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The sun’s rays have cast a golden shimmer across the ocean. I’m sitting in the line up with Jenny Jones – Olympic medalist, 3 times X Games winner and multiple British Snowboard Champion, her eyes fixed firmly on the horizon. We rise and fall with the passing swell and our chatter drifts back to snowboarding. “There was a time before the Olympics when I felt ready to begin winding down my competitive career, then I got the call…”
Step by Step, The Jenny Jones Story by Demi Taylor

THE IDEA

Demi Taylor was the Editorial Manager for the 2019 Watergate Hotel Magazine, involved in the production of the publication from content planning through to commissioning, flat planning, as well as editorial contributions including a feature on Olympian Jenny Jones during her stay at Watergate Bay Hotel.

THE RESULT

The interview feature with Jenny Jones written by Demi ran to 4 pages in the Watergate Hotel Magazine.

THE APPROACH

Demi was the Editorial Manager for the 2019 Watergate Hotel Magazine, involved in the production of the publication from content planning through to commissioning and briefing writers, illustrators and photographers as well as copy editing, flat planning and talent management.

Olympic snowboarder Jenny Jones took time out with Demi Taylor during her stay at Watergate Bay Hotel to contemplate her journey from dry slope to become the UK’s most successful snows sports athlete while soaking up the best of what Watergate has to offer. The four page feature accompanied by original illustrations by Victoria Jones brings the journey and experience to life.

Olympic snowboarder Jenny Jones takes time out with Demi Taylor to contemplate her journey from dry slope to Olympic hope and soak up the best of what Watergate has to offer.

The stars are clear and bright in the night sky, so what does tomorrow hold for Jenny Jones? “I’ve spent so much time away in the mountains, it’s now about catching up on the coast. I love being back in Cornwall – the waves, the beaches, the outdoor living, it’s wild. Depending on the surf, I might go for a ride. I’m into road cycling…We’ll see,” she says laughing, before taking a last longing look towards the horizon.

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ROB MACHADO – INTERVIEW FEATURE – CHRIS NELSON

Rob Machado interview feature with iconic surfer by Chris Nelson

If I won the heat and if I won the World Title, what would be my path? What would I have done? What would have been? It’s so interesting. I think that really solidified the true me. That’s who I am, and I’m totally ok with it.
Rob Machado – surf icon

THE IDEA

Chris Nelson was invited to interview surfing icon Rob Machado for an in-depth feature to coincide with the release of the award winning Momentum Generation movie.

THE RESULT

Written by Chris Nelson the main interview feature ran to six pages in Japan’s premiere surf culture magazine Surfin’ Life.

THE APPROACH

Chris sat down with Rob at the Huck Magazine offices, the day after the premiere of Momentum Generation in London. They spent an hour chatting about Rob’s life as a pro surfer, drawing on many of the pivotal moments in a career that has influenced the course of modern day professional surfing. The feature weaves together key events that Rob was involved in, drawing on his first hand recollections and honest insight, to assess not just the personal effects but also the impact he and his band of contemporaries – Kelly Slater, Shane Dorian, Ross Williams, Benji Weatherly, Taylor Knox, Pat O’Connel and filmmaker Taylor Steele had on wider surf culture.

Rob Machado interview feature Surfin' Life Magazine by Chris Nelson

Surfing in the 80’s was dominated by a legion of strutting alpha males; stocky, pigeon chested, sun-crisped, each confident that they were the best surfer on the planet. They went by monikers such as ‘Kong’, ‘Occy’ and ‘Pottz’. These were power surfers with power egos, charging huge waves on the North Shore’s gladiatorial arena. Punching boards, sometimes each other. Then as the 1990s dawned, a group of fresh faced teens drifted together in a small house overlooking Pipeline.