FAW ISSUE 02
The love of outdoor recreation
Issue 02 is ABOUT!
Hands down, the best part of making these is having an excuse to chat to some incredible people about cool stuff that makes them tick. You can immediately feel the love in their words and images, and in the attention they pay to small details that give you an insight into their take on the outdoors.
Bea & Emma reflect on the concept of home through ski-touring in Norway.
Chase curates a selection of vintage magazine covers from the Outdoor Recreation Archive.
Bruno & Rikke tell us how it feels to leave London and bikepack across Europe.
Ben & Brian of Fielder Films go behind the scenes of their surf adventure film projects in the Bering Sea.
Liam talks representation in trail running, and shares why youth participation is essential for the sport’s future.
The list goes on…
Issue 02 brings together the perspectives of bikepackers, skiers, surfers, skaters, archivists, artists, campers and runners, exploring where they find meaning in time spent outside.
Packing all this up into a mag is such a buzz and for 12 quid, you can get your very own 94 page slice of it. Bargain.
Buy HERE or pick up a copy in-person from one of our stockists.
As always, thanks for the support!
Here’s a few spreads and an extract from our Q&A with the Fielder Films crew.
An extract from our Q&A with Fielder Films
Fielder Films is the filmmaking duo of Ben Weiland and Brian Davis.
We have been creating projects together for close to a decade. Island X was a film nearly six years in the making – a project that required an incredible amount of planning, patience, and time to bring to life. We handled everything from filming to editing, and what started as a surf exploration project slowly evolved into something much deeper and more human.
When the opportunity came to return to the islands, there was a feeling that more story still existed out there. Nobody expected the return trip to become an entirely new film, but after coming home with so much footage and so many new experiences, Return to Bering naturally took shape.
Filming in the Bering Sea, 300 miles off the west coast of Alaska, was a wild and unforgettable experience that left a lasting impact on everyone involved.
Q: Filming on a chain of remote islands in the Bering Sea isn’t exactly grab-and-go. What does it actually take to get a crew and gear to a location like this?
Brian: People don’t realise how remote it is until they actually see it on a map - and even then, getting there is a whole other story. It’s one of the hardest places to reach, and timing that with a good swell makes it even more challenging.
You can’t really just show up. Ben spent years building relationships with locals on the island to help figure out lodging, vehicles, and the basic infrastructure needed to make a trip like this possible. The airline that used to service the island recently stopped flying there, so currently it’s harder than ever to get out to the island.
Ben: It took years to put it all together, get to know the local people, and understand how to actually navigate these islands. We have been there four times now, and it is the relationships with the people that have helped us create these films and navigate the challenges of getting from island to island.
Q: There’s a feeling that Island X is less about a search for waves and more about the perspectives of people like Mark and Ricardo. Was this the intention from the beginning, and why were these important stories to tell?
Brian: We’ve always had a gritty approach to filmmaking, and that often includes finding characters that make you want to follow along on the journey. Mark’s story naturally revealed itself during the making of Island X. Midway through filming, his house tragically burned down in a wildfire. That became the catalyst for everything and turned into this sort of hero’s journey of starting over again as a photographer.
Once we had his blessing to include that very personal story of loss in the narrative, we knew we had something much deeper and more meaningful than just a film about chasing waves.
Ben: Yeah, our interest is in making films about interesting characters and stories, where the adventure and the surf exploration are the means to go on a bigger journey. I think the idea of adventure and pursuing the unknown is kind of an access point into so much more. This is what gets us excited.
