Computers, Turbowolf and Sharks at the Old Blue Last

Went down to see The Computers in The Old Blue last night and saw an awesome band called Sharks! You should check them out on their myspace.

Sharks is such a good name for a band. Sharks rule. There was an awesome feature in Huck last issue about sharks becoming extinct. You should read it I’m not kidding. Did you know that 100,000,000 sharks get killed each year and that their numbers have decreased by 99 per cent over the last 30 years. Mr Masterson, who wrote the article, attributes a lot of this to the bad rap they get in the media/arts. That sucks so bad. I’m glad a cool band is reclaiming the name shark positively for a kick-ass sound.

Turbowolf were pretty funny and super hot.

The Computers have a new video. Nice close-ups boys!

The Computers – ‘Teenage Tourettes Camp’ from carl shanahan on Vimeo.

Hector Menendez Interview for Huck

The Hector Menendez interview is up on the HUCK website. You can read it here.

Brotherhood Publishing

On my recent escapade to France I had the good fortune to meet the editor-in-chief and creative mind behind Brotherhood publishing, Bruno Debauche.

Aside from a pretty rad “Dogtown” tattoo across his back and having the coolest skateboarding kid ever, Bruno has also nurtured a publishing company that has awesome titles Beach Brother, Flavour and Spray on its roster.

Spray is like a French Huck but slightly more music-orientated. Check out the awesome Harmony Korine cover below.

I would love to work with them one day… now there’s just the small task of learning French. Poulet potage is something I’ve picked up. Pfft, how hard can it be.

Biarritz with Nike 6.0

I just got back from a week in the basque country courtesy of the lovely people at Nike 6.0. It was a blast. Here are some fisheye pictures I took in the week. When we were shooting Michel Bourez the tide washed away my bag with camera/dictaphone/passport inside but the “spartan” was quick to grab it and they developed fine! Phew.

We interviewed snowboarder Marc Swoboda and surf champ Michel Bourez who recently beat Kelly Slater as well as Hector Menendez about his blog Wasted Youth Society who was such a cool guy. The interviews will be available in Huck Magazine soon so keep checking back!

This was the pool in the surf house.

And the view from my hotel room in Capbreton, which was SICK. Check out the hotel here.

You can see the pool in the reflection. Hmm sweet blue.

Some boats where we ate lunch.

Phil Young from Nike. Such a dude.

Lars from Surfers Magazine in Germany and our photograher Tim.

Marc Swoboda and I representing the awesome clothing company he is involved in, LOVE which donates money to special causes.

Me wakeboarding! I want to find some lakes near London. Anyone know of any?






Coolest kid ever doing airwalks in Biarritz skate park.

Me just hanging out by a ramp.




Hanging out with Michel Bourez on a rock in the sea.

Totally irrelevant photo at end of film. Still nice though.

Read more about my trip on the Huck website here.