Cold Rush was filmed and produced by Geordie Mark Lumsden and was shot on location in the Outer Hebrides and the Scottish mainland. Eugene Tollemache, a former English champion from Totnes, spent several months on the Isle of Lewis being filmed for the movie which is being launched to a worldwide audience at its Scottish premier in Stornaway later this month. A former Rick Stein chef, Tollemache is captured scoring epic waves on a variety of remote reef breaks.  | | The Hebridean crew which feature in Cold Rush |
The action also includes incredible footage of the Resin8 Saltrock team rider's expedition to the warm water waves of Indonesia. As well as Tollemache's quality wavetime, there is a real tube-fest at Thurso East on Scotland's north coast courtesy of Chris Noble In total, the Scottish legend scores 30 plus continuous barrels in waves ranging from four to eight feet. There is also some remarkable footage from the four-day Hebridean Surfing Festival, organised jointly by former Australian pro surfer Derek Hynd and Stornoway's Derek MacLeod. It was a coup for the Isle of Lewis which boasts some of the most-challenging and powerful waves in the northern hemisphere. The islands remoteness, its ever-changing weather and an Atlantic-facing coastline renowned for its riptides adds an extra dimension to the proceedings. Three times world champion Tom Curren, a once regular visitor to the South West peninsula, gives a brief glimpse of his true surfing style along with his protégé South African Frankie Oberhalser, Hans Hagen and top-placed Briton at the event, Scotland's Stevie Clelland.  | | South African Frankie Oberhalser lip bashing in the Isle of Lewis |
Curren, who won the final, has since signed a lucrative five-year deal to rejoin the Australian-based Rip Curl team. The 39 year-old, who won his senior pro titles in a five year period between 1985 and 1990, has achieved almost iconic status for his surfing performances both in and out of competition. Curren, the 1985 and 1990 Rip Curl Pro champion, is a surfer who has contributed more than his fair share to the sport, charging onto the surfing scene in 1980 by winning the Junior Division of the World Amateur Surfing Championships. He unleashed a fresh new approach to riding waves that was emulated by surfers world-wide. Combining a super smooth style with powerful performance moves, the Californian took surfing to a new level and set an unmatched standard for everyone else. Lumsden says a film, depicting the quality of Scotland's waves, is long overdue: "it wasn't a set plan. I was living in the Canaries and travelling around surfing. Derek MacLeod phoned me and said he was holding a competiton in which Tom Curren was competing. I jumped on a plane and went straight to the Hebrides. "I went surfing with the guys and was able to get some great water shots and it all came together. After another year travelling I returned and met Eugene Tollemache. We got together and told him I needed more footage. We got up every morning for a whole winter and just went surfing. It was amazing." Lumsden said putting the film together was another story. "It was edited in a makeshift studio in a caravan. I sat there for three or four months working on the footage and out came Cold Rush," he said. "I think it'll show the waves are good, although it's not like that all the time. I just wanted to show Scotland as a beautiful place with a chilled out atmosphere. I've already shot some new footage and I've several ideas for another film, but it would have to be different there are still a few spot that haven't yet been surfed, so that would be nice."
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