Looking Sideways: 10 Things
Pond skimming, a Cornish surf history, and Munich's river wave.
1. If you’ve listened to episode 251 with Thomas Campbell about his brilliant new film Yi-Wo, you’re probably pretty keen to see it. Good news, then, that Yi-Wo has its public premiere this weekend (October 3-5th). Find out more at Thomas’s Instagram, and listen to our conversation below. I particularly liked this comment from Yannick, above.
2. A great Huck Magazine piece by my old pal
on some turbulent recent months for Munich’s stately Eisbach river wave.3. I absolutely loved Jam First, the Ben Skinner-fronted O’Neill film about the history of surfing in Cornwall. So rare to see ‘brand’ content made so thoughtfully and carefully..
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4. Speaking of Cornish surf heritage, my pal Mike Lay has decided to embark upon a truly quixotic cycling/surfing quest around the British Isles. Find out more and follow his Substack above.
5. Field Diaries, a naturalistic new podcast series from Coldhouse Collective, is off to great start with this Gilly McArthur episode.
6. The saga of Outside Magazine’s enshittification is pretty established at this point (see Wes Siler’s recent post, above, for yet another recent case in point). So it’s heartening to see ex-Outside editor Chris Keyes respond with the establishment of his new Re:Public website.
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7. Iain Leslie’s recent post on ‘the progressive case for border control’ is worth a read.
8. I like the look of
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9. Cornish pards - the talented Bella Rose Bunce is holding a surf photography workshop at the brilliant Melancoose Mill. More above.
10. Day job alert: my agency All Condition Media have created London’s (and I’m pretty sure the world’s) first urban pond skim event for our friends at Icebreaker. Yep.
It takes place at Potter’s Field next to Tower Bridge next Saturday 11th, and you can apply to ski or ride the thing at this link. Come say hello if you make it along!
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Thank you Matt 😘
“Enshittification” is poetry. 🩵