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Surf Videos – What are Your Favorites?
- Thread starter roner
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the decline: of surfing civilization
gorkin/robertson/ justin matteson-whatever happened to that guy?
and loose change..cuz all the "acting" was filmed in my hood, few friends had cameos, stoked me out big time as a grom
gorkin/robertson/ justin matteson-whatever happened to that guy?
and loose change..cuz all the "acting" was filmed in my hood, few friends had cameos, stoked me out big time as a grom
I agree with OP most surf movies these days suck the waves are crap and its airs airs airs.
I dig the old vids for the nostalgic factor, although watch them now and you will be shocked at the footage quality and the overuse of slow mo, but at least you often get to see what the guy does from start of wave to kick out, instead of one move.
Blazing boards and that guys other vids, like freeze frame, the last surf movie etc, the narration was corny but kinda cool and lots of Kirra on fire and classic old school soundtracks.
Oh and some of the best footage ever in one of them, Buttons at Velzyland, surfing with so much style, doing tail slides getting sick tubes.
All the Rip curl vids from savage cuts 2, Rubber soul(both sick soundtracks, late 80,s Aussie indie power pop/punk) and all the other ones through the 90.s featuring tom, heaps of soul.
Wave warriors series, again corny at times, but the surfing was pretty good for its day, good soundtrack and heaps of bikini chicks.
Billabong vids, from surf into summer and filthy habits again great soundtrack,like TSOL and pretty good surfing for its day, especially the classic occy footage.
Oh and the vids that followed like, Bunyip dreaming, green iguana etc
Sarges scrap book series, raw and honest and great snap shot of pro surfing in that era, again great soundtracks.
Kelly slater in Black and White, blew everyone away when it came out, book marked a change of an era, like Nirvanas never mind did for music.
Taylor steeles early vids where pretty good and document another era, momentum was another era changing vid.
Some of the best surfing DVD,s these days i think are the ones that sometimes come with surf mags.
I dig the old vids for the nostalgic factor, although watch them now and you will be shocked at the footage quality and the overuse of slow mo, but at least you often get to see what the guy does from start of wave to kick out, instead of one move.
Blazing boards and that guys other vids, like freeze frame, the last surf movie etc, the narration was corny but kinda cool and lots of Kirra on fire and classic old school soundtracks.
Oh and some of the best footage ever in one of them, Buttons at Velzyland, surfing with so much style, doing tail slides getting sick tubes.
All the Rip curl vids from savage cuts 2, Rubber soul(both sick soundtracks, late 80,s Aussie indie power pop/punk) and all the other ones through the 90.s featuring tom, heaps of soul.
Wave warriors series, again corny at times, but the surfing was pretty good for its day, good soundtrack and heaps of bikini chicks.
Billabong vids, from surf into summer and filthy habits again great soundtrack,like TSOL and pretty good surfing for its day, especially the classic occy footage.
Oh and the vids that followed like, Bunyip dreaming, green iguana etc
Sarges scrap book series, raw and honest and great snap shot of pro surfing in that era, again great soundtracks.
Kelly slater in Black and White, blew everyone away when it came out, book marked a change of an era, like Nirvanas never mind did for music.
Taylor steeles early vids where pretty good and document another era, momentum was another era changing vid.
Some of the best surfing DVD,s these days i think are the ones that sometimes come with surf mags.
Searching for TC
Green Iguana
Litmus
Glass Love (NPJ!)
Beyond the Boundaries
Tripping the Planet (Oberholzer!)
A couple of 'The Kill' movies were good
Green Iguana
Litmus
Glass Love (NPJ!)
Beyond the Boundaries
Tripping the Planet (Oberholzer!)
A couple of 'The Kill' movies were good
Wow, If you think that the waves are crap in Dear Suburbia you must live at G-Land or something. On the surface it is easy to write off DS as an all air movie, but if you watch it from start to finish I think there is some of the best power surfing ever done. (this coming from a guy who grew up on the old Billabong movies like Green Iguana, Bunyip dreaming etc) The last two sections of Dear S, in Japan ,have probably the best surfing in my opinion (Dane and JJ) ever caught on film. If you think those waves are crap then I don't know what to tell you. They are both off shore and look like a machine.
+1
There is amazing rail surfing in the Kai Neville movies, as good as anything I've ever seen. The middle one was kinda sucky but Modern Collective and Dear Suburbia have some all time surfing.
Kai Neville's movies are hardly more artsy and boring then the snooze fest 70s surf movies with super slow mo and hippie crap or the 80/90s "punk" movies with silly pranks and too much skate boarding and abrasive 2 minute punk songs. Each a picture of their era and overly self indulgent in their own way.
My other tops are all from late 80s and 90s I seem to have not watched surf videos for about 15 years in between:
Searching for Tom Curren
Litmus (with liberal use of the fast forward button)
5'5 x 19 1/4
Gotcha promo video from mid 80's with great Pottz surfing
Slater Black and White
This one sequence from a Surfer Magazine video magazine in late 80s of Matt Archibold surfing Pavones on a red and white Rusty and just destroying it. Would love to see this again. Etched in my adolescent memory as best backside surfing I've every seen.
