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Travelling Tim
Travelling Tim Cornibear hails from England, and is the founding member of Ticket to Ride, a business that sends youngsters to South Africa - and other countries - on educational surf trips during their gap year. A devoted surfer with deep convictions, he formed the Ticket To Ride Foundation, which works with kids from Masipumelele in Cape Town. Travelling Tim lives up to his name by travelling the world seeking surf and new experiences.
Sunday 13 February 2011
Travelling Tim wonders whether surfing is being airbrushed with a false reality by the big brands to the detriment of the independent, counter-cultural spirit that is the reason for their existence in the first place.
Tuesday 16 Mo-vember 2010
Muizenberg artist Claire Homewood and kids from Masiphumelele township help Travelling Tim find his mojo as they immerse themselves in the narrative of surfing sub culture to prepare for a project to create a special, decorated surfboard for the Wavescape Surfboard Art Auction on 8 December. Using surfing, art and film as a platform, Tim and Claire ride a wave of imagery on the quest for the perfect aesthetic.
Monday 16 August 2010
In the wake of the FIFA Soccer World Cup, in which tens of thousands of fans bayed with passion and deep love for their teams, Travelling Tim bemoans a lack of the above in competitive surfing, or does he have the post-World Cup blues?
Sun 27 June 2010
Travelling Tim confronts his fear of what lurks below the surface and discovers a whole new realm he never knew existed.
Monday 21 June 2010
Travelling Tim and his co-conspirator Hanli take a soccer-surf road trip through the sticks of South Africa to see if the Gees is alive outside of suburbia.
Sun 30 May 2010
A bad knee injury jolts Travelling Tim out of his complacency, giving him a reminder that in surfing, the simple things are just as important.
15 March 2010
Travelling Tim recounts tales of sea monsters and the importance of those little scars on your feet, of the stories they tell and the memories that linger on and on.
Wed 16 Feb 2010
Travelling Tim makes a profound discovery about differences.
This might not be the classic surf trip story, but it offers a lot of soul.
7th December 2009
I’m stuck at a roadblock by a bridge, somewhere on the R72 north of
Port Alfred. The black tar road stretches far out in front and behind
me, inked onto the landscape and nestled in behind the grass backed
dunes that give way to endless beach and the cool relief of the ocean;
marble top sheen in the shimmering midday heat, says Travelling Tim
Tuesday 15 September 2009
I'm pretty spoilt these days. I get to surf pretty much when and where I want and am able to move with the swells. It comes with a sacrifice as my current chosen path is unlikely to lead to wealth any time soon, any sort of monetary wealth that is, but it's a sacrifice I'm more than willing to make just now, says Travelling Tim.
24th August 2009
She’s a fickle mistress the sea. And like the worst of them, when
you’ve had enough and are ready to walk away, she’ll draw you right
back in, only deeper than before.
14 August 2009
The temporal limbo of international travel, the great leveler that pays
little heed to who you may propose to be and ensures that by the time
you’re squeezed out the other end, reborn as the doors part through
customs to heave you onto the arrivals floor, you will look and feel
exactly as the poor fellow next to me. When he boarded he was all
smart; well-ironed suit with adjusted tie, shined shoes and pressed
trousers. Now he is mess, clutching his tagged and battered briefcase
beneath the blinding white lights of Heathrow arrivals, a rabbit in the
headlights and a long way from home. By Tim Conibear.
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