A SURF instructor from Penwith is the only Cornish girl to reach the final stages of a top UK model search.
Jessica Ferin, a 22-year-old from Penzance who has been teaching people how to ride the waves at Gwithian for the past two seasons, is lining up against 28 other girls to compete for the title of Miss Top Model UK.
The competition attracted thousands of entrants when it started and around 100 girls were selected for interviews in London ahead of the final in London’s Porchester Hall on March 27…. More info
The Billabong Pipeline Masters is considered one of the most prestigious surfing contests in the world.
That made yesterday’s HIC Pipeline Pro Trials a pretty big deal, too.
The HIC Pipeline Pro Trials was run in treacherous 8- to 12-foot waves at the Banzai Pipeline yesterday.
There was no prize money at stake. But there were eight invitations to the Billabong Pipeline Masters on the line, so surfers were willing to risk their lives for it yesterday.
“It was so worth it,” Sunset Beach’s Flynn Novak said while holding an ice pack on his head. “My goal was to get into the Pipe Masters and I achieved it. Who knows what can happen now?”…Â More info
[ad#cor1]
The North Shore surfing scene was relatively quiet throughout the month of January, so several events are hoping for a rise in February.
Among the contests that could run this month:
• The HIC Pipeline Pro Trials men’s surfing contest is expected to run at the Banzai Pipeline today, organizers announced late yesterday.
Wave heights of up to 18 feet have been forecast, so organizers hope to run the one-day contest.
The event features several of Hawai’i’s top professional surfers. The top performers will receive invitations to the Billabong Pipeline Masters in December…. More info
[ad#cor1]
Greg MacGillivray (“Everestâ€) is slated to direct a feature-length documentary examining 50 years of Hollywood surfing movies with a major focus on 1978’s “Big Wednesday.â€
The documentary will explore the troubled production and release of “Big Wednesday,†which John Milius wrote, directed and produced.
“It’s really about how Hollywood’s superficial view of surfing culture has influenced popular culture and the story of what happened when real surfers tried to change that,†MacGillivray said… More info