“It would be nice for kids to see that there is more to surfing than contests and dubstep”
How do you find fitting in to the international surf scene being from UK/Cornwall? I’m not sure, I mean I don’t have anything to do with the UK surf industry anymore, and there’s not a lot going on in it that interests me, so I don’t know a lot about it. But the UK surfing level has gone up loads, a bunch of my friends are UK pro surfers and they shred, but outside of comps and surfing, the UK stuff is pretty boring. Not taking anything away from the surfers, I have full respect for them, they are surfing well. Yeah but its definitely not for me. I feel myself and my close friends fit in better when we travel, none of our sponsors have much to do with the UK. So when I get to travel and meet guys from Cali and Australia that are into the same shit as me, it’s nice.
What are your feelings about the current state of the surf scene? Apart from the actual surfing standard, the UK surf scene is the same as it always has been pretty much. I think a few guys have put a creative side to it like Mickey Smith’s videos and photos, and a select few companies expanding their creative minds, that stuff’s rad. The rest still seems the same old UK scene, feeding off its self and not letting in anything new. Just surfing as a sport, surf surf surf, there is no character or flavour. I think it’s just a sport to them, like football or anything else. I am not sure if its because most UK surfers just don’t enjoy things outside sport like music, art or photography, and think its lame, who knows maybe that’s why it will always be the same scene.
What do you see as your personal role within surfing? What mark would you like to make within surfing? I don’t really have any goals and I have no role in surfing really, it would be nice for kids or anyone to see that there is more to surfing than contests and dubstep, that would be nice. What are you planning next? I’m going to be young for a while, and do things I enjoy.
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