There is amazing rail surfing in the Kai Neville movies, as good as anything I've ever seen. The middle one was kinda sucky but Modern Collective and Dear Suburbia have some all time surfing.
Kai Neville's movies are hardly more artsy and boring then the snooze fest 70s surf movies with super slow mo and hippie crap or the 80/90s "punk" movies with silly pranks and too much skate boarding and abrasive 2 minute punk songs. Each a picture of their era and overly self indulgent in their own way.
My other tops are all from late 80s and 90s I seem to have not watched surf videos for about 15 years in between:
Searching for Tom Curren
Litmus (with liberal use of the fast forward button)
5'5 x 19 1/4
Gotcha promo video from mid 80's with great Pottz surfing
Slater Black and White
This one sequence from a Surfer Magazine video magazine in late 80s of Matt Archibold surfing Pavones on a red and white Rusty and just destroying it. Would love to see this again. Etched in my adolescent memory as best backside surfing I've every seen.
ifallalot <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif" alt="" /> The hipster crap is tiring yes. Don't worry though, the artsy sections are really an after thought. Buy it and at least forward to the Japan sections. Those two sections alone are worth the $9.99 in my opinion. One thing I noticed in Dear S. is Dane's landings. In many of the films the airs are huge but it looks like the rider breaks legs/ankles on impact. There are some of Dane's airs in this movie, where he almost glides in and and goes right into another turn. I've never seen anything like it. He is truly a freak.
Nightfly, I totally agree. Bunyip Dreaming probably my favorite surf video ever, has some of the most cheesy 80s filler ever. Additionally, I agree about Lost Atlas. Didn't like it. MC and DS though <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/beer.gif" alt="" />
Nightfly, I totally agree. Bunyip Dreaming probably my favorite surf video ever, has some of the most cheesy 80s filler ever. Additionally, I agree about Lost Atlas. Didn't like it. MC and DS though <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/beer.gif" alt="" />
Oh, I know that Japan part and a couple other parts in DS are insane. If you read my OP you’ll see that I said I ‘fast forward’ through parts. I must have AIDS because I like most of the music in that flick too. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif" alt="" /> Can’t really call most of that music ‘hipster’ though as it predates this new generation. Iggy Pop isn’t a hipster, lol. Maybe an OG Grand Daddy Hipster?
I don’t know what it is but I just can’t stand to watch dudes pump, pump, and then do an air. I know it’s technically crazy hard and can appreciate that, I just don’t care to sit and watch it. It’s like gymnastics or something, without the flow. Maybe Kai can create an old dudes rail surfing flick for us old crudsters. His footage/camera use is certainly top notch.
Anyway, I knew you guys would deliver! There’s enough sick content in this thread to stoke me out for long time. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/wave2.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/jam_on.gif" alt="" />
I don’t know what it is but I just can’t stand to watch dudes pump, pump, and then do an air. I know it’s technically crazy hard and can appreciate that, I just don’t care to sit and watch it. It’s like gymnastics or something, without the flow. Maybe Kai can create an old dudes rail surfing flick for us old crudsters. His footage/camera use is certainly top notch.
Anyway, I knew you guys would deliver! There’s enough sick content in this thread to stoke me out for long time. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/wave2.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/jam_on.gif" alt="" />
I think Arc is much better than Medication. I think he pushes harder in Medication but I like the lines in Arc better. Also the Knox sections in any of the
Secret Machine is pretty boss. I like Lost Atlas better than Modern Collective or Dear Suburbia. The Lost videos are all-time.
My favorite is probably Stranger than Fiction because of the goofy foot mirror feature.
Secret Machine is pretty boss. I like Lost Atlas better than Modern Collective or Dear Suburbia. The Lost videos are all-time.
My favorite is probably Stranger than Fiction because of the goofy foot mirror feature.
Some of the most inspiring surfing I've seen lately is the last two days of heats at the Quicksilver contest in Hossegor this year. Some of Slater and Dane's final heats are insane. If they still have them up, check it out. Love dumpy beach break.
+1
Also the 2011 pipe masters with maxing swell 53 hrs <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" />
http://www.surferm.ag/watch-surfing-live/2011-billabong-pipeline-masters-live-stream
Also the 2011 pipe masters with maxing swell 53 hrs <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" />
http://www.surferm.ag/watch-surfing-live/2011-billabong-pipeline-masters-live-stream
"Searching for Tom Curren" for sure ++1. Scored a great condition original VHS copy off Ebay a few years back. Epic.
Surprised no one has mentioned "The Free Way", Billabong/Bali Strickland productions. Amazing surfing from the BBong crew (Rastovich, Dorian, Parko, Andy, Occy, etc. One of the best surf flick soundtracks ever IMHO, with tunes by The John Butler Trio, Xavier Rudd, The Beautiful Girls, Donovan F. and others. A++ cinematography and editing. The whole package in my opinion.
Surprised no one has mentioned "The Free Way", Billabong/Bali Strickland productions. Amazing surfing from the BBong crew (Rastovich, Dorian, Parko, Andy, Occy, etc. One of the best surf flick soundtracks ever IMHO, with tunes by The John Butler Trio, Xavier Rudd, The Beautiful Girls, Donovan F. and others. A++ cinematography and editing. The whole package in my opinion.