Our Surf Culture

Low Pressure Timeline

1989 May - After extensive world travels in search of waves, work on the first Stormrider Guide Europe begins.

1991 Jan - Low Pressure Publishing is formed.

1991 June - The Stormrider Guide Europe 1st edition is released and sells out almost immediately.

1991 June - The Low Pressure surf shop in Central London opens. London's first and only surf shop quickly becomes a haven for landlocked surfers from all over the world. Australian, Kiwi and South African surfers flood through the door demonstrating that London is home to more surfers than any other capital city in Europe.

1994 - Portobello surf club based around the LP shop reaches 500 members making it the biggest surf club in the UK

1995 June - The Stormrider Guide Europe 2nd edition is released in 3 languages and full colour. Reaction is unanimous - the best guide so far for detail, design and ease of use.

1996 - Low Pressure shop gets Evening Standard award as one of the top retail outlets in London.

1996 Oct - The Snowboard Guide Europe 1st edition is released to more rave reviews.

1997 Oct - The Snowboard Guide North America 1st edition is released. This beautiful and detailed book is the first definitive guide to the huge North American mountain ranges.

1997 Oct - Low Pressure Films airs a 12 part series of Snowboard Guide North America films on Eurosport and various satellite channels around the world.

1998 Oct - The Stormrider Guide Europe 3rd edition is released. A monster of a book which becomes the benchmark by which all surf guides are judged.

2001 April - The World Stormrider Guide Volume 1 - After shelving this first idea in favour of a Europe guide...10 years later it's finally become a reality. The World Stormrider Guide Volume 1 quickly becomes the best selling surf guide in the world.

2002 Oct - The Stormrider Guide North America 1st edition is released. The first and only comprehensive, detailed guide to the whole of the North American continent, co-written and edited by the legendary Drew Kampion.

2003 - SAS take The Stormrider Guide Europe 3rd edition to the European Parliament to help show the politicians that the waters around Europe are used and enjoyed by people all year-round and not just a few weeks in summer.

2004 July - The World Stormrider Guide Volume 2 is released, giving travellers a whole new world of possibilities for their next surfari.

2005 April - Doubling of rent on the LP shop means it's no longer possible to be a small independent shop in one of the most expensive places in the world. 14 good years and thousands of great surfers through the door...Thanks to everyone who worked, shopped or passed through.

2006 April - The Stormrider Guides are now available online in downloadable e-books.

2006 June -The first part of The Stormrider Guide Europe 4 th edition is released. Due to the huge volume of surf, environment and cultural information, the book has to be split into a 2 book box set - The Continent and Atlantic Islands (due in autumn 07).

Coming soon

Autumn 2007 The Stormrider Guide Europe Atlantic Islands and Europe Box set

2008 The World Stormrider Guide Volume 3