1WV1FN 2016 ///

AN ONLINE SURF COMPETITION

Surfing was a nomadic pass time that morphed into creative art on water. Self-expression and mind exploration possible through riding waves on a piece of wood, foam or anything that floats. Modern day surf culture, with the aid of technology has become a corporate beast. Inspiration and true originality has been sucked out of the art… thankfully, the underground still exists.

The 1WV1FN event is the brainchild of artist and well accomplished surfer, Sean Tully and his Innocnts community which is primarily an art collective spreading the gospel of creativity through a variety of appendages. This event reflects a blossoming movement, not a sport with rules and regulations... after all, the core reason we begin surfing and in particular ride longboards, is for fun!

The ethos behind 1WV1FN could be best summed up by Dane Peterson: 'Surf like nobody's watching.In today's social media world, instant fame can happen at the click of a button. With that in mind we went about carefully analyzing each eligible entry, looking for fun, frivolous and non-contrived surfing.

By harnessing social media, we’ve had a great display of fine logging so easily accessible through the Instagram 'hashtag'. Both year’s the contest ran proved to be successful thanks to the logging community's participation and sponsor support. Big thanks to all that entered waves and shot video. We look forward to picking again at some point in the future!

- Matty Chojnacki (Surfer / Judge)