This just in from the esteemed TMossian. He continues to stitch his wasy into the hearts of surfing aesthetes the world over.

thomascampbell-art.com

Looks incredible. Pure surfing. But I’m keeping my fins.

The way of the surfer is fruitfully transferable to other situations, other paths. Let’s just hope that after a few years of the first wave-riding President of the United States (who, remember, was born in Hawaii) we’re not saying like Bear “that’s what you get for hiring surfer labour”.
Thanks to Drew Kampion at The Surfers Path

Cooler magazine is getting better and better. Check out the latest issue with a piece of mine about a surf trip trip I made to El Salvador back in the eighties. And here for a little Q&A they did a while back. For all the ’surfin’ birds’ out there.

What is it about the Vietnam war and surf culture? Is it the perceived levity of riding a wave juxtaposed with the gravity of killing that has made film makers weave the two together in unexpected places? Charlie does surf these days. Go figure.

After a long absence due to travel, writing commitments and an incredibly frustrating broadband breakdown, I’m back at the BOS blog. Look out for (very) regular updates from now on. I promise.

In the meantime, here’s a lovely little trailer made by my friend Chris Mannell for a lovely little film based on a lovely little trip to ireland I and a few choice friends made a couple of Autumns ago. We made a book about the trip, the first in a projected series of books that are infused with the experience of surfing the places that are the books’ subjects. Go to the September Project site for more on this and other forthcoming adventures.