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'Wading for the Sun' a new oil-painting

09 March, 2013 : - ART: Warm summer sun, waves peeling, mesmerizing light reverberating through the ever-changing forms of the ocean and the sight of a beautiful girl wading towards the sea. For many of us, these things bring us passion, tranquillity, maybe even envy. This painting has been an on-going project f…
Bodysurf tour slides up the West Coast

6 March, 2013 : - - The Plight of the Torpedo People is a collection of bodysurfing photographs, frame grabs and personal essays documenting the making of Keith Malloy’s directorial debut, Come Hell or High Water—the first feature-length film to be made about the sport of bodysurfing.…
Project stitches together surfing's diversity

4 March, 2013 : - CULTURE: The 1000 Surfers Project is a cultural initiative which aims to highlight today’s world surf culture. Through a photographic exhibition piecing together 1000 portraits collected on our Facebook page, we want to show the diversity of the surfers’ profiles from all over the w…
Iconic Santa Cruz art lifted for high fashion?

27 February, 2013 : - CULTURE: If some in Santa Cruz have their way, the Screaming Hand will soon haunt the dreams of Jeremy Scott. Scott is a famous fashion designer -- 'Fashion's Last Rebel,' as the New York Times called him -- who is the object of a growing flame war on the Internet. He is being accused by legions…
Vans makes crowd-sourced art at Fistral

19 February, 2013 : - ART: For the last year, the Looking Sideways crew have been using their shows to explore the creativity inherent in action sports in a series of unique collaborations between brands, artists and the stoked board-riding public. The latest took place at their Boardmasters show in August 2012, at w…
Is this the most rare book on surfing?

15 February, 2013 : - HISTORY: For a brief time, Surfing Heritage Foundation will exhibit the first book of surf photography. A.R. Gurrey, Jr. (1874-1927) fashioned the first publication focused exclusively on surfing when he hand-created a book featuring eight of his black and white silver prints and a poem tit…
DC Shoes finds inspiration in Chloé Trujillo

14 February, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: DC Shoes introduces a new Artist Project in collaboration with Chloe Trujillo as part of their Spring 13 Women's Footwear collection. This includes two shoe models in limited series, based on the famous Bristol and Graduate LX models. These limited series edition shoes will hit th…
Ben Marcus launches '365 Surfboards' project

13 February, 2013 : - CULTURE: MVP Books of Minnesota have commissioned Ben Marcus to compile and write a book called 365 Surfboards. The book will be exactly that – a chronological display of surfboards from the caballito de tortora of Peru, to olo and alaia and then through kookboxes, Hot Curls, balsa, t…
Superstorm Sandy relief comes from art

9 February, 2013 : - ART: Think of Hurricane Sandy in west coast terms and it’s unthinkable: A super-sized Pacific hurricane wreaking havoc on mainland Mexico, flooding Cab, ravaging the Baja peninsula from out at sea and gaining strength as it approached the California border. Then imagine all that fury d…
Art, essence of surfing on tap at Aussie fest

6 February, 2013 : - FILM: Tweed Coast based writer, film maker and musician Andrew Kidman will be debuting an exciting new project called Spirit of Akasha at Gold Coast surf culture celebration, Bleach* Festival. Andrew and his band The Windy Hills shared the bill with The Break at last year's Bleach*, but this…
Hollywood launches into next surf film

6 February, 2013 : - FILM: Bailey Chase has caught the lead role in indie drama 'Tao of Surfing' with Chase's 'Longmire' co-star Lou Diamond Philips directing. Michael A. Allen and Alex T. Craig are producing the project, which they adapted from Allen's 2007 book 'Tao of Surfing: Finding Depth at Low Tide.' Chas…
DC Shoes lights creatives in Paris

29 January, 2013 : - ART: Last friday, parisian artist duo MMav (Mon Moulin A Vent, meaning My Windmill) presented their exhibition at The HUB, DC Shoes Europe's creative studio in Paris. Rey and Mutt, the two masterminds behind MMav, showcased a collection of brand new works developed especially for The HUB: a …
DC Shoes' The Hub hosts Parisian art duo

25 January, 2013 : - ART: DC The Hub , the creative studio and exhibition gallery of DC Shoes Europe, invites you to the presentation of MMAV's Artworks, this Friday , 25th of January. MMAV is A Parisian Duo formed by REY and MUTT, known for working on monochrome illustrations and drawings since 2007. Details: T…