On the Push 10

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To fly or not to fly?

Trailer-On the Push

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A Surfer's Guide to Climate Change

Summer Surf and a busy month.

Surf's not been up to much the last month and the summer crowds have descended in force but at least we've had some sunshine and it's been no where near as wet as last year. It's turning into a typical British summer.

Meanwhile we've been busy getting On The Push ready for it's feature length edit.  Filming at the protest went well and I'm busy planning another form of action.

We've also re shot the trailer for the beginning of the film and that should be up today and the next installment is on the way.

This is an exciting time I can see the whole film starting to take shape (Helen's going to get started on the full edit this week!) and we've booked a promotional screening tour for Cornwall in October. I'll put dates and locations up soon.

Activism?

It's very frustrating being a surfer in Wales after having that couple of weeks of great surf the last 3 haven't seen anything bigger than 2ft.  But as I'm stuck working in London this week I'm kinda glad because it means I'm not missing anything.

We've been filming On The Push for a year now and the end is in sight. Helen and I have scripted the final couple of days shooting for the end of July and the editing is going to happen through August in time (hopefully!!) for the premier on the 19th September at Porthcawl's Grand Pavilion.

When I interviewed Richard at the C Change Trust he suggested that some times other action is needed to bring important issues to the forefront of peoples minds.  I've never been involved in activism of any sort so wasn't too sure where to start. Also feel a little nervous about using activism as a way of raising the profile of issues. But I'm willing to give it a go.

There's a Climate Change and Heathrow airport expansion protest in London on Saturday which I wanted to go on to experience this kind of activism.

On the Push 08

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