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CHRIS RYAN: LIVES IN HAYLE, CORNWALL, IN PART OF THE OLD "HARVEYS FOUNDRY" WHICH IN ITS HEYDAY, WAS ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF STEAM ENGINE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE, SUPPLYING ENGINES AROUND THE GLOBE. HE IS A BODGE ARTIST OF THE HIGHEST DEGREE LIVING BY THE MAXIM " IF A JOB IS WORTH DOING...ITS WORTH DOING WELL BUT I'LL BODGE IT ANYWAY!" HE SURFS ALL AROUND THE LANDS END PENINSULAR, BUT MAINLY ST.IVES BAY, FROM HAYLE RIVER MOUTH TO GODREVY LIGHTHOUSE.HE RIDES A LONGBOARD AND IS SPONSORED BY KAMIKAZE SURFBOARDS OF HAYLE.HE HAS COMPETED IN THE BRITISH NATIONALS. TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT CHRIS GETS UP TO,CHECK OUT HIS WEBSITE SWELL OF '64 |
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JAMIE PARDOE:IS A SELF EMPLOYED SCULPTOR AND PATTERN MAKER.HE LIVES BELOW THE ANCIENT HILLFORT OF TRENCROM HILL,IN BETWEEN PENZANCE AND ST.IVES IN THE LANDS END PENINSULAR OF CORNWALL. HE IS AN EXPERT WITH NON FERROUS METALS, AND HAS MADE SEVERAL SCULPTURES, MAINLY IN COPPER, BRASS AND ALLUMINIUM.HE ALSO SPENDS A LOT OF TIME THINKING UP WHACKY INVENTIONS LIKE THE MINI SURF MACHINE WHICH WAS SHOWN ON OUR SCRAPHEAP CHALLENGE INTRODUCTORY FILM.(I HAVE MADE A SHORT REAL PLAYER MOVIE OF IT .SEE BELOW) JAMIE CURRENTLY SPECIALIZES IN MAKING CAMERA WATERHOUSINGS WHICH CAN BE SEEN ON HIS WEBSITE JAMIE IS AN EXCELLENT SURFER,WHO ALSO SURFS ST.IVES BAY.HE HAS BEEN SURFING A LONGBOARD FOR A FEW YEARS AND IS SPONSORED BY "DOWN THE LINE" SURF SHOP IN HAYLE |
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DANIEL HARDING:IS AN ARTIST BLACKSMITH,WHO LIVES IN CARBIS BAY, ST.IVES,OVERLOOKING ST.IVES BAY. HE HAS A COMPANY CALLED "H.O.T. CREATIVE DESIGNS" AND SPECIALISES IN MAKING THINGS FROM RECYCLED OBJECTS,A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHICH CAN BE VIEWED AT WWW.HOT-POD.CO.UK. HE ALSO PROVIDES SOME OF THE LOCAL SURFSHOPS WITH RACKS AND FITTINGS AND HAS DEVELOPED SEVERAL TYPES OF SURFBOARD RACKS.HE HAS A WORKSHOP AT PENCARN FORGE, WHICH IS THE FIRST AND LAST WORKING TRADITIONAL FORGE IN ENGLAND (DUE TO ITS PROXIMITY TO LANDS END) DAN SURFS MAINLY IN ST.IVES BAY WITH CHRIS AND JAMIE AND RIDES A 7'6" KAMIKAZE THRUSTER. THERE IS AN INTERVIEW WITH DAN BY A WEBSITE DEVOTED TO THE AMERICAN VERSION OF SCRAPHEAP CHALLENGE "JUNKYARD WARS".IT CAN BE FOUND AT: http://jyw.tacorp.net/interviews/dan.html |
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IN 1999 CHRIS GAVE JAMIE AND I SOME APPLICATION FORMS FOR CHANNEL 4S POPULAR SHOW,"SCRAPHEAP CHALLENGE" TO APPLY AS A TEAM WE HAD TO FILL OUT THE FORMS AND THEN PRODUCE A SHORT FILM,IN WHICH WE HAD TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES AS A TEAM,AND DESCRIBE SOMETHING TECHNOLOGICAL? WITH THE HELP OF SOME MATES(CAMERAMAN AND DIRECTOR JUICE,CAMERA FROM NEILOVISION AND EDITING BY TOM FROM AREMAC VISUALS)WE PRODUCED A SHORT FILM IN WHICH WE TRIED TO DESCRIBE THE BASIC PRINCIPALS OF OCEAN SWELLS AND HOW TO RIDE THEM. WITH EXTROVERT CHRIS,THE EXCELLENT DIRECTION OF JUICE,AND SOME CLEVER PROPS(BASEBALL BAT, BEDSPREAD, MATCHBOX V.W.VAN, BEACH BOYS L.P., AND JAMIES "SURF MACHINE")WE MANAGED TO PRODUCE A REASONABLE EFFORT. THIS MUST HAVE BEEN SO, BECAUSE A FEW MONTHS LATER WE WERE INVITED TO LONDON TO MEET THE CREW FROM R.D.F. TELEVISION,WHO WERE TRYING TO CHOOSE 10 TEAMS FROM A SHORTLIST OF 30. WE DIDNT PERFORM BRILLIANTLY AT THE TABLETOP CHALLENGE WHICH THEY HAD SET FOR US, SO WE STILL HAD NO IDEA THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY GET THE JOB. WELL...OBVIOUSLY WE DID !
BELOW ARE SOME IMAGES FROM THE SEMI FINAL "STEAM CAR" NOT IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER I'M AFRAID
TO SEE THE BEACH BOYS ORIGINAL SCRAPHEAP CHALLENGE ENTRY VIDEO AS A WMV CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW
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IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT THE BEACH BOYS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL US AT beachboys@hotcreations.co.uk
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