WIN A NEW RIP CURL LOMO CAMERA
Rip Curl have teamed up with The Lomographic Society to develop a special edition camera for adventurers, beach-goers, mountain bombers and travellers alike to document their own Search. The appropriately named Fisheye 2 X Rip Curl will become a must-have for all style-conscious fans of photography.
Using Japanese fisheye optics, the Fisheye 2 X Rip Curl captures an outrageous 180 degree view on one image and with the huge depth of field ensuring everything is kept in focus from the finest of details extremely close-up (1cm) to the infinitesimally distant.
Constructed from rugged materials and dressed in contemporary block colours exclusive to this model, the Fisheye 2 X Rip Curl is designed to be used in all walks of life and can even be taken underwater (with the waterproof casing) to capture a different world from a whole new angle; with its immaculate clarity and crisp roundness of the fisheye retina it yields a cool round shot on a rectangular image.
Equipped with a multiple exposure switch for unlimited shots on 1 frame, a bulb function enabling long exposures, on-camera flash for day and night, hot shoe mount for external flash, and using regular 35mm film that gives shots that extra print style, the Fisheye 2 X Rip Curl allows you to take complete control of your subject and is one of the coolest analogue cameras ever produced.
With the easy accessibility of digital cameras and the over-saturation of clean, emotion-less images, Analogue cameras hand the style, creativity and personality back to you. For photos with an edge, fun and imagination, the future is analogue and with only 2000 of the Fisheye 2 X Rip Curl being produced make sure you catch yourself a fisheye quickly!
We have three of these cool lomo cameras to giveaway. To be in with a chance of winning a camera simply answer this question;
IF YOU COULD GO ON YOUR OWN SEARCH, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, WHERE WOULD YOU GO AND WHY?
The competition ends on September 23rd.
For more information visit www.ripcurl.lomography.com Also visit the site for your chance to win trips to Australia and Portugal for the Rip Curl Pro Peniche World Championship surfing event, as well as additional goodies from Lomography and Rip Curl!
Tags: Lomo Fisheye Camera, Rip Curl
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if to live is a delight live on,
we learn from the experiences we have, the people we meet and the places we go,
our memory is a camera, but sometimes it needs help to trigger forgotten thoughts, and places that we have been too. i once went to new zealand to go snowboarding. we were stopping off in this tiny village on the west coast of the south island called Hasst and we hear there was surf….yes the middle of winter with no suits. i wish i could go back there to take photos of the land, the journey we took to get to where we were going, through fields and bush and a mountain as a back drop. i would love to capture, the faces of the people we met, the houses we saw…i don’t want to have another experience like that, that may be forgotten, i want to have a photo to trigger the memory, the forgotten thoughts and feelings
If I was on my own I would go to Cornwall as it has endless surf, cornish pasties, cream teas, surf dudes, beautiful beaches, wonderful scenery and friendly attitude so I’d never be lonely and always having fun !
On my search, I would go to New York, USA. I’m sure many people would love to go to New York, and all with good reason: the complex architecture, the theatres of Broadway, the shining lights of Times Square or the relaxing green stretch that is Central Park. The diverse neighbourhoods that spread across New York are astounding, but especially that of China Town, which is right in the centre of the hustle and bustle. I would love to be able to re-live what Ella Fitzgerald outlines in her beautiful song ‘Manhattan’. It sets a perfect picture in my mind when I listen to it, and that would be the perfect destination for my search.
“The present in New York is so powerful that the past is lost.”
This is why my search would take me to the big apple, NYC.
I would go to my local beach in west wales because it doesn’t get any better than home. Even if it means cold water, terrible weather a lot of the time, and not the best surf in the world, its my favorite place ever. Going down on one of the rare sunny days with a group of friends, a BBQ, picnic, our boards, and a pure passion for surfing. It doesn’t get any better, and would love to have an amazing camera like this to capture the moments that matter, and with the assistance of the camera, the moments and memories that will last forever <3
My search would take me to the islands surrounding Britain in search of surf. From the Isles of Scilly to the Orkneys, Shetland, Hebredies and Faroe Islands.
No surf guide book – just me, my husband and our dog in our van. Then of course boards, extra thick wetsuits (and lots of them so I never have to wear a wet one for the second/third/fourth sessions of the day) and a camera to document the whole adventure so we can re-live the search via the photos when we’re 80!
