The idea is not new. It is very, very old. Ancient. But it was uncovered in 2006, in Polzeath on the North Cornwall shore. We looked at it. At first glance it seemed to be something about connecting a love of surfing and the power and beauty of the ocean waves with something a whole lot deeper, something wild…

Something rootsy which feels like it connects us all as human beings and, if we will let it, binds us together with each other and with the world around us; everything from the sun and the waves to the houses we live in and the cars we drive, the whole shebang.

radi·cal (rad′i kәl)
adjective

• of or from the root or roots; going to the foundation or source of something; fundamental; basic: a radical principle extreme; thorough: a radical change in one’s life favouring fundamental or extreme change
• BOTANY. of or coming from the root
• MATHS. having to do with the root or roots of a number or quantity

Origin: ME < LL radicalis < Latin radix (gen. radicis), root

The root…