Forget meditating at your desk or taking that brisk stroll before work; everyone should periodically replace their alarm clock with the soft purr of waves caressing the shore. Thankfully, I’m lucky enough to call the little village of Sennen – under 1 mile from Land’s End – my second home. Each time I awake in […]
It’s always convenient when your passion coincides with most people’s idea of a dream holiday location. So when your parents are considering a winter beach escape overlapping the dates of the Billabong Pipe Masters in Hawaii, it would be rude not to drop some gentle hints. Two days after a frustrating hunt for stormy Cornish […]
Hi guys Ed here again, this month’s blog is about all the hate a lot of the YouTube skateboard channels seem to get and why I feel it’s not deserved, no I’m not just on about skateboard channels in general more specifically the stuff like Braille Skateboarding and John Hill, who are typically referred to […]
Ed here again with this month’s blog, before I start, I just want to say that yes I am aware of the irony of calling it unwritten rules of the skatepark then writing them down. Hopefully some of these you will have figured out yourself already, don’t worry if you haven’t we all start somewhere. […]
The seatbelt sign illuminates to a soft ping as the pilot lowers the landing gear. It’s still dark outside while the autumn sun struggles to pull itself above the horizon; understandable, after my struggle to get out of bed two hours earlier. We finally touch down, and the doors open to a blast of frosty […]
You may remember my surf vlog from the MEO Rip Curl Pro in Peniche, Portugal. A lot has happened since then, but I’m still sitting on a lot of cool footage and funny stories. So, here’s a personal recap of my completely unorganised surf trip to Supertubos and beyond. As with most of my recent surf adventures, this […]
New Year skate resolutions: Ed’s Blog I’m not the type of person who usually makes new year resolutions, I believe that there’s no one time you should try to make yourself a better person so please don’t read these and dismiss them if it’s not the beginning of January, as you can try these at […]
Hopefully you’ve already checked out the first half of this filmmaking series: Urban Surfer’s Top 10 Tips on How to Shoot Videos. If so, you should now be hoarding plenty of sick footage. Now it’s time to learn what to do with it, and create that fire edit you’ve always dreamed of! 1. Meticulously organise all […]
Common Beginner Skateboarding Mistakes This month I’m going to talk about mistakes most people inadvertently make when learning to skate, I’ve been teaching skateboarding for around a decade now, so I’ve seen all the really common mistakes and some really unusual ones as well, but I’m only going to concentrate on the common ones, hopefully, […]
Stocking Fillers for Extreme Sports Enthusiasts We all know buying for people (let’s face it, mostly blokes) who spend all their spare time riding around, jumping off things and basically spending their time taking completely unnecessary risks in the name of fun can be an absolute nightmare. Unless you can not only work out what […]