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Just found this on Vimeo.

A day in the life of New York City, in beautiful tilt-shift miniature.

Winner of Prix Ars Electronica Award of Distinction 2010

Love it. Tilt-shift makes the world look so cool.

Here’ s Neil Stuke, from Celebrity Masterchef sporting our Fredrik shirt from last winter and our classic howies t-shirt.

Watch it again here on iplayer http://bbc.co.uk/i/tfcz2/

I have a stack of these DVDs on my desk from the good people at Surfers Against Sewage.

“View from the green room” is the Uk’s first environmental surf documentary – now, i’m not a very good salesman so i’ll just copy what they’ve written about it:

” ‘View from the greenroom’ examines the pollution issues of today through the eyes of Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) campaigners. Joined by Team Quicksilver, our international crew score barrel after barrel at some amazing new locations in Scotland, before breaking off to reflect on the dangers our coastline faces from poor shipping practises, the unregulated discharge of toxic chemicals, conveyor belts of litter travelling up on the Gulf stream and the threats to surfing from climate change. With a touch of humour we highlight these problems in true SAS style.”

So there it is.

First 6 people to email me with their addresses will get one, but only if you answer the following question correctly mind!:

“Do you want a free dvd?”

a) Yes

b) no

send your answers to hollie(at)howies(dot)co(dot)uk.

(Ps – the answer is A)

I just came across The Safety is Sexy Campaign via the wonders of  Twitter and they had this video on their blog, it made me giggle, even though it is a serious message, so I had to share it with you.

Last weekend, when some of us were racing around Ramsey Island in rowing boats, a couple of friends of ours were not to far away kayaking near Ramsey and a near by group of Islands called ‘the Bishops and Clerks’.

I have kayaked there once when the weather suddenly changed and the breeze turned into a force 6 gale and I didn’t think I would ever want to go back.

However in this video it really does look beautiful, so I must go out there again sometime.

Great vid and Music Tom and Lou, looks like you had a great day and it’s what summer in Pembrokeshire is all about.

A trip to the bishops & Clerks

It’s been a funny old day, and I thought I’d post this up as it always makes me smile.

I’m sure lots of you have seen it but hey- it’s sometimes good to enjoy completely pointless stuff to put things into perspective.

It’s all a load of balls.

Matt

The 10th anniversary of the Bike Film Festival is coming to London in October…they’ve just released an awesome trailer to get you excited…or if that doesn’t work check out their website.

They are currently calling for volunteers, so if you want to get involved email hannah@bicyclefilmfestival.com

This film has just been posted on the Fairbridge website.

Fairbridge West just down the road from us does amazing work with young people from really tough backgrounds. At the end of last year we helped organise  the Boxcar Challenge, which turned out to be an incredibly rewarding and enjoyable experience for both the staff here and the young people

We continue to work with Fairbridge West on a regular basis and if you don’t know much about them- please check out their website and the great work they do.

Roll on Boxcar Challenge 2010 !

Matt

This weekend is your last chance to see the life.still exhibition at the howies shop in Bristol. With photography from five homegrown documentary photographers and a collective slideshow from 28 photographers from around the world it really is something not to be missed.

The exhibition finishes on Sunday at 5pm so pop in this weekend to enjoy the space. some photos and a bit of audio slideshow!

The life.still exhibition is part of the Bristol Festival of Photography 2010 and features work from John Angerson, Gina Lundy, Rebecca Harley, Tamany Baker and Mike Lusmore. You can get more information about life.still at their website www.lifestill.co.uk