Hell Or High Water

Next up in our Californian Omnibus we met with Christian Beamish – Surfer, Shaper, Sailor and Writer, Christian is somewhat of an underground yet widely known stalwart of the surfing world. Calling the likes of the Malloy brothers, Greg Long and others close friends.   A lifelong devotee of surf, frequenting waves from Ireland to France and the Philippines plus countless others off the beaten trac...

Welcome back… thanks for tuning in as we find ourselves in steady flow of new episodes. Thinking on this next one in our California omnibus, it would be fair to say that in a time where just about every outrageous human endeavor or era defining accomplishment has been done - one where you need to climb not one but 14 peaks to get into the record books, it becomes rarer and rarer that first ascents...

Moving from San Francisco down to San Diego through some of the countries most epic coastal communities we caught up with cold water swimmers, ocean activists, big wave pioneers and more as we looked to bring you more stories from the sea to inspire and protect what we love. As we touched down in San Fran, we took no time at all in getting in the cold waters of the Bay Area. There wasn’t a better...

For Episode 2 of this California Mini Series - we sat down with Nik Strong-Cvetich, CEO of Save The Waves Coalition. Founded in 2003, its Mission Objective is to protect surfing ecosystems around the world - where surfing provides a vehicle for long-term coastal conservation. One way in which they do this is by instating some of the beautiful, accessible and often under-threat areas of our coastli...

Throughout the year, OPEN hosts world-class surfer-shapers residencies, giving everyday surfers an opportunity to own a hand shaped surfboard from some of the most respected names in the industry - including to date Simon Anderson, Neil Purchase Jr, Josh Keough, and our very special guest today, Beau Young! Surfer, shaper, musician and 2x world long-board champion. Beau’s surfing is as stylish tod...

Bella Collins is one part of the incredible Ocean Sheroes, an all-woman rowing crew who raced 2,400 hard nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean last year in world record attempt. Setting off from San Francisco and finishing at Hawaii’s Waikiki harbour as part of the gruelling, unsupported, BONKERS Great Pacific Race.   Hailing from Essex way, Bella now calls Cornwall home working for the pioneeri...

For our first episode of 2022 we’re coming out swinging with one our of closest allies and one of the most inspired ’ocean and surf activists’ out there, Hugo Tagholm, CEO of Surfers Against Sewage and Finisterre Ambassador.   For those who don’t know, Surfers Against Sewage is a marine conservation charity working with communities to protect oceans, waves, beaches and marine life. It was created...

This week and to bridge the gap between this years roster and next years line up, we’ve wrapped up a little special for you of some of the best bits from our 2021 guests. It's a bit of a hash up, remix if you will, so in way of introduction and in order of appearance… here’s who to listen for... Our inaugural episode with Ambassador Easkey Britton…We dived in the deep end on all things blue m...

For Episode 10 we tuned in with a genuine surfing champion, with the legendary and unmistakable initials of MR. Now, I’m not talking about Australian surfing icon Mark Richards, but instead British surfing hero, Melissa Reid. Melissa, much like her Australian counterpart is not your average surfer. Melissa is a 2x World Champion in the AmpSurf ISA World Para Surfing Championships - making her Brit...

For episode 9, we tune into one of the more pressing conversations of the moment, and of our time with the COP26 negotiations upon us. For those unaware - COP26 or Conference of the Parties is the 5th gathering since the Paris agreement back in 2015 - where global leaders committed to cutting emissions and set the goals of keeping global temperature increase below 2 degrees. Hosted in Glasgow, UK...

We are back this week with another special of sorts and a slight diversion from our usual subjects. Following on from an initial prelude conversation during our Sea7 Ocean Activist Training Camp, we’re diving back into the debate of clothing and climate and the role the fashion industry and businesses like ourselves play. As such, we assembled a group of leading creatives, climate strategists, con...

This week for episode 7 of the show we have a slightly different set up to celebrate the launch of our latest collaboration with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution aka. The RNLI. Born from a shared love and respect for the sea, our collaboration with the RNLI draws inspiration from British seafaring heritage and the hardiness of the human spirit, with 10% of every sale from the collection goi...

In episode 6 we are joined by two great guests by way of Tim Conibear and Finisterre Ambassador Apish T - the two founding fathers of South Africa’s Wave For Change. Waves for Change harnesses the power of surfing to provide psycho-social support to vulnerable children in South Africa in what is fast becoming widely recognised as Surf Therapy. Over the past decade, their evidence-based surf therap...

For Episode 5 we’re joined by the inspiring, Sam Bencheghib. Sam is an Environmentalist, a lifelong ocean campaigner, a filmmaker and I guess you would also now call, Athlete having just last year completed his 3,055 mile (5,000km) run across America - crossing mountains, deserts, and cities to raise awareness of marine pollution. Sam is co-founder of Make A Change World - an environmental media o...

This next episode comes from the vault - recorded a couple of months back as I caught up with the fascinating, multifaceted, Charles Post. Charles is a Ecologist, Filmmaker, Explorer and lifelong surfer based out of Montana in the US.  I’ve had some great back and forth with Charles over the years, more often than not surf related or simply shared interest in one anothers work and I’d had him penc...

For episode 3 of Hell or High Water were joined by Pippa Ehrlich. Pippa is a conservation journalist, a filmmaker and Director of the hit Netflix Documentary, My Octopus Teacher. For those not familiar, the film documents the incredible and most unlikely relationship between naturalist, Craig Foster and a curious young Octopus found in the Kelp Forests near Cape Town, South Africa. Following this...

For Episode 2 we welcomed Pete Goss to the show.  A Gentleman of the sea and an old friend of the brand, over the years Pete has captivated us with his innate ability to tell extraordinary stories. A sailor recognised and revered for his seamanship and triumph over adversity, Pete is also an adventurer in the truest sense of the word. A former Royal Marine, Pete has walked to the North Pole, kayak...

For Episode 1 of HELL OR HIGH WATER we welcomed Finisterre Ambassador, Easkey Britton to the show. Irish surfing champion and pioneering big wave surfer, social scientist and artist; from Ireland to Iran, many here will be familiar with Easkey’s journey through surf. Exploring and promoting equality and inclusivity through surfing and the power of water, Easkey continues to amaze us here at Finist...