Support BLUE Magazine

Blue magazine needs the support of the surfing community.

Save the original: Germany's oldest Surf & Travel magazine needs your support to survive the impact of the pandemic. The surf industry was hard-hit by the crisis, forcing the majority of brands to pull their ads. But we are no… Mehr anzeigen

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Funding period

05.05.20 - 15.06.20

Realisation

as of now until 06/15/2020

Website & Social Media

City

München

What is this project all about?

German surf culture without BLUE magazine?

For the better part of the last 20 years, BLUE has been a fixture in the German surfing community. To keep the fire burning in this dificult times, we need your support.

The production of our yearbook, including the wages for our authors, photographers, editorial staff and designers is largely financed by the pages we sell to advertisers. Due to the corona crisis many of our loyal partners had to pull their ads and … Mehr anzeigen

What is the project goal and who is the project for?

Very straightforward: Our goal is to finance the Blue Yearbook 2020. The money raised will be put to good use, paying the authors, photographers, editors, designers, our printing and all distribution costs.

Additionally, we'll donate 1% of the funding to the SURFRIDER FOUNDATION GERMANY - keep our oceans clean!

Why would you support this project?

BLUE was established in 1999, as Germany's first surf publication. Our yearbook is a high quality print magazine combining surf culture, art, portraits, travel and creative living. It's a year's worth of timeless stories condensed into 164 pages, that sets standards in today’s surf publication landscape.

We'll put everything we have into creating a very special edition for our 20th anniversary. As always, it's been a very inspiring journey working with the… Mehr anzeigen

How will we use the money if the project is successfully funded?

The money will be used to cover editorial, production and distribution costs. Of course this includes all fees for our many freelance photographers and authors, without whom it would be impossible to realize BLUE in the usual quality.

Furthermore we donate 1% of the funding to the SURFRIDER FOUNDATION GERMANY - keep our oceans clean!

Who are the people behind the project?

The Blue Yearbook is published by Blue Media Network GbR. Partners of the GbR are Andi Spies, Angelo Schmitt and Tom Köhl.

The editorial team includes Jo-Jo Alpers, Karina Rankine, Jan Blaffert, Tom Frey and Roby York. For more about us, check out: www.bluemag.eu/impressum

Blue Magazine

Andi Spies

Jo-Jo Alpers

Jan Blaffert

Cooperations

Dani Garreton & Stevie Gee

DANIELA GARRETON grew up in Chile, a country with more than 4.000km of coastline, the sea soon became her life passion. // STEVIE GEE exhibited his art in cities like New York, Berlin, Bali, Los Angeles, Paris, Tokyo and London.

Surf Film Nacht

Since 2010, SURF FILM NACHT has been bringing the most important independent surf movies to the screens in 40 cities in Germany, Denmark, Austria, the Netherlands and Switzerland every quarter.

Surfrider Foundation Germany

Since 1990 Surfrider Foundation Europe has been committed to the protection and sustainable use of the seas, waves and coasts.

HELP US – KEEP THE OCEAN CLEAN!

Dani Garreton & Stevie Gee

Surf Film Nacht

Since 2010, SURF FILM NACHT has been bringing the most important independent surf movies to the screens in 40 cities in Germany, Denmark, Austria, the Netherlands and Switzerland every quarter.