Surfing and playing music are quite similar. They have everything to do with finding a rhythm. Everything to do with seeking harmony in something much bigger than yourself. You’re taking what’s already there and adding to it — and becoming part of it along the way.
Unleash the free spirit that is sleeping inside your body. Pack your boards, take the minimum, you just need to hit the road to feel free again.
Lisbon, Portugal. The beaches and streets are getting emptier, the cold is reaching us very shyly and the ocean is starting to wake up.
The first time I saw Grant Noble on a wave, it was obvious that he was on another level. Grant was in high school at the time and I remember seeing this skinny grom with long black hair at Wedge. He was showing all the older guys up, so I figured he must’ve been some gnarly Hawaiian kid visiting our local break. He was just that much better than everyone else.
The waves are calling and you must go. In the end, it’s all a strange paradox. The fact that somewhere out there — far from you, far from your comfort zone, far from everything — has everything you need. But when you get there, you’ll know it for sure.
Here is a musical voyage designed by Oscar Langburne. Sit, relax, close your eyes and figure yourself driving along the Australian coastline searching for fun waves to ride with friends. That’s the beauty of mind surfing.
Fun waves. Warm water. A peaceful pace and something about the vibe that makes you want to be there, experiencing it all through your own eyes. Here is a playlist created by Ambre Victoire. Hope you will this Tropical Escape.
The current situation took everything from us. We can’t surf, we can’t swim, we can’t laugh at the pub… The only thing that got and that it won’t ever take: our imagination. We created playlists inspired by the content published in our magazines. Close your eyes, hear the sweet melody, see the waves breaking… You’re mind surfing!
The Single Fin Mingle returns to Sumner, Christchurch this weekend after the event was postponed by covid four months ago. The Mingle is a retro, two-day surfing festival. While the focus of the event is a longboarding surf competition, it also hosts an art exhibition, film festival and live music performances.