The Museum of Ocean and Surf
Steven Holl Architects designed the Museum of Ocean and Surf – or Cité de l’Océan et du Surf – in Biarritz, France in collaboration with Solange Fabião. More from the project website
Surfland Revisited
Last chance to see these beautiful portraits by Joni Sternbach at Rick Wester Fine Art in NYC. Exhibit closes tomorrow, August 10.
Got Wood?
This weekend marks the fourth annual Wooden Surfboard celebration in Australia. In honor of the occasion, we asked Grant Newby, the founder of the day who has a blog about wooden boards, a few questions about this passion: HB: Could you explain why wood is good? Newby: I believe people from all walks of life have […]
Dropping In with Mark Cunningham
How is your relationship with board surfers in the water? In Hawaii we’re very tolerant of all forms of ocean recreation. Boogie boarding is crazy popular here. At Pipeline more often than not the lineup is mostly bodyboarders. Some lineups are more suitable for longboarding, certain waves are better for short boards, etc.; but occasionally […]
Party People
Join Origin Magazine and Eyebeam on July 26th at 7PM for a discussion hosted by Paul D. Miller (aka DJ Spooky) dedicated to exploring hidden architectures and their capacity to influence the evolution of cities and the well-being of their inhabitants. Panelists Daniel Barasch, Kenji Williams and Christopher Kieran will discuss strategies for utilizing these […]
Cave Cleaning in Greece
Artist Pam Longobardi is in Greece cleaning sea caves filled with plastic and debris. For Drifters Project/Kefalonia Phase II, she plans to clean the cave with a team of swimmers, remove all the material and transport it to the Ionion Center of Art and Culture to document, analyze and create a single large-scale art installation […]
Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math
If the pictures of those towering wildfires in Colorado haven’t convinced you, or the size of your AC bill this summer, here are some hard numbers about climate change: June broke or tied 3,215 high-temperature records across the United States. That followed the warmest May on record for the Northern Hemisphere – the 327th consecutive […]
Sentenced to Surf
An unusual form of punishment for young offenders in France: surf rehabilitation. Don’t miss this great article about kids who are sentenced to three months of surfing on the coast of France from Drift Surfing writer and photographer, Carly Lorente: Kids from all over France are being sent to a detention centre on the Basque coast […]
Rineke Dijkstra
A nice retrospective of this Dutch artist’s portraits at the Guggenheim in NYC until October 8.
Human Nature
If you’ve always wanted to check out Jason deCaires Taylor‘s mesmerizing underwater sculptures but haven’t made it to The Museum of Underwater Modern Art in Mexico, you’re in luck. Starting tomorrow, you can see his work at the Jonathan Levine Gallery in New York from June 30 until July 28, 2012. The show includes a new […]
James Katsipis
Weekends are way more fun now that summer’s here! Images by Montuak photographer, James Katsipis.
Countdown to Bike Sharing in NYC
New York City’s massive new bike share program is inching ever closer to its July debut. To that end, the city has announced not only the name of the program’s $41 million sponsor (Citibank) but also the program’s official name (CitiBike, of course) and, most important of all, the exact pricing for the program. And if you were […]
Cindy Sherman at the MoMA
If you planned to go but haven’t made it yet, get a move on. The MoMA‘s Cindy Sherman retrospective will be gone in a week, on June 11th.
Tree to Sea
Here’s a short movie by Barry Mottershead—one of the foremost chargers of the Ireland big wave scene—showing the handcrafting of an Alaia board from Paulownia wood. You’ll usually find Barry crashing around on huge Irish waves, so here’s some more mellow radness. Music by Siskiyou – Twigs and Stones.—from Drift Surfing
Toot Toot!
We’re not big on tooting our own horn, but sometimes you just can’t resist. The Harmony Hotel was recognized in a CNN article today about 10 luxury eco-hotels around the world. They had such lovely things to say:Â “I have yet to find another hotel that inspires green living more than this sweet spot in the […]
Guinness Surf Record
Last week the Guinness World Records acknowledged a 44-year-old Hawaii pro surfer for catching a 78-foot wave off the coast of Portugal, saying the November run beats a 2008 record by more than 1 foot. Big-wave surfer Garrett McNamara of Haleiwa, on Oahu’s North Shore, told The Associated Press that the ride of his life […]
SurfSet Fitness
Let’s say, hypothetically, one is a wannabe surfer with dreams of doing things like the girl above. But whenever said wannabe surfer tried surfing, issues with core strength (and bruised ego) seemed to get in the way of success. Could the latest gym machine, SurfSet Fitness’s Ripsurfer X, help? This cardio and resistance trainer is […]
Shattered Debris, Sheer Transformation
Creating domestic environments from found objects, resin, latex, lights, and her unique expressionistic process of shattering and re-forming glass, artist Hu Bing’s site-specific installation ‘Shattered Debris, Sheer Transformation’ is now on display at the Flatiron Prow Art Space on the ground floor of the Flatiron Building.
Frieze Debut in NYC
Frieze New York brings the famed British contemporary art fair to US soil for the first time starting tomorrow. It will take place on Randall’s Island from May 4-7 and will feature approximately 170 international galleries. More details and tickets here.
Have A Seat
Emeco debuted a new designer collaboration at the Salone del Mobile in Milan last week. The Broom chair created with Philippe Starck is recycled and recyclable, a mix of 75% reclaimed polypropylene, 15% reclaimed wood fiber and 10% glass fiber.Â
Dreaming
Man’s moral conscience is the curse he had to accept from the gods in order to gain from them the right to dream.—William Faulkner in The Paris Review, Spring 1956
America’s Greenest Cities
In honor of Earth Day—which was founded in 1970 by Wisconsin Sen. Gaylord Nelson—the Daily Beast ranked the greenest cities in the U.S. Can you guess who won? A hint: there are lots of surfers there.
Nikky Finney
It’s National Poetry Month. If you haven’t taken time to read a poem this month, here’s a lovely piece by 2011 National Book Award winner, Nikky Finney, reading a from her book Head Off & Split.
