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Had the chance to read the Drift Feature interview with Mick Waters on the US Edition yet? No, well then before going any further, take a few minutes and check out Jair Bortoleto’s interview with Mick here.
Had the chance to read the Drift Feature interview with Mick Waters on the US Edition yet? No, well then before going any further, take a few minutes and check out Jair Bortoleto’s interview with Mick here.
Photos from the “___” tour, Johnny Abegg’s film which moves the focal point of surfing right away from the usual images and empty quotes of the world tour. FULL STORY »
Johnny Abegg, the free-surfing, free-thinking, filmmaking whizz whom I spoke with this summer for Drift has now turned out a new film project, “___”, which he’s currently touring around a select few locations in Australia.
The North East of England has the most amazing surf on offer if you know exactly where to find it. Seems I looked in all the wrong places during July this year as it was flat, flat, flat. Not to be defeated I packed my van ready to chase waves… the Outer Hebrides and Devon were calling!
The trailer for Andy Haworth’s new film, ‘Devon Lanes and Longboards’, arrived this morning, and lovely it looks too. Here’s a sneak preview – we’ll keep you posted on a release date, anticipated to be late 2009.

Mr B, whose fourth film, ’21 Days Later’, is out this month on DVD, chats to Christiaan Bailey about his work, trying to extract money from the surf industry, and the British surf film scene…
‘Searching for Michael Peterson’ (accompanied by director Jolyon Hoff) kicks off its UK tour tonight with a screening in London, followed by dates in Brighton, Poole, St Davids, Bristol, Bude & Newquay. (Photo by Peter Crawford)
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