New Tom Curren Video

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weirdo still rippin

miss. The cameras rolled.

this is what id call super boxy rails below

Tom Curren. Photos: Andy Potts

glad he has some actual surfboards that work well for turns

 

[Sharkbiscuit]

I can respect your opinions and critiques but I'm curious, what are the negatives a lot of you are getting from this?
The level of surfing? The filler in the edit? The off the cuff corniness? The music? The camera work? All of the above?

All that stuff could strike in a detrimental way, but we see so many flicks here that I cringe or tire from for various reasons relating to my own tastes. For instance, I never want to see another budding am/entry level pro riding a fish at Trestles ever again. How about a 27 year old zenmaster riding a quarter mile long windswept, desolate reeler on a modernized midlength relic of an otherwise obsolete design of woebegone eras.

The negative I'm getting is the drone footage makes me want to hurl. Like, motion-sickness hurl. I got halfway into it. Then I stopped it because I didn't want to puke. Specifically the straight down angle my god mount the fins and the gopro backwards and show me Beth footage.

The content itself, it wasn't Pipeline or air reverses so that is refreshing.

 

[_____]

It would have sucked if it wasn't weird.

 

[Subway]

i don't care for surf videos in general. I just want to surf, and watching other people surf doesn't do it for me most of the time

 

[GromsDad]

I can respect your opinions and critiques but I'm curious, what are the negatives a lot of you are getting from this?
The level of surfing? The filler in the edit? The off the cuff corniness? The music? The camera work? All of the above?

All that stuff could strike in a detrimental way, but we see so many flicks here that I cringe or tire from for various reasons relating to my own tastes. For instance, I never want to see another budding am/entry level pro riding a fish at Trestles ever again. How about a 27 year old zenmaster riding a quarter mile long windswept, desolate reeler on a modernized midlength relic of an otherwise obsolete design of woebegone eras.

These: The filler in the edit? The off the cuff corniness? The music? The camera work. I'll add, needed more surfing.

 

[TheEl]

Loved it.

 

[One-Off]

The broken alaia in the opening scene was classic! Do you think that was a real fall?

I was thinking, "If that was me I'd surely slip and cut my foot."

 

[One-Off]

OMG. Buggs Arico. I grew up with that guy.Haven't seen him since high school I think he got into real estate. How did he hook with Curren?

Also, was Curren hula hooping with an old, rusty band saw blade?

 

[caelho]

The broken alaia in the opening scene was classic! Do you think that was a real fall?

I sure hope it was real, that was the best part, especially the slap to the face sound effect. The only problem I had with it, like some others here, was the drone footage, too much of it. Some is fine but not the majority, and pan out farther, the tight shots in my opinion leave out parts of the wave I'd like to see......seems like that's the norm, and maybe there's a reason for it, I'm no professional. Other than that it was great, much better than all those vlogs, except Mason Ho.

Edit: Just rewatched it, it wasnt the tight shots it was the drone footage that was the problem for me. It can't be easy maneuvering and filming someone

 

[Maz]

unwatchable. the editor needs to be castrated.

Philistine. Perfect editing.

 

[ZZ Soft Top]

I said this in the "Free Scrubber" thread, but I loved it. And I dug the drone shots. I don't want or need to see Johnny CT Cool Guy or Hipster Bro from a bird's eye view, but it was cool to see Curren's surfing from a new angle.

 

[johnson7]

I thought it was good, it's nice to see him surf some actual surf boards. I thought it was also funny to see him customize his boards on the spot, he's like the Bill Murray of surfing, to funny.

 

[One-Off]

Observation- he was the most talented surfer from his/my generation (I think I'm 4-5 years older). No airs. I really haven't seen any of my early heroes pulling airs. I wonder why that is? Any 55+ surfers pulling off airs? I'm happy if I get 6" of my tail out the back.

 

[oneula]

is this like some satiric swipe at machine cuts?

 

[rowjimmytour]

Observation- he was the most talented surfer from his/my generation (I think I'm 4-5 years older). No airs. I really haven't seen any of my early heroes pulling airs. I wonder why that is? Any 55+ surfers pulling off airs? I'm happy if I get 6" of my tail out the back.

+1 or no need to grab rail to make a turn...

 

[Mr Doof]

1 - I'll watch on the big screen later based on my 1 minute small screen experience.

2 - I like to pretend I'd be a much better surfer after a week of waves like that.

3 - He is starting to look like my retired friend Doug from SB who always rides Matt Moore boards.

 

[freeride76]

that flat deck, boxy railed, e-wing twin looks sick.

 

[potato-nator]

pretty or not rail-grabbing is in style.

 

[SteveT]

Stumbled across it last night looking for something else on YT.
I really enjoyed it, seeing a quirky side of Tom was fun. Surfing is still stellar.
Is that shot of him with all the boards at his dad's place up the line from Todos?
BTW, what's wrong with riding Matt Moore boards?

 

[bluengreen]

40-liter skimboard?