Raves & Rants . . from Penzance

Meet Tony Plant. An underground artist whose work varies from metallic installations in places you wouldn't expect to find art, to paintings, to photography, to coloured water pools.   You may inadvertently see his work whilst out for a walk, but if the tide has risen and fallen again, you may equally not.  Tony Plant The rock pool creations are ephemeral, fleeting, often gone before he can pick up a camera to record them.  A blink, a passing wave, and you'd never know that something had happened here just moments ago. Colour pool Despite the questionable practice of tipping paint into the ocean, these creations are obviously all unique. And does the impossibility of selling this artwork make it more valid as art?  Driven by passion rather than the need for financial gain? Red A true artist, most likely to exhibit in places you're very unlikely to go, you can catch a little bit of his work here: Tony Plant Return to ...

Congratulations are due to James Parry , who recently became British Longboard Champion, having already earned himself a place in the World Longboard championships to be held in Makaha, Hawaii, in November.  Eagle eyed types may also have spotted him projected onto a building in a current Ford advert.   Evening surf at Godrevy Martin Black A few photos here from a shoot up at Godrevy, a stunning, end of summer, windless and relaxed evening, with a spread of water users enjoying a calm, lazy swell.  Caroline Perret Martin Black Pro surfers Martin Black and Caroline Perret were there for the evening glass-off somewhere along the acres of beach. Their session flowing over into a great sunset.  There's so much space at Godrevy that despite all the people that use it, you may easily surf alone, perhaps alongside visiting surfers, but just as easily find yourself surfing next to local people like Austrian Ladies Surfing C...

Sam Lamiroy The long awaited month of September is finally here, the month all surfers long for, heralding the end of the summer wave drought, and the start of the powerful autumn swell season. This year, bang on cue, the south west was flooded by some clean, lined up, 16second period swell, courtesy of a hurricane named Danielle.  Strong, straight lines marched into the beaches and reefs, in some cases being too big and closing out across the bay.  Up in Perranporth a small group of locals including Sam Lamiroy, Andrew Griffin and Ben Skinner launched themselves into some heaving pits.  The photographers were out in force too, it seems like there's almost as many photographers as surfers these days, so expect to see this session in a few surf mags soon. Ben Skinner Although they generate this perfect swell, over in America the press follow these hurricanes with a sense of dread, fearing that they might come ashore and wreak havo...