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StRaNGe Beautiful LIFE – A weekend in London

Stokesy — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:55:33 +0000

Bar airports in not very often us boys spend much time in cities so when one of our films got selected to be in the London surf film festival we had an excuse to take the trip.

Stopped off at the flowhouse at bedford on the way to get schooled by the local groms. Great fun though.

Some real surfing coming soon in episode 4!

StRaNGe Beautiful LIFE ep:3 Summer Lovin

Stokesy — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:45:05 +0000

Summer Lovin

I travel for the best part of the year looking for waves to ride, trying to keep that burning flame of surf addiction alight.
The last surf trip i went on was to Indonesia where i was woken in the middle of the night by my first earthquake, it was merely a tremor mind and the bed that i was laying on hardly moved, but i felt it and i was awake in the middle of the night in a strange dark place, my brain was telling me to raise the alarm save the world but i was rigid with fear and all i could do was lay there and think of what i should be doing.
Eventually i came to my senses and walked down to the waters edge to see if the sea was still there, it was but that didn’t help me go back to sleep.

Traveling the world and surfing is such an eye opener for me, I learn so much from watching other people live from day to day, people, culture, waves and long days in the sun and then just like that I’m home again.
Home for me doesn’t change and i love that, its what i know so well, its where i grew up, its where my best mates live and its where i know every nook and cranny of the Cornish coast like it was the back of my hand. Home will always be there but for now there is a whole world to see.

Summer time, we saw this little two day chart and got cracking, swells don’t last for long at this time of the year, the waves didn’t get that big but it was sunny and fun and that for me is a great summer’s day at home. Welcome to episode 3 Summer Lovin.

StRaNGe Beautiful LIFE

Stokesy — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:26:50 +0000

Hello and welcome to StRaNGe Beautiful LIFE these words have been banging around in my head for some time now don’t know why, I just like the the way it provokes meaning I guess, these have been the words I have lived life by for the last year or so, seemed a fitting title to the project at hand and the only way I could get them to stop banging.
Me and Tim go way back he’s a classic Welshie wears his hart on his sleeve and lives life to the full.
I like to surf a lot, he does too but he also likes to make films.
StRaNGe Beautiful LIFE is an ongoing project.
I hope you enjoy watching, I hope it makes you feel like surfing.
Stokesy

Welcome to episode one of an ongoing series titled StRaNGe Beautiful LIFE we hope to have fun, entertain and get you stoked on surfing.
This first episode features my winter escape from freezing Newquay in Cornwall to the warmer waters of Central America.
Me and Tim spent two months making this and had an absolute blast in the process.
I hope you all enjoy and stay tuned for each episode.
thanks
Stokesy

wOw HoMe

Stokesy — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:28:33 +0000

Boom home at last that was one hell of a long journey back from Central America got in last night and slept solid for over 13 hours.
The last 3 months out there have been awesome some great swells and some great fancy dress parties what more could you want.
Getting all the gear ready for a surf tomorrow should be fun, so glad i have my super warm Animal suit cause the weather is moving outside
ill let you know how i get on stay tuned for a video about the trip coming soon
heres a little Animal wetsuit test to keep you all amused until then
cheers and gone
Stokesy

Animal – Alan Stokes Wetsuit Testing from Animal Freesports on Vimeo.

CRAZY THAT GUYS CRAZY

Stokesy — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:07:33 +0000

ha ha just seen this had to put it up, probably the narliest build up to a drop in ever, that’s Mitch the hell man Corblimey ive droped in on, my best mate ha ha gold cheers Mitch eat my spray. Pretty good barrel for Fistral to, good skills who ever made this good skills.