copping out?
shipsterns from Dave otto on Vimeo.
Often shot from the water, tow teams on the shoulder and the boys waiting in between sets, Shipsterns has opened the eyes of many. A solid North Coast winter swell can spike the emotions of most, you get anxious, you stare at it, you see a few guy take some sets on the head and [...]
You’re on dude…
“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.” George Washington was a pretty smart dude and if what he says is true, then Mr Bowthorpe has every bit of our confidence. He cycled around the world, paddled the Thames in a boat [...]
Falling in love…
She may have dive records and started ocean conservation trusts, but these aren’t the reasons why people dig her and they’re not the reasons that allow her to do what she does. It’s something much more unquantifiable than that, Hanli Prinsloo is all heart, everyday, 24hrs a day. Below is a little piece on her [...]
The winter prep
Winter swells are going to start pumping soon. Big wave surfers all over the world are packing their stuff, putting their houses up for rent, so they and family can move to the North Shore of Hawaii for the winter. Once they arrive, it’s lean diets, big training sessions and sizing up their tow set-ups. [...]
we’ve got to pass the pebbles!
Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain. Our Ambassador, record holder and lover of the deep blue is returning from the Freediving World Championships. She’s under the impression that it didn’t go [...]
Paddle around Robben Island
To celebrate the 93rd Birthday of Nelson Mandela, Finisterre Ambassador Hanli Prinsloo and a handful of people, paddled around Robben Island – beautiful, amazing – inspired!
Flapjack Challenge
How fast can you eat a dry, overcooked flapjack, that’s the size of Donkey Kong’s fist? Well a while back we had Ambassador Al Mack, Designers, Founders, pretty much everyone in the workshop, going head-to-head – it was hilarious!!
le Bowthorpe…
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011 One of our Pioneers James Bowthorpe is going to be going on one of the most amazing trips of his life and one of the most amazing, we’ve probably ever been a part of. The details of the trip, we can’t yet divulge, it will be on foreign soil and we need to [...]
Get out and ride…
Friday, May 6th, 2011 Just spoke to James Bowthorpe, he’s the kind of guy that does – a ‘doer’. Here at Finisterre, loads of things have been happening – we have to meet product deadlines, put strategies together, we’re in and out of meetings, we have to grow up and they all need to happen, [...]
24hrs, 420 miles…
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011 on some very smooth running bearings. Words by the much loved – James Bowthorpe and images, but the very gifted Jonny Donovan I felt pretty euphoric, very endorphined up (natural only, getting high on my own supply). Was AMAZING to have so many people there when I finished and throughout- great to [...]
