All it takes
The workshop has taken a few knocks over the last 12 months and you know what, we’re still here and we couldn’t be more proud of everyone in it and they’re ability to find the opportunities. Rebecca, Gregor, Davo, TK, Jackson, Debs, Sara, TP and all those in the wings showing their support – you [...]
what are you proud of?
What’s the winter jacket your most proud of Debbie? The Sastruga represents for me a journey from throw-away fashion to a simple and chic solution against the cold. I am proud to be seen walking along the coastal path on a blustery, frosty day snuggled up in my winter white Sastruga. When friends come down [...]
When will your last wave be?
How good has this autumn been for waves? Best in a while I’d have said. Back to back cross-offshores and long distance groundswells – Atlantic facing coasts have been doing their thing – hope you’ve had a fill somewhere along the way. So a few Saturdays ago I stopped off to see Ben, our old [...]
Sustainable manufacturing – The blunt side of the Cheap Needle.
I came to Finisterre after working as a fashion designer for 5 years in large high street brands. I left the world of fast fashion behind, because I was frustrated at what I saw was an abuse of power, screwing suppliers over for margin gain and throw-away trends. I felt sure things could be done [...]
Screwing Business…
Screwing Business as Usual. I was interviewed for Richard Branson’s book (‘Screw Business as Usual’) some time ago, although not by him. The idea behind the book was to look into how business owners could or were already putting the ‘triple bottom line’ (social, environmental and financial) at the heart of their businesses. To get [...]
getting lost
We don’t like to use his name and he doesn’t like when we do, kind of annoying – but who really cares, because the guy is bloody rad. He’s a pioneer of ours, he goes on some epic trips all over the world, sails, eats fruit and charges when it gets big. He sent us [...]
Get busy living
We see stuff all the time, whether it be a picture, a film, a person or a thing. Sometimes we see them and we forget about them, sometimes we see them and act on them and other times we see them and they make us feel something. We got in touch with Andrew, we loved [...]
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. [...]
