Entries are now open for the London Surf Film Festival feature programme. Submissions are invited from across the globe and across surfing genres. Surf culture is wide open to creative interpretation and films are welcomed that explore all aspects and angles of surfing from documentary to stop-frame to animation and anything in between.

International features will be screened across three nights from October 13th to October 15th 2011, at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, showcasing international surfing’s hottest releases. The programme will consist of the very best in independent films by both leading lights and emerging surf filmmakers, features by internationally acclaimed directors, UK premiers and cult classics.

Features will be competing for prestigious awards including London Surf Film Festival Best Feature Film and Best Cinematography, as selected by the screening panel, comprised of experts from within the worlds of surfing, filmmaking and media, as well as the London Surf Film Festival Viewer’s Choice, as voted for by the audience.

Alongside the screenings will be  Q+A sessions with directors, producers and waveriders of note allowing the audience to get closer to the action and meet the heroes and legends of screen and surf – and the Museum of British Surfing plans to have a display of vintage surf items at the venue from October 1st to the end of the festival,

Deadline for submissions is August 8th 2011. For more information and entries see  the London Surf Film Festival website

Content courtesy of the Museum of British Surfing

The Mumbles Gower OceanFest sees the return of the Welsh Longboard Classic, a prestigious tournament which was considered one of the premier longboarding events in the country.  

The event ran for two decades and over the years attracted some distinguished names in the international field of surf stars and world champions, including Californian greats Jay Moriarty and Robert 'Wingnut' Weaver, star of the cult surf classic Endless Summer.  


Chris 'Guts' Griffiths, European, British and Welsh surf champion and main sponsor of the Welsh Longboard Classic said: "It's great to see the event returning to its spiritual homeland of Gower. The area has a history of producing world-class longboarders, so the standard of this year's tournament will undoubtedly be of the highest calibre."

It's not too late to register!
With an impressive prize portfolio across all three tournaments, the event is attracting top talent in all three disciplines. If you would like to enter any or all of the tournaments, just click here!

Representatives of the global surfing community have united on Jersey in the Channel Islands as the International Whaling Commission holds it annual meeting to discuss and debate whale “stocks” for the coming year.

Surfers for Cetaceans have travelled from California and Australia and are calling out for local ocean lovers and wave riders to join them in the peaceful protest outside the controversial meeting. Many Sea Shepherd Conservation Society volunteers, supporters and other animal rights activists have based themselves outside the Hotel de France, St. Helier, where the commission is holding a 4 day conference attended by international delegates, non government organisations (NGOs) and media.

In a bid to be a voice for the whales and dolphins, who are widely recognised by most people as highly intelligent sentient beings deserving total freedom, yet still regarded as a resource to be hunted and exploited by a few recalcitrant nations, S4C are here to encourage UK surfers into taking a stand for our oceanic family.

“We’re here to show the surf community just how ludicrous this forum is; that rarely gets any thing done and how its all just government politics. This is the only convention in the world for an animal and what better group of people to represent the whales and dolphins than surfers. We’re also here to activate the local community and prove its never to late to get your voice heard.”

Howie, Justin and Chris have been met by tremendous support, with the first day of protesting here being the biggest, most active turnout since Santiago, Chile in 2008.

Article courtesy of Driftwood Surfing http://www.driftsurfing.eu/index.php/archives/8208

France with its punchy beach breaks and cool nightlife?  Indo with its hollow reefs and crystal clear water? The Gold Coast with its abundance of point breaks and wild party scene?

Carve Magazine are planning a destinations edition and we want to know where YOU hope to travel in the next couple of years.  They'd be stoked if you’d spend two minutes completing a quick survey. It’s easy, you just click on the link below and tick a few boxes.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/D9BN2RB

Tell them where you want to go, and they'll give you all the info you need – the best breaks, the best accom, the best places to hang out.  As a little thank you, three respondents will win a book from their range of acclaimed surfing titles.


Content courtesy of Carve Magazine