Orca Week.

Made in Maine

MADE HERE - TIM WHITTEN from Jay Carroll on Vimeo.


Via Wool Wood and Whiskey.

Travels

Portland Company Complex

Surfing cetaceans

This has been making the rounds lately. Looks like they know what they're doing.

Via Explorations.

Holga.

Film Fest Success

A bit late, but I didn’t forget. A week ago yesterday, the first Canadian Surf Film Festival went down. An art show and three nights of great films preceded a killer Matt Mays concert that capped off a smooth and fun filled weekend.

(one of the festival's organizers Keith Madison (right) at the pre-fest art show)

The films didn’t disappoint – lots of great variety with something for everyone. The first showing featured Fiberglass and Megapixels, a documentary style feature about cameramen that live for the lineup at pipeline. A scary position to get some killer insider insight on. Musica Surfica brought an incredible story about finless surfing fused with virtuosic classical music. As a classic music nerd, seeing this film was really special for me, although many in attendance found it a bit long. 180° South also showed Thursday night. An incredible adventure with a great message, some cool history and great cinematography. Definitely a must-see.


First on Friday’s bill was the short film contest sponsored by SANS. There were a bunch of great films, but none better than Nico Manos’ dominant surfing that he captured on film while in Indo earlier this year. Westsiders and Searching for Michael Peterson finished off Saturday night. These two films highlighted incredible stories you’re probably somewhat aware of, featuring some of professional surfing’s veterans.



I only caught the first half of Saturday night’s bill – bailing early to head to the concert, but saving Idiosyncrasies and Stoked and Broke for the last night was a great call. These movies were my favorite by far. Incredible profiles on a few really intriguing characters in Idiosyncrasies and a hilarious and awesome walkabout down 30 odd miles of California coast by internet and camera/edit wizard Cyrus Sutton ( more of his stuff at http://korduroy.tv). Sutton was accompanied by Ryan Burch, an incredible gentleman in his own right who can surf ANYTHING. He’s in the tube on a sub-5-foot piece of foam at least a few times. This expense free surf trip filled everyone in the theatre with some honest stoke, inspiration and a bit of jealousy.

Saturday and Sunday saw some great waves hit the coast, allowing many of us to get a much-needed fix. After watching so much great action on the big screen, it would have been ugly if the ocean went flat. I must admit I was a bit movied-out by the end of the weekend, but that’s all part of a film fest.

Congrats to those who organized the event and picked the flicks.


note: Stoked and Broke took home Best Film and Manos’ Indo action took home best short.

Think YOU got slammed hard?

This will creep you out. It's amazing how calm he seemed to stay through the whole sequence. Maybe because his back was broken and he didn't really have any other choice, but in any case this guy is a champ.



via: the interweb/theadventurelife.org


If you're in Halifax this Thursday-Saturday come check out the Canadian Surf Film Festival. 180 South, Stoked and Broke, Idiosyncrasies, Fiberglass and Megapixels & Musica Surfica are some of the great films on the bill. It will be shown at Park Lane Theatre in downtown Halifax. The festival wraps up Saturday night with a concert by Matt Mays at The Paragon Theatre on Gottingen street.

Stay tuned for a festival report next week.

September Storm Classic

Hurricane Igor brought some great swell to Lawrencetown Beach for the annual September Storm Classic this morning. It was a bit mushy at times, but the ocean stayed active with lots of great sets rolling in off the point.

(Pete Devries, floatin')

I can give you a quick summary: Peter Devries stole the show. The B.C. native dominated all morning long, en route to a convincing final heat victory against Nico Manos (Halifax), Noah Cohen (B.C.) and Marty King (Halifax).

( BC standout Noah Cohen showed up ready, taking home 3rd prize)

All of the competitors in the Pro division shared some great waves, but I think we all left happily blown away with Devries' surfing.

(Nova Scotia's first pro surfer Nico Manos, putting it all on the line)

(Devries secures the win with a solid hack)

Congratulations to SANS on putting on another smooth event! Let's keep em' coming!

Thanks Earl.

Swell.

Seven o'clock AM. The waves were good clean fun, but you'll have to take my word for it.

For Sale: NESurf.com

Long time surf forecasting resource and online mecca is up for grabs. The details of the sale are spelled out here with some pretty nifty looking charts and graphs showing site traffic. Good luck to all parties involved; the buyer will certainly have some big shoes to fill.

A blurb:

"What is included:

1. Everything you see on NESurf.com.
2. A google map with all know surf spots known to me in New England."

Fair posters

Some of my favorite recent Common Ground Fair posters. This year's fair begins on September 24th.

New Reads.

Good Maine history. Will follow-up with reviews down the line.

Maine Island Lovers

Thanks Okkervil River, for this: (Via Paste)

I want to go to Norway

Joel just sent this to me. It's sick. (Via Korduroy)