1. I just conducted a really fascinating, in-depth and occasionally confounding interview with Matt Olsen of Gaza Surf Club, which I’ll be releasing next week. If you haven’t yet seen the Gaza Surf Club documentary, I highly recommend it. Watch the trailer above.
2. Last week I posted a link to Guardian writer Jonathan Liew’s piece on how Parkrun is now a trans rights culture war battleground. The backlash against the piece has been vociferous, and the calls to strip Parkrun of its funding continues: more here.
3. This Leading interview with Anthony Scaramucci, Trump’s old comms guy, is simultaneously riotously entertaining while also pretty terrifying, especially when he discusses what he refers to as ‘The Trump Doctrine’.
4. It’s the latest ‘turn-heard-around-the-world’, and in this week’s Surf Bugle column, Ben Mondy does a brilliant job of contextualising Molly Picklum’s Sunset-snap-for-the-ages.
5. This latest Finisterre short from Seth Hughes, Mike Lay and Colin McLeod is really making me question why I haven’t yet made it to the Hebrides for a surf.
6. Is the Days x Surreal billboard campaign a nicely executed visual gag, or worst example yet of hideous corporate ‘branter’? More here.
7. Not long until this year’s Natural Selection Duels, which I had a minor role in helping to set up, goes live. In the meantime, watch the trailer above.
8. Congrats to friend-of-the-show Hugo Tagholm on Oceana’s hard-hitting new Trawl campaign.
9. Thanks to listener Richard Baybutt for sharing this thoughtful piece.
10. I’m a massive fan of the work Jake is doing for Skateboard GB, such as this great Mash Life documentary.
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Hi Matt, the Duels were epic and i agree that the Nils / Victor duel was awesome. I would also say Kevin / Sebbe duel was up the too, but I think best line choice award should go to Jamie, her lines were amazing