The Bleach Festival starts Feb 11th on the Gold Coast. We are proud of our friend Kuni Takanami who has been in Byron helping us on various projects. Departing Japan with his young family after the devastating earthquake last year, he starts a new life in Australia.

Many of our friends and creative collaborators are featured at the festival this year. Here’s the talented lineup.

Looking forward to seeing this by our talented friend Emmett Malloy.

Sipping Jestreams Media favorite band Years around the Sun sent us this today. A good reminder to follow your dreams your way. Banksy in the UK.

This time we went on a boat journey through the Mentawi’s. Featuring Jay Davies and Asher Pacey and shot by Innersection contributing filmmaker Loic Wirth.

To buy the song check here.

It was shortly before the economic crises in Iceland and a pint of beer still cost a small fortune. I’m pretty sure the budget for the production crew and myself included either beer OR food, but no chance of both. Dane had just qualified for the tour, Dan had insomnia (and yet still one of my favorite travelers) and Tim was writing his 2nd album. In the last leg of the trip we ran the risk of going off a snowy mountain plunge with no chains or guard rails. Sometimes the harder you push yourself the greater the reward.

Castles in the Sky was suppose to be accompanied by 5 separate journals made by someone from our crew, from each destination. Dan and a few others took care of Iceland, Rob whipped up Peru, Dion's from Vietnam is a little archive of art, Nathan Myers collaged one up of Africa and I finished off with India. Though the original mockups sit in a box...collecting dust...maybe one day they will find a way to release the stories they hold forever etched in the Jetstream. In the meantime enjoy the Iceland chapter. And Happy New Year from PS.

iceland journal -Click prior to view full journal
Sketches by Dylan Raasch from Years Around the Sun | Photography by Various Contributors

Don’t forget to visit Tim Curran’s website for some great music, like this song Nordic written while we were on the icy road.

Thanks to Waves for this trip down memory lane and some funny and reflective quotes from my friends, Rob, Kelly, Pat, Ross and Shane. Hard to imagine it’s been 20 years as it seems like it was yesterday. Pretty grateful for the friendships, the music and the times. Still going through some never seen archived footage.

When my wife asks me to come along and shoot video while she shoots photography, well I’d be a fool to say no. Commissioned by Lovecat Magazine, a cool model fanzine based out of New York…

Ross, Shane, Machado, Conan, Benji, Kelly,Poston and Knox.

Click here for free streaming access to Campaign 2. All you have to do is subscribe. Thank you for the many years of support…there would be no such thing as this career and Poor Specimen if not for all the people out there who watch the films.

Also our classic movie pass allocates a percentage to the Surf Resource Network’s ‘Create Your Future’ International Photography program. In 2012, SRN will bring aspiring young photographers from Liberia, Sri Lanka and Peru to the US for their own photography exhibit. As we speak they are busy making their dreams come true thanks to the donations the program has received from all over.

Happy Holidays from our family to yours.