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THE FOLD
JA
CK
WH
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What was it like growing up in
St. Ives and surfing? St. Ives is
great for a kid, loads of people
doing different things, surfing
and art are the main two that
seem to dominate our town, its
pretty easy going and there is a
close community.
When did you get your first
board? How old when you started
surfing? My first board was a
6ft pipedreams surfboard; it was
funny. I spray painted the whole
thing and slapped stickers all
over it. I think I was 10.
Besides surfing what occupies
your time creatively? I like
to have quite a few things on
the go, but I’m yet to become
remotely good at any of them.
I take a lot of photos, I enjoy
it, and its rad to do when I’m
traveling. I do a bit of painting
and little videos, but I think
s I’m gonna get into these
things loads more in the next
12 months, just because I have
always done them but haven’t put
time into it. And just surfing
all the time gets boring. Oh and
I’m shit at guitar.
What people are you stoked on
at the moment in surfing/music/
whatever? Music wise I listen
to a lot of psych and low-fi. I
like Ty Segall, Crystal Syphon,
Swell Maps, White Fence then
other stuff like, Yardbirds,
Sonic Youth, The Fall, Jesus and
Mary chain, but anyone shredding
really. Surfing wise I don’t care
that much on who’s doing the
biggest snap turn or whatever.
Just if they’re doing something
rad and fun to watch, then I get
stoked. As long as it is actually
them and they haven’t fabricated
their image because its trendy
at the minute. I get stoked off
anyone being true to what they
enjoy, if that makes any sense?
What is the oddest place you’ve
ever surfed? Don’t know, there
are some fucking weird places at
home we surf every so often, like
little coves that only work for 13
minutes. I surfed a couple of weird
sessions in Indo too.
Favourite wave? Home or away?
Its going to have to be my local
beach Porthmeor when its 1ft windy
offshore. Quite crowded (laughs) na
it gets fun. A few waves in Cali
are fun, and France.
What board are you currently
riding? A couple of short things
5’5 a 5’4 and a piece of foam,
I’ve got a couple of different
boards being made for summer.
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.
“It would be nice for
kids to see that there
is more to surfing than
contests and dubstep”
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.
Find jack at
hypnoticpocket.com
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