Imagine if Emmett "Doc" Brown, from the Back To The Future had way too much time on his hands. His hankering for that little extra paddle power on his next surf trip, 88 mph Flux Capacitor related jargon and some tinkering later and he’d probably end up with the above. We’ve only one question for this latest invention, and it’s a one word question, why?
More footage from the new Melbourne pool turned up to 11 for the pros.
It had been several days since they watched this storm. On the cards it was perfect, a strong North / North West swell exceeding 6 meters with a Hawaiian period of 18 to 20 seconds, all the ingredients together to wake up the monster!
Surfers & drivers : Benjamin Sanchis, Eric Rebiere, Rémi Arauzo, Leo Havion, Julian Reichman, Pierre Rollet, Francisco Pinho, Jao Guedes
What lies beneath? Well in this case it's a juvenile Gray Whale just cruising through the line up. Check out this sublime footage when mama nature throws her beauty into the mix.
Some people would say you need to be nuts to surf Nazaré, so how nuts do you need to be nobody surf it?
For the past 3 years, filmmaker Nuno Dias has been busy capturing the life of one of the most enigmatic phenomenons of the Big wave Scene, Kalani Lattanzi.
Filmed in Nazaré and Rio de Janeiro, this documentary portrays Brazilian waterman Kalani Lattanzi’s route, all the way from his origins and first contact with the ocean in Brasil, to Nazaré in Portugal. Where ultimately, with his body alone, no fins or boards or jets, he faces the biggest waves in the world, in the most pure form of wave riding: bodysurf.
“Kalani - Gift from Heaven” also counts with the participation and testimonies of some of the biggest names in the big wave scene, that crossed or witnessed Kalani’s path, names like Garrett McNamara, Andrew Cotton, Ross Clarke-Jones, Hugo Vau, Maya Gabeira, Carlos Burle, Nic Von Rupp, Lucas Chumbo, David Langer, Tim Bonython, Tom Lowe, Dudu Pedra and João Zik.
This production contains a lot of unreleased and unique big wave imagery of Nazaré, including historic footage of the biggest waves ever attempted by a bodysurfer. The result is enriched by a variety of different angles: action from land, aerial photography or water footage, in what is a particularly difficult sport to capture on video.
At 25, Nuno Dias has filmed some of the most iconic Nazaré moments, is a multiple WSL Big wave award winner, including the filming of a Guiness Record Wave. His film “Empties” won best short film in 2018 at SAL, and later the Festival Lagoa Surf e Arte, in Florianópolis, Brasil.
“Kalani - Gift from Heaven” premieres this Friday, November the 8th at 9h30 pm, in Cinema São Jorge in Lisbon. Tickets available on Ticketline and at the Cinema São Jorge’s Ticket Shop. For more info contact @kalanithefilm on Instagram
