March 10, 2010 9:00 AM
Independent snow, skate, surf and street influenced label
Avalaan are having a party, to celebrate the first birthday of their flagship store in Bristol, England - and you're invited!
On March 27, co-founders Logan Hall and Sam 'Windy' Windrige, will be in the 59 Gloucester Road store all day, dishing out birthday cake to a soundtrack of live music (artists TBC), with brand new artwork on display - and 10% discount all day.
Keep reading to see some of the threads you can snap up on the day...
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Posted by Gemma Freeman in Art, Events, Links, News, Skating, Snowboarding, Style, Surfing
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March 5, 2010 9:00 AM
Les Ettes perfumes have mixed up their surf, skate and snow brand ambassadors with their latest face of
Want Ette - analog photographer
Crista Leonard. Exclusively working in film,
Crista's images have an arty, dream like quality, yet are simple and graceful.
UK born, but Swiss schooled, the 26-year-old studied communication at the University of Sussex, Brighton, England, followed by art school in Barcelona and Post Graduate study at London's prestigious
Goldsmiths. With a few seasons under her belt too,
Les Ettes' latest face is a true snowboarder at heart - calling the Spanish resort of Andorra home, combining inspiratin from the mountains and her cultural city roots.
View her work and a stunning introducing video by Per-Hampus Stålhandske, after the jump...
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Posted by Gemma Freeman in Art, Links, News, Photography, Snowboarding
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March 3, 2010 10:00 AM
It may have been released in 2009, but beautiful female surf documentary
Dear & Yonder, by
Andria Lessler and
Tiffany Campbell is still a cult flick. A stunning, cinematographic story examining what it means to be a female surfer, and how empowering it's always been, the film is artsy and inspiring, with stunning footage of
Kassia Meador,
Sally Fitzgibbons,
Liz Clark, Prue Jeffires and more.
Posted by Gemma Freeman in Art, Events, Interviews, Movies, Surfing, Travel
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March 1, 2010 9:00 AM
Surfer and board; human and landscape; photographer and subject; surfer to surfer: in her latest book,
Surfland, photographer
Joni Sternbach has collated her incredible portraits of californian surfers in situ at their local breaks, created using the vintage technique tintype.
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Posted by Gemma Freeman in Art, Photography, Surfing
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February 28, 2010 2:06 PM
Kook is a beautiful new surfing newspaper published independently from UK photographer, film maker, publisher, designer and visionary creative Dan Crockett.
Printed on paper from sustainable forests it's packed with stunning illustrations, photos and quirky, heartfelt features it's available now for the lowly sum of £2 at shops that sell surfboards and wetsuits, as well online - plus postage and packing.
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Posted by Gemma Freeman in Art, Photography, Style, Surfing, Travel
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February 17, 2010 9:00 AM
[Check out her work in detail after the jump...]
Continue reading "Artist In Situ: Hannah Stouffer - skate & snow illustrator"
Posted by Gemma Freeman in Art, Skating, Snowboarding, Style
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