After finding a virgin left wedge on their first foray amid the “Turquoise Islands”, Dillon Perillo, Luke Hynd and Pat Curren re-grouped and headed to another island they knew absolutely nothing about. The vacuum of doubt was filled with promise by the two local guides Kishore and Ram, local entrepreneurs with an for the exotic and guru like knowledge of what it took to weave the maze of local bureaucrats just to visit…
Nic Von Rupp and another epic instalment of his My Road series shot all around Europe’s heaviest slabs. It’s a treat to have a film to get your teeth into. Bravo NVR. Also featuring Tom Lowe, João Macedo and many more… A film by Dinis&Gustavo, directed by Gustavo Imigrante.
Action shot ©Helio Antonio
Portrait ©Carlos-Pinto
The Point Break reboot hits cinemas here in the UK in February… We’ll let you know thoughts then, until then the surfing teaser featurette is pretty tidy.
The era of the full length surf movie has passed. Web clips are the future for the attention deficit generation. Which is a paradox as whilst folk can’t arsed to watch a forty-minute surf film they’ll happily binge watch 13-hours of Jessica Jones.
Anyhoose. Whilst the event films of old that defined their generation like Morning of the Earth, or anything Sonny Miller and Jack McCoy produced are near extinct and the collective experience of gathering around a communal screen is gone we have an embarrassment of riches on a near daily basis. Which we can enjoy wherever and whenever we please. Everyone has an HD camera in their pocket these days. The kit to shoot pro looking clips can be had for under £500. Creativity has been democratised, as has distribution, we are all publishers now.
So much as we hope Kai Neville keeps plugging away at his full length movies and applaud John Florence’s massive donation to the creative industry this is the future. Neat segments of four minutes or less. To be watched at your leisure. As long as you didn’t swipe past and miss the memo.
Here are today’s visual nuggets for you to chew on all in one handy post:
Panamanian pits with Dane Reynolds, Parker Coffin, Dillon Perillo and Yadin Nicol.
Jermoe Sahyoun all over the shop in Morocco.
Marti Paradisis at home in Tasmania.
Sweet North Shore clips.
Matt Kleiner, him that’s Kerrzy’s filmer and a lush showreel.
More Hawaiian drone gold.
And that’s your lot…
Owen Wright’s little bro X RATM = winning.
The Backdoor Shootout has been a bit good. Video evidence here. Comp should wrap over the weekend as there’s swell on tap in the Pacific right now.
