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Arctic Surf | Tina Bingham

Arctic Surf | Tina Bingham

Surf adventurer Tina travelled to Iceland as part of the Finisterre team testing the new winter collection. We caught up with Tina to hear about her first Arctic surf and...

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Environment

Icelandic Hot Springs | Harnessing Geothermal Energy

Icelandic Hot Springs | Harnessing Geothermal Energy

Harnessing geothermal resources allows Iceland to provide 87% of its demand for hot water and heating by geothermal energy. Bathing in the natural thermal pools in Iceland led us to...

Collaborations

RNLI + Finisterre

RNLI + Finisterre

Our collaborations with the RNLI continue to be some of our proudest moments. Based on a shared love and respect for the sea, and with access to the RNLI archive,...

 

Behind the Glass | Inside Walters

Behind the Glass | Inside Walters

Community. If there's one word that fits, it's the one. It's the ethos which ties together the triptych strands of Finisterre; product, people, environment. It's the family that all surfers...

These Charming Men

These Charming Men

A friendship born in the water and growing in the soil, ambassadors Matt Smith and Fergal Smith have been like brothers for as long as we can remember. With a...

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People

When The Boat Comes In | Fishing Women And Herring Girls

When The Boat Comes In | Fishing Women And Herring Girls

We recently journeyed to the Shetland Islands, discovering a rich heritage of maritime and crafting history. We were intrigued by stories of women of the herring boom of the late...

Surf

Dougal Paterson | Chasing Volcanoes

Dougal Paterson | Chasing Volcanoes

A humble man with extraordinary ability, Dougal Paterson has travelled around the world in search of waves. Constantly pushing himself both mentally and physically, he's surfed waves where very few...

Community

The Shipping Forecast | Celebrating 150 Years

The Shipping Forecast | Celebrating 150 Years

Finisterre, southerly 5 to 7, slight to moderate, rain later, good. 24.08.17 4 min read Written by Tom Baker & Rachel BuchananImages by Jack Johns You won't find many as...

A Night Of Courage And Loss

A Night Of Courage And Loss

Amidst the roaring seas, thunderous skies and howling winds, the ordinary and the extraordinary, two titles often set far apart, here come as one. RNLI volunteers, ordinary men and women,...

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Environment

Dan Crockett | The Ocean Of Us

Dan Crockett | The Ocean Of Us

The Ocean Conference in New York brought together 6,000 people from 200 countries. Over 1,000 commitments were pledged and the United Nations sent a powerful message to the world: we...

Ambassadors

Chasing The Donkey | Noah Lane

Chasing The Donkey | Noah Lane

“The thousand times that he had proved it meant nothing. Now he was proving it again. Each time was a new time and he never thought about the past when...

People

Easkey Britton | Like Water

Easkey Britton | Like Water

Dr. Easkey Britton, founder of Like Water, is a big-wave surfer and marine social scientist at NUIG. Her work explores the relationship between people and the sea, using her passion...

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