
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.