ryan Hammond


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