Cosmic Session El Palmar – 27 diciembre

Cosmic Session El Palmar – 27 diciembre

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Surf clásico y experimental con una buena Cosmic Session en El Palmar (Cádiz) el martes 27 de diciembre.

 

Hace tan sólo unos días, en un momento de calentón, hemos decidido despedir el año como se merece, con una sesión de surf clásico y experimental sin precedentes. Una quedada a la vieja usanza en la que no habrá prize money, ni sponsors, ni pegatinas, pero seguro que habrá muchas risas y se dejarán caer varios míticos de la playa; pues ya tenemos confirmados algunos legends, shapers, activistas ambientales, artistas y amantes de la cultura surf. 

 

Después de muchos años celebrando el solsticio de verano en el Cosmic Children, y además habiendo sido el año año en el que el espíritu Cosmic ha viajado por distintos rincones de la tierra (California, Cantabria, Costa Rica, Brasil y Chile), creemos que ha llegado el momento de cerrar bien el círculo y celebrar el solsticio de invierno en un lugar tan especial como El Palmar (Cádiz).

 

Para la ocasión llevaremos unas tablas, muchas ganas de surfear, un par de guitarras y ganas de liarla parda en algún tablao surfero. Buscaremos pescaito frito, barbadillo y el derroche de simpatía que caracteriza a la gente de esas tierras. Y esperemos encontrarnos con el sol (por algo es la Costa de la Luz) y con buena mar. El último Cosmic del año está por llegar.

 

Larga vida al surfing.

 

Javi Cantera, Raúl García & el resto de la tribu cósmica.

 

 

Ficha técnica del evento:

 

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Concentración de Surf Clásico y Experimental.

Día: 27 diciembre 2016

Inscripción gratuita.

 

9:30 h check-in en Homies (Playa de El Palmar). Se decide ubicación definitiva.

10:00 h Cosmic Surfing Sessions con tablas originales o replicas. Abierto a todas las edades y sexos. Unos 20 a 25min x manga

  • Single Fin Session
  • Twin Fin Sessions
  • Estrambótica Expression Sessions – con tablas experimentales, asimétricas, bonzers, finless, alaias, etc.

 

Si el tiempo lo permite, celebraremos otras dos Expression Sessions:

  • Pura Vida – El tradicional carnaval del amor que celebramos cada año en el Cosmic Children premiando la puesta en escena más excéntrica y atuendos más psicodélicos.
  • Corchopan Expresion Session – Esas tablas a prueba de golpes también podrán dar mucho juego.

19:30 h Noche buena -Barbacoa en Homies… y luego Dios dirá.

 

No quieres faltar… Y LO SABES! Pero si por lo que sea no puedes venir, aprovechamos para desearte lo mejor para el 2017.

 

the winners 2016 are

the winners 2016 are

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          FINALISTS AND WINNERS OF THE COSMIC CHILDREN 2016
Single & Retro Sessions
Pro Finalists
1st Alex Bauduin (single fin) Tenerife:  Boat Trip Mentawai in King Millenium
2nd Jules Noirbusson (twin fin) France.
3rd Jules Langlois (Grommet) France: Styling Surfboard custom made.
4th Anne Calderon (Girls) Cantabria
Resultados Cosmic Children 2016
Resultados Cosmic Children 2016
Amateur Finalists
1st Asier Ibañez (twin fin) País Vasco / Surf Camp in Maldivas at Mango Surf House
2nd Yeray Garcia (Single) Lanzarote
3rd Hanna Babari (Girls) California
4th Leon Agurruza (Grommet) Fuerteventura: Vissla  Wetsuit
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Shred Your Shape by Vissla
Pros –
1º Yeray Garcia (Lanzarote) La Santa Surfboards: 500€
2º Mark Phipps (Australia) Euroglass: 300€
3º Kevin Olsen (Sudafrica) KO Surfboards: 200 €
4º Marcus Lascelles (Inglaterra) Marcus Shapes: 100 €
Resultados Cosmic Children 2016
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Amateurs
1º Jules Noirbusson (Francia): 100 € in Arbuus shaping gear
2º Borja Beraza (Cantabria)
3º Roberto Letemendia (País Vasco)
4º Leon Agurruza (Fuerteventura)
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Tag Team Familias by Mercedes-Benz
Raul, Dani, Nestor y Silvia García (Cantabria) – Trip in a Mercedes-Benz Clase V to build their dreamed board to Enjoy Your Surroundings’s workshop with materials provided by Pukas.
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Estrambotika Session
1º Roberto Sanchez Ahau, Cantabria: Alaia by Matia Zulberti MW Surfboards
2º Donald Brink, California. Miller Division bag
Torpedos & Mermaids (Bodysurfing)
1º Eduardo Lopez Dóriga – Chore – Cantabria: Handplane and Macho Fins set.
Pura Vida – Carnaval del amor
1º Avatar
2º Zombies
3º Mariachis
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Highlights Sunday 19th

