This just in from London. Carve reader Will Robertson sent in this pic of a Sri Lanka tourist board ad which is all over London underground.
“It’s been a while since I last surfed A Bay, but judging from this poster on the wall of the London tube the reef must have shifted and it’s got a lot more square. And Fanning’s doing a good job of surfing it switch too.
It’s definitely a “different kind of surf” – quite literally.
Oh how lazy ad people can miss some fundamentals – thought I would share the love.”
Not sure what is more annoying. Using a wave from a totally different ocean as A Bay (A Bay is actually very fun in its own right). The sacrilege of putting Mick the wrong way round. Or the irony that we actually emailed Sri Lanka tourist board to offer a bit of help before Christmas and they ignored our emails.
If you want a campaign done right, maybe hire surfing art director?
Weaving its way through Seignosse, The Wander Landes Festival presented by VISSLA and Heads Beach Brewing Company will appear at a selection of different hotspots Thursday 21st September – Sunday 24th September 2017.
Tickets are now on sale via the website www.wanderlandesfestival.com
Sharing their passion for music and love of the ocean, Sunset Sons have invited a host of special guests to join them on stage and in the water to offer a unique surf/sound experience with a fusion of live performances, delicious street food, surf competitions and afterparties.
Culminating in one epic live show at the Salle des Bourdaines in Seignosse, The Wander Landes Festival will give fans the opportunity to see Sunset Sons perform on their adopted home turf headlining on Saturday 23rd September.
Joining the Hossegor locals on stage will be Bristol-based indie rock outfit New Carnival . The upand-coming four-piece, renowned for their funk-laden live sets, have been independently releasing great sounding music that has gained widespread attention including that of Radio 1.
Also gracing the stage with his distinctive voice and captivating guitar style is London-based
singer songwriter Nathan Ball. Biarritz native Lee-Ann Curren , daughter of living legend Tom Curren, will join Sunset Sons in the surf and on stage on Saturday 23rd September.
Swapping the shires of Cornwall for the sands of Seignosse, four-piece band Haunt the Woods will bring their unique sound to the Salle des Bourdaines.
The final act joining Sunset Sons in Seignosse is Consolers . Delivering performances that never fail to get the young and the old smiling, this Hanover born band will be bringing their colourful chorus-driven sounds to The Wander Landes Festival.
Acts will put on additional performances throughout Seignosse in Heads Beach Brewing Company, Louvine and L’Acaï.
Sunset Sons commented: “Since releasing our debut album last year and playing many different festivals across Europe, we decided that it was time to bring the party vibe to our hometown. Hossegor is where this band started, it’s where we all met and it really does means everything to us. Having the opportunity to invite our friends to play at The Wander Landes Festival while incorporating different parts of the town is going to be ace.”
Celebrating the Atlantic’s peeling waves and warm water temperatures, The Wander Landes
Festival will kick off ocean activity on Friday 22nd September with the official Foam Froth Surf Event courtesy of Catch Surf. Welcoming participation at all levels, this tag team style surf session using only soft-top surfboards will bring together musicians, pro surfers, industry veterans and fans.
Bringing a mouth-watering element to the four-day fiesta, the Louvine Terrace will burst to life with food trucks and vendor stands serving delicious delicacies from around the world. Welcoming an all-star cast of local chefs and finessing foodies, Louvine will add some serious street food flavour to The Wander Landes Festival on Friday 22nd September.
Adrien Waller of VISSLA commented: “We are stoked here at VISSLA to join forces with The
Wander Landes Festival. VISSLA represents creative freedom, a forward-thinking philosophy, and a generation of creators and innovators, and we feel it’s an awesome opportunity to support this first edition of a great music and surf event in our local playground.”
THE WANDER LANDES FESTIVAL PROGRAMME
THURSDAY / JEUDI
21/09 19h00 – 02h00
HEADS OPENING PARTY (Free event)
Music: Consolers / Guest DJ sets
@ Heads Beach Brewery, Seignosse
FRIDAY / VENDREDI
22/09 10h00 – 16h00 (Free event)
FOAM FROTH
Surf: Event presented by Catch Surf
@ Estagnots beach, Seignosse
18h00 – 23h00
STREET FOOD FESTIVAL (Free event)
Food: Vendor stands / food trucks
Music: Haunt the Woods / Daz DJ set
@ Louvine, Seignosse
SATURDAY / SAMEDI 23/09
12h00 – 15h00
ENTRÉE AT L’ACAÏ (Free event)
Music: Shit Disco DJ set
@ L’Açaï, Seignosse
19h00 – 00h00
LES CONCERTS (Tickets:20/50€)
Music: Sunset Sons, New Carnival, Nathan Ball, Lee-Ann Curren, Haunt the Woods, Consolers
@ Salle des Bourdaines, Seignosse
SUNDAY / DIMANCHE 24/09
19h00 – 02h00
CLOSING PARTY (Free event)
@ Heads Beach Brewery, Seignosse
The Wander Landes Festival is a ticketed event that hopes to welcome thousands festival goers across the four days. Tickets are currently on sale priced at € 20.
