drift, perspectives in surfing

180° South, the new film by Chris Malloy, premiers this week at the Santa Barbara Film Festival. It’s not the only surf movie/documentary on the bill though, in fact, there’s a week’s worth of screenings to check out…

Maya Hayuk, the Brooklyn-based Ukrainian-American neon enthusiast, opened a solo show titled “Feeling Space” at Gallery 16 in San Francisco last weekend.

Come pay respects to surf royalty Linda Benson, who will be honored with a “Lifetime Contribution to Surfing Award” at Pepperdine University’s “Girl in the Curl” event on February 6 in Malibu…

Rin Tanaka, the vintage hound behind the Freedamn books, has put together a massive cultural extravaganza this weekend at the Santa Monica Airport…

Johnny Knapp send this over from his winter digs on Oahu. Good to see that his head’s still in the right place, especially considering all the views he’s been getting…

Local homie Matt W. Moore just threw up a ha-uge mural in Paris in anticipation of his show there, which opens tomorrow. He recently collaborated with Almond on a series of 9′5″ logs, each representing an element (more on that soon)…

Words: Drew Sievers

Literary scholars universally classify Moby Dick as one of the greatest works in the English language. The only problem is that the English language they’re lauding is really old… like “auld” old…

A while back, Darren from Ahoy got in touch with us and said, “Hey, let’s hook your readers up with some of my stuff” and we were like, “Yew!” Ahoy’s stuff is handmade in Florida in limited quantities–you and your board are stoked!

Words: Rhea Cortado

An anonymous donor just coughed up a $10,000 reward for any information that leads to the capture of whoever killed two Hawaiian monk seals last year…

More b-reel here from Circulate Motion Pictures’ upcoming film “Way of the Ocean.” This time-lapse of The Queen packs an entire central coast day into 1:37–stick around, the sunset is worth it.

Words & Photos: Ryan Tatar

As I chronicle some of the personalities of the region in this photo essay, it’s essential that a sense of the local landscape be given to the observer…