Showing posts with label movie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label movie. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Forget Wall Hangers

~pic poached from TSJ

SW WIND 20 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 6 FT. W SWELL 12 FT AT 12 SECONDS. 

Col. Kilgore: I will not hurt or harm you. Just give me back the board, Lance. It was a good board... and I like it. You know how hard it is to find a board you like...

Monday, December 19, 2011

I'm Not a Surfer but...

I play one in the movies.

NE WIND 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 8 FT AT 13 SECONDS.

Actor nearly deep sixed at Mavericks...
Ah hell...it's in the name of art right?

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_19582753

Friday, April 03, 2009

"Present"ed


NW WIND 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT. COMBINED SEAS 17 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 11 SECONDS.
I wanted to like it...
But think that overall the flotsam distracted from the point...
I don't want to harp on what I see as the negatives...
I think Dan Malloy is a skilled surfer...
As a narrator, a bit of a wipe out...
The inflection should at least approach...
The variation of the surf itself...
Alex Knost in all of his hipster charm...
I can appreciate what he does on a surfboard...
He's unquestionably got a unique style...
But the rockstar/artist persona...
Better left on the cutting room floor...
The comedy skit? Yawn...
I guess if those are the main faults I find...
Then I can't really complain...
More Michel Junod, less AK...
The clip of Junod crosstepping...
Was perhaps the best 8 seconds of the film...
And his LB mastery should have got more time...
But he doesn't do spins, backward takeoffs...
And other trick maneuvers so no...
I thought Joel Tudor's take...
Could be the basis for a film in it's own right...
Alaia surfing is pretty cool...
But seemed to take over the film...
Dave Rastovich, Dane Reynolds & the rest...
Some good footage to be sure...
But for me the overall effect was subpar...
Not a bad film...
But the Present just didn't seem capture...
What it was professed to be seeking.

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Yeah...No


NW WIND 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 FOOT. W SWELL 3 FT AT 9 SECONDS.
I liked him in Dazed and Confused...
A pretty solid portrayal of 70's high school...
But...Surfer, Dude?
Dude!