Please note The Wander Landes Festival also offers a VIP Ticket option priced at € 50 which includes a meet and greet experience with artists before the show at Salle des Bourdaines, a signed festival poster and merchandise.
The Wander Landes Festival is proudly sponsored by VISSLA and Heads Beach Brewing
Company.
For further information and to purchase tickets please visit www.wanderlandesfestival.com
On April 1st 2017 the first ever ‘Natty Surf Jam’: A Festival of Music and Surfing to make a positive change in our local community will take place at Fistral Beach., Newquay. The event is in memory of local surfer Nathaniel Loney; a contagiously vibrant, loving soul who tragically lost his life at the age of 25 after a 3 year battle against severe depression & bi-polar disorder. The ultimate goal of The Natty Surf Jam is to raise awareness and support for young adults struggling with mental health related illnesses, so that no one has to face the journey alone.
The event will be raising money for two important charities; The Invictus Trust to help them achieve their goal of installing a treatment facility in Truro. And SOBS uk -Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide helping individuals and families of the deceased relatives.
Suicide and depression in young males is a growing trend with suicide the biggest killer of men under 50.
A Longboard Competition will be held at Fistral Beach, Newquay throughout the day and will comprise of an open men’s and women’s division. There will also be an Expression Session for all surfers and board types halfway through the day where extra amazing bonus prizes will be up for grabs!
To level out the prize giving all competitors names will be put into a hat then drawn into fantasy surf teams with at least one professional or experienced surfer in each team. The team with the most collective scored points will win prizes from the sponsors. This way its fair on all ability levels of surfing.
Entry for the Open longboard will be £20 and will include breakfast and lunch, an official Natty Surf Jam Tee-shirt, entry to the evening music event, a massage and checkup from local chiropractor Alex Bergmann and a chance to win the cash prize amongst other great prizes from our sponsors. We will be releasing details on how to enter very soon.
At the moment entry for the expression session will be based on donations on the day but this could change if there is a feeling of interest.
The band jam will be held at Whiskers, featuring Abbie Piper, Wildwood Kin + more amazing acts to be confirmed, so watch this space for updates! Evening entry will be ticketed at £8 in advance and £10 on the door – all proceeds going to charity.
WAYS TO SHOW SUPPORT:
– Share this event
– Invite your Surfing Music-head friends!
– Enter the Surf Comp! http://bit.ly/2mga5IJ
– Buy tickets to the live music event! http://www.seetickets.com/tour/the-natty-surf-jam
– Donate… (Message us for details)
– Volunteer! please join our volunteer group on the following link https://www.facebook.com/groups/1686231175008869/
This year we are working with The Invictus Trust to help them achieve their goal of installing a treatment facility in Truro which at the moment is bound in “red tape” by the government. To find out more about this please go to http://www.invictustrust.co.uk/.
We are also raising awareness SOBS uk -Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide helping individuals and families of the deceased relatives. http://uk-sobs.org.uk/
Skindog ranked fifth in the world and Bearman ranked 13th have just set off on ( a very long) journey to PNG to surf in the Kumul PNG World Longboard Championship. Along side hem this event will be 17 year old Joe Hornbuckle.
Joe from St Agnes was also awarded a spot into the all-prestigious WLC that will soon launch at the Kumul PNG World Longboard Championship after surfing the qualifying legs in Europe last year.
Joe will have the opportunity to take his learning spree to the next level, competing against the very best longboarders on the planet at the World Longboard Championship and understandably, he can’t wait!
“I’m crazy excited about going to PNG, I’ve never been anywhere geographically close or conditions wise so it’s going to be an awesome change. I really look forward to surfing in board shorts properly, I just want to go and have fun.”
We will keep you update on how Joe does in his first World Championship effort in Papua New Guinea when competition starts on March 18.
Underdog Antonio Marques put on a barrel riding masterclass to take the title this year. Second place was for Dimitri Ouvre ( last year’s winner) third was Natxo Gonzalez, and fourth local Manuel Lezcano who is closing a year surfing at his top level.
Quemao Class would like to thank all the Canarian finalists Yeray Garcia, Yael Peña and Josemi Mentado, international riders, Nic Von Rupp, William Alliotti, Roberto Da Mico, Alain Riou and Kevin Bourez and all the Basque crew Hodei Collazo, Aritz Aranburu, Eukeni Masa and the young gun Iker Amatrian for an awesome surfing at the highest level.
El Quemao Class is an event sponsored by La Bohemia Lanzarote and it’s done with the institutional support from el Gobierno de Canarias, Cabildo de Lanzarote, Turismo de Lanzarote, Lanzarote European Sports Destination and Ayuntamiento de Tinajo.
