Herbie Fletcher at The Hole
Venerable downtown art gallery The Hole is playing host to six new works from surf legend turned artist, Herbie Fletcher. Titled “Wrecktangles,” the pieces are large-scale constructions made from actual surfboards that were destroyed in the waves. Cut-up, broken and warped by crashes, the pieces come together and form a whole that reveals not just […]
Tavers Adler: One Session at Rincon
I became aware of California surfer Travers Adler through his brother, Will, a photographer I worked with. Travers inspired Derek Hynd to wax poetic in this month’s Surfer’s Journal and, watching this video, it’s easy to understand why. Not only is he incredibly gifted, but his surfing is incredibly fun to watch, as evidenced in Morgan […]
Garrett McNamara Surfs World Record 100 Ft Wave
Guinness World Records are looking into whether Garrett McNamara has broken his previous world record for the highest wave surfed. On Monday, January 28th, McNamara caught a wave off the coast of Nazaré, Portugal, where photographer Tó Mané took an incredible shot of the giant swell. McNamara’s previous record was also set at Nazaré, recorded at 78 feet. […]
Warhol’s San Diego Surf at MoMA
As previously reported on the Harmony Blog, MoMA is screening Warhol’s San Diego Surf…this week! From January 23–28, 2013. Andy Warhol’s San Diego Surf concerns an unhappily married couple (Taylor Mead and Viva), new parents who rent their beach house to a group of surfers. Filmed with two 16mm cameras by Warhol and Paul Morrissey in May 1968, this […]
Winter Surfing With Mikey DeTemple
Here in New York, we are still months away from summer. But what the winter lacks in weather, it makes up for in waves, as evidenced by this new portfolio and video (make sure you watch it! It’s so good!) of Mikey DeTemple in Maine. Enjoy! The Weight of Water
Massif Management
Writing on the New Yorker‘s website, Jessie Wender notes the formation, last year, of Massif Management, a photo agency that represents a group of surfers who are also photographers.: I’m not sure that surf photography has a discernible style, as opposed to an established iconography, but the best of this work carries with it a […]
Surfing the Eisbach
When the ocean isn’t enough, head for a river. The Eisbach is a manmade river in Munich, Germany that boasts a “standing wave,” near a bridge just past the Haust der Kunst museum. Practically an art installation in and of itself, surfers have come from around the world to take it on since its creation […]
Banshidhar Medeiros: “Soul Surfer”
This week the New York Times devotes its “Character Study” column to an intriguing character indeed: Now that beach weather has finally rolled round, Banshidhar Medeiros, 59, a factory worker from Queens and a lifelong surfer, can be found paddling out at sunrise on almost any day the surf is up. “There are a lot less […]
Diana Vreeland: “Oh To Be a Surfer!”
During an interview, famed cold water swimmer Lynne Cox once said that there are two types of people in the world: water people and land people. Water people, she argued, drew inspiration and energy from interactions with (what else) water. Land people just didn’t get it. As a water person myself, I’m always excited when […]
Here & Now: A Day in the Life of Surfing
This teaser for Taylor Steele’s Here & Now: A Day in the Life of Surfing, makes this wannabe surfer want to surf even more. It was shot in one day by more than 25 filmmakers and surfers who worked in unison to document the world of surfing in a single 24 hour period, May 2nd […]
BrrrrrrrSurf City Winter Jam 2012
Earlier this week, while many of us were dreaming of Nosara’s water temperature, some crazy surfers participated in Surf City Winter Jam 2012, a freezing-ass cold competition in Sweden. Despite the icy waters, Tico Derek Gutierrez won. Drift Surfing‘s report: This years was held on the 9th of December in Sweden’s surf city near Varberg. Local […]
Patagonia announces Self-Inflation Vest
On Monday, December 10, Patagonia announced the creation of a Portable Self-Inflation vest. According to Jason McCaffrey, Patagonia’s Director of Surf, “Inflation vests are pretty much mandatory if guys are going to go out and push it in big-wave conditions the way they want to.” During developmental stages the team turned to Patagonia’s ambassador and big-wave […]
Two New Books on Beach and Surf Culture
This week sees the release of two new books on beach and surf culture. One, titled Slide Your Brains Out, compiles fifteen years of photographs taken by Thomas Campbell. From the book’s publicity description: “Campbell’s surfing photography has long been admired by fellow surfers for its lack of gloss finish; unlike most, he eschews the […]
BlueSphere
Bluesphere, “a unique photographic bookâ??a collection of wave forms and ocean moments that beautifully illustrate the essence of the sea”â??by Gold Coast-based photographer Shelli Bankier, is out today. Just in time for the holidays. Beautiful images of surfing and the ocean. More here.
WAX Surf Film Sandy Benefit
Please join us for an evening of surf films for hurricane relief! Hosted by Mikey DeTemple and Jon Rose All proceeds will go to Waves for Water INFO Monday, November 26, 7:30pm Anthology Film Archives 32 Second Avenue, New York, NY Tickets: nysurfstories.eventbrite.com NEW YORK SURF STORIES Produced by SMASH, WAX Magazine, NYC Surfrider Foundation […]
The New “Wave” in Fitness
Need I say more? From the New York Daily News: If you love surfing, or at least want the body of someone who does, a slew of new gym gadgets simulating the feel of open water have been making waves. But perhaps the biggest new contender on the scene is SurfSET, a surf simulation technique that […]
Salted
One week left to see Thom Gilbert’s show in the East Village at Dorian Grey Gallery. The exhibit will feature his most recent body of photographic portraits from his forth-coming book: S A L T E D. “On display will be a vast collection of intimate portraits of current and iconic surfing legends and an […]
Hanging 10 on Screen With Real Surfers
A story about the making of the new surf moving Chasing Mavericks: After a tense half-minute Moriarity kicked off the sea floor, swam to the boat to grab a replacement for his broken surfboard and paddled back out. An astonished Mr. Barbour would capture what is generally considered the greatest wipeout in the sport’s history, […]
Ken Price at LACMA
“You don’t have to act serious to be serious” –Ken Price One of my favorite shows of the year. On view at LACMA until January 6!
Slow Is Fast
Dan Malloy on the lessons learned from biking, rather than driving, the California coast: We have been on the road for five weeks now and we are thoroughly convinced that we have found the fabled confluence of old California and new California. The bummer is, it’s not a physical place and the only way we […]
Chasing Mavericks on 7th Ave
Supposedly this wave is “actual size.” Chasing Mavericks opens on October 26.
Surf Survival Camp
Yesterday Lauren blogged about the great waves you’ll find in Nosara. Today, we’re telling you how to survive them no matter how big: go to the Harmony Hotel‘s first Surf Survival Camp with the Dr. Andrew Nathanson, author of last year’s best selling book, Surf Survival! You’ll learn how to handle a lot more than […]
Outeast Gallery
If you’re visiting Montuak to take advantage of the September swells, don’t miss the show at Outeast Gallery, a beautiful space with lovely photos by MTK local James Katsipis and San Diego photographer Luiza de Moraes.
