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Paul Evans [As Wavelength celebrates its 40th birthday in 2021, we revisit at some of the more colourful chapters in European surfing history. This time, we revisit a WL trip to Madeira in late 2003 to investigate the fate of fabled big wave break Jardim do Mar.] Before the internet and its social media phenom became the rallying cry for outrage local and international, threats to much loved surf and beauty spots were at the mercy of more analog communications; strongly-worded letters, angrily scrawled fax. Local communities could gather, march, protest, but local their message might well stay. If you wanted to know what the situation was at a distant surf location, you pretty much had to go there and find out. ....
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our new series, Surf History 101, where we look at innovations in the world of surfing and beyond that changed the pursuit forever. In this edition, Sam George examines the history of the wetsuit and how it changed our view of surfing. What Is It? The O’Neill Supersuit was a first-of-its-kind, fully integrated surfing wetsuit that with its waterproof zipper, sealed seams, neck, ankles and wrists was the inspiration for all modern wetsuit designs to come. Who Developed It? Advertisement An early 1960s advertisement for Jack O’Neill’s “Surf Shop” in Santa Cruz, California, featured a fetching young female model wearing a long-sleeve “spring suit” dubbed “The Thermo Surfer.” The accompanying copy read, “This suit is responsible for the tremendous increase in popularity of surfing in Northern California.” Big claim, especially considering that neoprene rubber wetsuits had been used by surfers for at least a d ....
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our new series, Surf History 101, where we look at innovations in the world of surfing and beyond that changed the pursuit forever. In this edition, Sam George examines the POV camera and how it changed our view of surfing. What Is It? A miniaturized, relatively inexpensive waterproof digital camera (most famously made by GoPro) equipped with a wide-angle lens, capable of shooting both still photos and video. When mounted to the deck of a surfboard or attached to the surfer, it provides unprecedented point-of-view footage (POV). Who Developed It? Advertisement Surfers have long sought to share their watery point of view with those on shore. As far back as 1929 the ever-innovative Tom Blake built a two-foot by two-foot pine box, glass-port housing to enclose a camera (bought from Duke Kahanamoku, no less) with which he began shooting surf action at Waikiki from the deck of his board a perspective that would set the standard ....