The official
website for freelance writer and professional surfer Sam Bleakley, whose first
book 'Surfing Brilliant Corners' was published in June 2010. A new book 'Surfing Tropical Beats' is due for release soon.
I am
a freelance writer and professional surfer from Sennen, West Cornwall,
in the UK, sponsored by Biomimetics Health. I specialise in surfEXPLORE
projects with renowned photographer John Callahan and have undertaken
groundbreaking trips to the likes of China, Algeria, Liberia, Kenya,
Oman, South Korea, Palawan and the Maluku Islands. Surf writing has
led me to visit over fifty countries. My roots, however, remain in Penwith,
where I live with my family above Gwenver beach, close to Land's End,
the westernmost tip of England - next stop Novia Scotia. I have an MA
in Geography from Pembroke College, the University of Cambridge, and
I am researching a part-time PhD in Travel Writing with University College
Falmouth (Performance Writing Research Group).
My first book, Surfing
Brilliant Corners, details a decade of extreme global surf
travel, illustrated by John Callahan. Surfing, jazz, geography, ecology
and cultural studies mix as I journey to Mauritania, locked in political
strife, where landmines litter access to some of the best waves on the
planet; and Haiti, which captures my heart and makes it race as if falling
in love.
My second book, Surfing
Tropical Beats, is due for publication soon.
Copyright
© 2011 Sam Bleakley and other copyright holders.
Sam Bleakley - Haiti
Sam Bleakley - Haiti
Sam Bleakley - Haiti
Sam Bleakley - Surf Haiti
Sam Bleakley - Surf India
Sam Bleakley - Surf Malaysia
Sam Bleakley - Surf Mauritania
Sam Bleakley - China
Sam Bleakley - Liberia
Sam Bleakley - China
Sam Bleakley - Surf Philippines
Sam Bleakley - Surf India
