Showing posts with label Ben Weiland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ben Weiland. Show all posts

Friday, March 22, 2024

2 Surf Stories From 2 Very Different Locations



 Here are two stories from 2 very different locations worth checking out...


Sure it's cold out, but you can't beat the crowd (because there isn't anyone one else there... ever!)... check out this surf adventure by Ben Weiland...


Watch the SurferTV Documentary, Coldwater Journal, as it follows surfer and filmmaker, Ben Weiland's, decade-long obsession with exploring the most frigid, desolate and starkly beautiful coastlines on the planet in search of perfect waves and high adventure.


This could be a dream come true for many surfers.... but do you have teh resillance to overcome the challenges faced by Torren and Aiyana?


When Torren Martyn and Aiyana Powell borrowed the 35ft sailing boat 'Calypte' and departed from the east coast of Thailand in early 2022, they had a combined sailing experience of only a few days. The one requirement of their charter was to eventually deliver the boat to Eastern Indonesia. They could learn as they went, get a few friends with sailing experience to help through the tricky bits and pick up as much as possible from them along the way. With this plan, the pair embarked onto the South China Sea, headed up through the Strait of Malacca and around the tip of Sumatra; out into the Indian Ocean on a year-long expedition in search of waves. What seemed like an idyllic journey didn’t come easy. It was difficult to anticipate the challenges of the sleepless nights, the endless rolling and tossing of the boat, the breakdowns, the relentless maintenance and confined space. But adventures always seem sweeter if it really feels like you had to work to get there. A film by Ishka Folkwell & Torren Martyn - Produced by needessentials





Thursday, February 17, 2022

A Once-In-A-Lifetime Russian Surf Adventure | Scenes from Coldwater Journal

 

I find it fascinating that Russia has so many surf spots that have remained silent. I get it, it can be hard to share what wonders are there because there could always be that underlying fear that a nearly secret surf spot might turn into a destination that changes everything. I love this video, the nature, the endless beauty of the coast, and the coldwater waves. Check it out:

A Once-In-A-Lifetime Russian Surf Adventure | Scenes from Coldwater Journal

To watch the full film, click here to find it on iTunes: http://geni.us/ColdwaterJournal Back in 2012, photographer Chris Burkard, along with cinematographer Ben Weiland, set out on a once-in-a-lifetime surf adventure to one of the remote surf destinations in the world: The Kamchatka Peninsula. Burkard and Weiland spent months planning this expedition, inviting surf-travel junkies Keith Malloy, Cyrus Sutton, Dane Gudauskas and Trevor Gordon to their Arctic mission when visa finally cleared and the strike was on. In "Coldwater Journal"--a new 44-minute, full-length film--director and cinematographer Ben Weiland revisits Kamchatka, Russia with a fresh perspective. To read more about “Coldwater Journal,” click here for an interview with Weiland: https://www.surfer.com/features/ben-w...