3 hour journey. Surfboards knockin around in the van, sun beaming through the blackened windows (and thats on a good day, this is england dont forget), me usually feeling car sick, but this is the day we go down to wales to surf again. We always know there will be a wave just right for all of us. Not too big and not too small you won’t be dissapointed. The best day of surf was when i went to Llangenith surfed till the sun went down, amazing sets of waves all day. Perfect. Now if coming away from a long day of surf with a smile on your face isn’t the perfect day i don’t know what is. However i haven’t been to hawaii now thats the place i would love to go to. Ive experienced the British seas, now to start my search in the tropics of Hawaii, this time in 2 years if all this backpacking planning works out ill be there fulfilling my personal search. Bring on the surf
(Hey, having this camera would be great to get some killer pics too while on my journey (: )
It’d be easy to say Australia, California or Brazil…but I’d like to explore the hidden surfspots in Italy, where I live. We have a huge variety of landscapes here and amazing beaches from north to south…the surfing community is rapidly growing and I’m sure there are a lot of amazing spots out there, still unexploited: Sicily, Sardinia, Tuscany…all amazing places with great people and great food!!And we all know food is the first thing we think about after a great surf day!
) and show how it can become a great surf destination for european surfers as well!!
It’d be a dream to have this camera to capture the Italian surf all around our “boot” (as we call it, because of its shape
The Search is constant. It’s a moving changing shape of the landscape of my life and my world. The search is from friends face to friends place. From beach to town, it’s a never ending cycle, hunting for waves, for good times, for powder and for the soul wrenching moments that define our lives.
Be it the loss of a loved surfer, we never stop searching for moments that remind us of him, to the search for a loved and missed friend. The search never ends, and it starts in every country, in every moment, in every slice of time.
The Search. Continues…
my ultimate surf trip is to follow the asp tour. sadly, i live in birmingham far from the sea. longingly watching the daily surf report on eurosport. the locations look awesome. This camera would keep me going with memories of surf, between surf trips.
It’s a fun question you got there coz exploring ONE place would never be enough. If i got the chance to go and discover one place, i’ld go to one of the small islands more or less explored like Kauai or rather one of the VANUATU islands. Maaaan researchers say that its the place in Oceania where people ae the happyest on earth, because they dont know much about exterior world.
Ild love to go there take lots of pictures, discover their fruits, island place, surf some and most important try to live the same chilled out way they do. At the exact same rythm doing the same things.
That would be the msot radically awsome thing ever :}
DREAM ON, NEVER STOP.
GO ON A SEARCH TO CABO.
Amazing waves, amazing times, beautifull people, drinks, cotails, atmosphere.
GOT IT ALL DREAMED UP
And the camera there to remember all of it.
ONE LOVE IS THE SURF.
I would go on a wild sea adventure in search of the giant squid!! I would take a tall ship with a crew of crazy and eager surfer females with me. Our search would begin in the middle of the south specific, stopping when we met with pirates and other occupants of the sea.
We would listen to tales of the beast and the vessels it had sunk on its journey. Thus leading us in the direction of our new path. We would sail to sandy islands and drink rum until the sun slid slowly down past the horizon, gossiping about the whereabouts of the animal and how are own fate awaited us!!
Should we capture the mythical being in our sights then I’m sure I would have one special piece of equipment to document his existent and celebrate our search when we reach land again!!! ARGH!!!
if i was to go on my own search, i think i would have to follow my curiosity and travel to St. Helena, a small volcanic island in the south atlantic ocean. growing up, ive heard many stories about this small yet complicated islands mystery and complexity. Saint Helena measures about 10 by 5 miles and has a population of 4’255 – it often goes unseen to the rest of the world. A small but humble place, my godmother would often speak fondly of her upbringing there, the sepia photos she would show me gave me a homely feeling, where the locals seemed warm and charming. Jamestown, in particular caught my eye when i began my research – it almost looks surfable! surfing isnt always about how great we are, well unless you want to be a champ
Its more than that, its about finding places that help you find yourself. No matter how big or small the location, no matter how popular or in my case invisible to the rest of the world…surfing is an adventure that can be enjoyed by everyone! having the perfect camera just means in my old age i will have sepia memories to look back on too!
I will visit all the countries in asia. because I felt something different in asia which is a good different. in asia, so many countries that have a lot of natural beauty that everyone can enjoy. and also many countries that have a unique culture that is very very beautiful. and also we can surf, dive, and do some water activity in some country. they have beautiful beach and sea
If iId love to take this camera to the more traditional areas of the Canary Islands, particularly Tenerife and La Gomera. Heres why!
Tenerife is mainly known in the UK for its neon lit clubs of Playa De Las Americas, but not many people know about the indigenous people of the Island called the Guanches- these were 6foot tall blonde hair and blue eyed warriors with a strong female presence. They fought off western invaders with rocks and home made staffs as opposed to the cannons and muskets-how cool is that! Id love to visit the traditional areas of Tenerife where the Guanches lived, cave dwellings and cliff top villages- and of course taking in the surf spots like Punta Blanca while im travelling!
Id also nip over to La Gomera, a lush, mostly uninhabited island where the locas communicate not through words- but with a combination of whistles and clicks!!
