September 3, 2010 – 3:01 pm
According to the International World Games Association (a well known and authoritative body in all matters of Global gameyness) there are 20,000,000 surfers actively engaged in the sport of surfing on planet Earth at this moment in time. Most of them, on Tuesday lunchtime, were ’surfing’ at Supertubos beach, just south of Peniche in Portugal [...]
…actually it’s a very short one. The film that is.
I cobbled together a short animation of my chubby, punk surfer from chapter 9 of Papersurfer. If you already have the book you can recreate this effect at home with a small pot of white paint, a sharp pair of scissors, some ordinary household bleach and [...]
…I haven’t surfed at Cabedelo (Figueira de Foz) in a while. My lack of inertia since the winter months has been tough to shake and so has the additional layer of insulation I’ve been cultivating. The waves there are a bit punchier than most around the Peniche area so you need to be pretty fit [...]
February 17, 2010 – 10:32 am
One midsummer day I was leaning into an involved conversation with an abstract artist (of moderate fame) who, for no apparent reason, said to me in an intriguing manner…
“…you should write a book…”
The conversation was slightly fuelled by a prelunch intake of cold refreshing cider in an ancient, smoke filled country pub. So I completely [...]
January 1, 2009 – 11:18 am
…if commuting was more like this – I might get a real job.
(animated version can seen by clicking here)
I didn’t surf today.