Highlights Sunday 19th

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SURFERS FROM 4 CONTINENTS AND LOADS OF ROCK&ROLL

 

¡Gracias a todos los que vinisteis al Cosmic! Amantes del single fin y de lo retro, Familias del surf, profesionales, shapers, pioneros y leyendas vivas del panorama surfero internacional, body-surfers, sirenitas, músicos, artistas, fotógrafos, activistas ambientales, personajes estrambóticos, travestis, zombies, avatares, mariachis y sobre todo grandes aficionados al surf en estado puro, de todos los rincones del planeta. A todos, gracias por el mejor arranque del verano y esos grandes momentos pre-solsticio.

El nuevo formato y la integración del Shred Your Shape by Vissla” creemos que ha sido un éxito y estamos muy contentos.

Ha sido un auténtico lujo haber logrado tener surfistas referentes  y grandes pesos pesados de la industria del surf, procedentes de Australia, Estados Unidos (Costa este y oeste), Sudáfrica, Brasil, Inglaterra, Alemania, Irlanda, Italia, Francia, Portugal y por supuesto todas las comunidades autónomas costeras incluidas varias islas de Canarias.

Así que a pesar de la lluvia que acompañó durante la primera mitad del festival, en general estamos muy contentos y queremos daros las gracias una vez mas por acompañarnos.

 

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Surfboards & fins tests

Surfboards & fins tests

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Macho Fins

 

Testing Stations

Cosmic this year, we will have some surfboards, fins and hand planes to test in Liencres beach.

As in previous editions, you will be able to try out some new creatures provided by Pukas, Ahau, MW Surfboards and Donald Brink himself put some boards available to participants to test the fluidity of retro, experimental and asymmetric. This year we will also have some hand-planes shapers such as Michael Kenney and fin makers such as the local Macho brothers from Macho Fins, a local manufacturer spreading their stoke tru the globe delighting riders as Leah Dawson.

This weekend you will be able to ask all these great shapers for they give advice on shapes that best suit your surfing.

Find out a few examples of handmade beauties and their construction process:

 

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Dream Steeple Santander lighthouse the 17th

Dream Steeple Santander lighthouse the 17th

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Dream Steeple

 

 

Premiered last June 9 in California, and presented by Vissla for the first for Europe inside the lighthouse of Santander during the Cosmic Children Festival 2016, the film directed by Eddie Obrand and executive produced by the legendary Paul Naude and Vince De la Pena, shows a combination of classic and progressive surf featuring a star cast consisting of Bryce Young, Eric Geiselman, Brendon Gibbens, Cam Richards, Derrick Disney, Andrew Jacobson, Corey Colapinto, and artists like Jay Nelson, Travis Reynolds, Jeff McAllum. Embarking on a journey through California, Mexico, Indonesia, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Australia, watching this movie is a must.

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Leon goes Cosmic

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Amateur Shapers Welcome to the Cosmic Children 2016


All amateur shapers or surfers that made their very first board, will be welcome on board to participate on the Shred Your Shapes event presented by VISSLA.

We are excited to announce this contest, and very proud to see how #CreatorsandInnovators such as the 12 yrs old grom Leon Agurruza from the Canary Islands, is shaping his first single-fin to come and participate. Good Luck everyone!

Música: Percal – Los Estanques*

*If you like the soundtrack of this video, you might see the band live at the 2016 edition. They really rock!

 

COSMIC events around the world

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2016 will be a COSMIC endless summer through the US, Spain, Costa Rica and a few more in the southern hemisphere. These are the countries chosen for the celebration of the different Cosmic’s 2016 presented by Vissla. Retro and experimental surfboards, pure surfing, and the best soundtrack will be their common leitmotif.

Cosmic Creek in Dana Point (California) May 22 to 23: Cosmic events will start in one of the world surfing meccas. Place inhabited by strange human beings with large aquatic skills and many hours surfing on their backs.

Cosmic Children Festival, Santander & Liencres, Spain, June 17 to 19. The soul-surfing fiesta that you wouldn’t like to miss.

Cosmic Hermosa, Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica, July 2. I will definetely be a Pura Vida event.

3 new Cosmic events will be celebrated this year in some pretty cosmic locations of the Southern Hemisphere. Stay tuned for further updates.

In the next few days we will continue revealing some other big and juicy news.

Hasta la vista.

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