Behind the scenes our Spring launch
We’ve been shooting product videos here at Finisterre for seven years now. We go to the same spot, just behind the workshop, it’s this green door, looks like you could blow it down with a breath of air and we take a box of products and a handful of jacked up people. In order to [...]
Camaraderie
It’s not something you often see in surfing, the sport is inherently selfish. It’s only when it gets bigger and when the sea shows her less playful side, that camaraderie shines through. We’ve seen it many times in the past, when swell builds, the tone in those who are going to surf changes. It becomes [...]
Giving it the respect it deserves
The similarities between making an espresso and paddling big waves couldn’t be more similar. Every variable becomes that much more important, it’s a volatile process and can be a very violent thing. 135 pounds of pressurised water (the weight of an adult human being), being forced through a tiny wafer of coffee and any missteps [...]
Fathoms Left to Fall
“The yin and yang of a trip. The highs and the lows. The epic rides and the epic falls. Surfing isn’t a easy game to get right, once in a lifetime 50 ft faces followed by a endless search for shelter. Tides reveal dry reefs, squalls break promises. Rain dampens enthusiasm, talk of hidden secrets [...]
Riding coat tails
They revolve their 52 weeks around the biggest swells in the world and when you hear from them just before a big swell is about to push through, it’s impossible not to get caught up in it all. Carlos Burle, Chris Bertish and Grant Washburn have been little and big parts of what we’ve done [...]
London Surf Film Festival
A snapshot of all the film making that will be happening this Thursday (Nov. 11th – 14th) in London – at the London Surf Film Festival.
It moves the world
Arthur Balfour once said that “enthusiasm moves the world”. We believe in enthusiasm very much, it gets people to do some amazing things, it’s the one thing we try to be everyday here in the workshop. We saw this little short Neil Erskine (a friend first and rider second), was invovled in and for us, [...]
What draws people to water?
OF SOULS + WATER: THE WARRIOR from NRS Films on Vimeo.
Our goal with this series was to get to the root of what draws people to water — to paddling, surfing and rafting — and to tell the stories of real people for whom these sports hold a special importance. We also wanted to use state-of-the-art technology, along with advanced filming and editing techniques, to [...]
Shot on 16mm
El Mar, Mi Alma from Rebel Waltz Films on Vimeo.
Over 4 years ago Steve Jones got in touch with us and said that he was putting a film together. He said it would be cold and wet where he was going and that he needed some products for him and crew, to keep them safe, to keep them warm. We didn’t ask too many [...]
What happens under the water
As an accomplished documentary photographer, in the past Mark has used the ocean as an escape for some solace away from his projects. Lately, while between projects he’s been “hanging out” below the surface trying to capture what happens while swimming on a slow summer’s day. “Coming from a surfing background I used to wonder [...]
