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The media-storm…

admin — Thu, 07 May 2009 10:19:18 +0000

Since yesterday, alot has changed in the world of Ben Southall.

Ben Southall wins

Being appointed to holder of the ‘Best Job in the World’ has drawn a fair bit of attention. And rightly so.

Yesterday, his Afritrex site recived 16,000 pageviews… the day before it was in single figures.

A Twitter search on his name reveals a torrent of tweets..

http://twitter.com/#search?q=ben%20southall

A Google search on his name reveals almost every news agency running a story and his name.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=ben+southall&btnG=Google+Search&meta=&aq=f&oq= (Good to see Afritrex.com at #2)

The news sites include;

Professional Fundraising

and many many more…. infact there are now 174,000 results on Google for “Ben Southal”…

I hope the servers hold-up….

The rollercoast continues…

admin — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:40:19 +0000

The bank holiday weekend is already over – thank god !.

A weekend of drinking and water sports – in the freezing arctic winds – has left me somewhat destroyed.

Skimboarding at Beadnell Bay

Getting back to the desk and the safety of the internet landscape was pleasant, untill it all kicked off again.

Lobster Pot design for a business card

James has to hand in his final photography project on friday, and with the seagulls not playing-ball, i was roped in for an all-day photo-shoot and editorial profile to complete the job.

Then, I found out with a hugely sad heart that a good friend of mine from school, a fellow snowboarder, sailor, surfer and lover-of-life was killed in february whist cycling to work in Notting Hill.

Eilidh’s Memorial Ride from Giles Carlin on Vimeo.

The world is a more than a little worse-off without Eilidh Cairns in it. So sad.

And then then twenty minutes after finding out that news, this news arrived;

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8035175.stm

Ben Southall is the new caretaker for the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia. Congratualtions Ben !!.

After last year and the trek around Africa (http://www.afritrex.com) he deserves some time off !.

I look forward to visiting….

Here’s the original Youtube clip for the job.

Thailand, Australia and New Zealand.

admin — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:23:58 +0000

The last eight weeks have seen a heavy amount of traveling, but with plenty of rewards to sweeten the deal.

The highlights…

We spent a week with the Sail Rock divers on Koh Phangan, diving in the Gulf of Thailand, great crew and great setup. The video below was shot and edited by Alex there.

Diving on Koh Phangan with Sail Rock Divers from swinhoe on Vimeo.

We stopped in at the Gold Coast and Surfers Paradise with Randall and the folks from Noosa to see the first weekend of the Quiksilver Pro at D’bah.

The QuikPro setup at D'bah

The waves were reasonable, but the highlight was watching the semi’s and final with Parko and Mick going head-to-head, pulling ten point rides out in the heaving Cyclone surf.

Whilst in Noosa for the Festival of Surfing, we dropped in at the Classic Malibu factory to see Randall and Jake in office clothes.

Classic Malibu factory

Cyclone Hamish, hit Noosa during the visit and we snagged some footage of the biggest day, video below.

Noosa Points – Cyclone Hamish – 10.03.09 from swinhoe on Vimeo.

We toured in New Zealand for a while, including a visit to Raglan to catch a decent overhead swell.

Raglan point wave.

Raglan point - long view

The Noosa Festival threw-up a few gems too, seeing Bob McTavish and Rusty Miller surf first point, Dave Rastovich riding an alaia, and the premiere of the new Michael Peterson film “Searching for Michael Peterson” (website)

Searching for Michael Peterson

As well as the MP film, Picaresque was also premiered, to a great reception. One of the best surf films Ive seen in a while.

Check the tralier here.