Im getting stoked just thinking about how i could use this camera- Lomo is ace!
x
I would go to Ahipara in New Zealand. A.k.a. ‘Shippies’ to the surfers out there, and ‘Sacred Fire’ to the indigenous. It’s a glorious 90-miles-of-beach with spectacular sunsets, yummie tuatua (shellfish) at low tide, gum fields, giant san dunes and glow worms. It’s Godzone in its own right with unspoiled sandy beaches; i’d surf the point and leave Tangaroa (Maori sea-god) in my wake.
Going on my own search is to say going to places that are part of the person that I am today (my home), Puerto Rico. Rincon, Humacao, Luquillo, Patillas, San Lorenzo, San Juan, Isabella, Utuado, Culebra, Fajardo –> towns with special characteristics that gave me wonderful and no so wonderful memories (LOL). Also, in the towns included, there are beaches that made my surfing improve. I am also a believer that traveling is spreading your life all around the world. It also gives you the opportunity to affects another person’s life. If I have to choose I would go to Japan, Nice in France, Itacare in Brazil, India, Australia, Aruba, Thailand and Peru.
If i could go anywhere in the world i really do not know where i would go….yet! but thats the point- It really would be a search! I would sail on Billy (my sailing boat) until i found what i was looking for. Im not really sure what kind of place I’d look for. Perhaps a place with no worries about the rest of the world, a place where money doesn’t matter, a place with no airports, roads or big cities, a place where i could forget the past, maybe even forget my own name. It would definitely be a beach; maybe a desert island in the Caribbean or Indonesia. Of course somewhere with surf, sun or cute boys!! I would burry my pictures beneath the sand, waiting to be found in the future. The people could use the pictures to see what the world used to be like, before we built up and destroyed our beautiful planet.I guess all I’ve really done is describe my paradise, but that really is what we all would love to find!
I tried to think of a place i would go on this beautiful planet, a place where people have yet to pave over paradise. Then i remembered how i felt in thailand when seeing the place that leonardo DiCaprio called paradise in my favirate film “the beach”. Tourists were everywhere! and in that moment i became certain that what ever paradise was, it did not exist.
This leads me onto my search, and i have decided that there is no place in particular on planet earth that i don’t want to go.
Every year my brothers come back from trips around the globe telling me of five star surf, envious experiences and memories they will never forget. And so for my search i would want to go everywhere! and if you had to put a name on this place it would be “Earth”.
If I cld go on my own search anywhere in the world, I would go to Antarctica. I have always felt drawn to this desolate and inaccessible continent. Because of its ruggedness and cold climate, it feels the most unearthly of any place on Earth. It would be the closest thing to going into space without leaving the planet. The reason that I am drawn to it is that the minimalist landscape and harsh weather would be sort of a Zen life experience, where you only take with you what is necessary for survival, and where you leave no trace of yourself behind. It would be an experience in dealing firsthand with impermenance and the durability of the human spirit. The ice cap is like a blank canvas of a landscape, a Euclidean landscape on which to paint our own dreams. I would go there in search of those dreams.
My name is Eimear and I’m from Derry in Northern Ireland. If I could head off on a search to anywhere in the world, I would definitely take off to New York City – filled with neon lights and skyscrapers and packed tight with people! It would be such an adventure even getting over there and once you get there, it’d be magic. What I would love about heading to New York would be that if you hopped on a train for a few hours to Long Beach you could get off in a totally different world! A massive beach with never ending waves crashing down on it. The vibe completely different, not rushed and excited like the Big City but now chilled and coool! It would be amazing to spend a day at the beach then lie there in the sand and watch the stars… Legend. Most importantly, I’m SURE that I would extremely enjoy myself and remember it forever…
I live in Fl, USA. I see the space shuttle go up for missions all the time, and I’d have to say I would rather be looking at the world from outside of it. The Earth is so beautiful, and my search would be orbiting around it! Imagine how there would be nothing else like it =) Zero Gravity, come on that must be so much fun since I’m used to falling off my surfboard when I take to the air HA. Then I would land on Tonga which is by Fiji, and live every day on the shimmering sea, sun kissed, and be leisurely. Realistically, I may be going to the Maldives this summer for a surfing trip of a lifetime, yewwwww. Happy days!
My search is not to a place. It is to find the excitement in the everyday. To find intrigue in the familiar. To enjoy things from as many angles as I can!
I would start in Asia. Where i can get the next flight to and from there over around the world for surfing is more than just being in the wave.
Its culture, spirit and sharing it with people who have the same spirit. Surfing is Zen, where to find yourself in everytime a new and for me the only way to find myself is connecting surfing with cultures and people of all places in the world!
xxx
Really cool camera! Love it!