SPRING ‘22 - RIGHT TO ROAM

On a gloomy day in 1932, a defiant group of young factory workers, dress in old army shorts and worn work boots, marched up a steep moorland ridge just outside Manchester. Behind them, a breathless huddle of policemen struggled to keep the pace, while narrow-eyed gamekeepers observed from the hedgerows.

The men were fighting for the Right to Roam and while they hoped the effects of their protest would be far-reaching, they almost certainly didn’t foresee the profound impact they would have on the future identity of British Surf.

SUMMER ‘22 - BLUE HEALTH

Blue health is becoming a popular topic all over the world, with more discussion and research taking place to uncover exactly how so-called blue spaces - such as the sea or lakes - benefit our health and well-being.

People who access blue spaces, whether through swimming, paddle boarding, surfing, or other marine activities, recognise it has a positive effect. Many believe the sea have a therapeutic quality, exciting and magical, with “moods to fill the storehouse of the mind”, as Hilaire Belloc put it in his book The Cruise of the Nona 1925.