Caught Inside: The Surf Video Newswire

Review: rssHugger

2008-06-26T12:28:11-07:00

So I just signed up for a new Blogging directory called rssHugger to increase exposure for my little blog, Caught Inside: The Surf Video Newswire. There are a number of blogging directories out there, but rssHugger is the only one that I've come across that's viral. Founded by a fellow named Colin LaHay, it was originally a pay-for directory, but is now free to all bloggers, provided they post a review on their blog. As such, here is mine. rssHugger has over 112 million registered blogs and this site is dope.

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Chad Towersey Releases His Magnum Opus: Sons of Sickness on DVD

2008-06-25T12:43:07-07:00

Newport Beach's Chad Towersey has released his third surf film, Sons of Sickness on DVD through distributor Mutiny Media, Inc. Billed as "A Surf Flick Generating Radness Globally" and featuring Newp's own wunderkind Andrew Doheney on the boxcover, Sons of Sickness clocks in at an astounding (for surf videos) hour-plus of surfing footage.

"Organically created" by Chad Towersey and featuring a rogue cast of surfers filmed on location in Panama, California, Australia, Mexico, Cabo, Hawaii, Indo, Costa Rica and more, Sons of Sickness returns us to the days of epic surf videos like the original ...Lost movies (What's Really Goin' On, What's Really Goin' Wrong, The Decline) and the fabled Snapping Turtle Productions' releases Voluptuous and Voluptous 2 (currently out of circulation).

Towersey is no stranger to stuffing as many minutes of high-performance surfing into a video as possible. His prior releases, SNAPT and SNAPT 2: The Next Hit, co-produced with former Potent Productions partner Logan Dulien were both on the order of an hour or so, plus bonus footage.

Chad is a high-profile figure, both in his hometown and internationally. The 28 year-old N.B. native has spent time on both sides of the camera. A graduate of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts degree in TV production, Towersey hosted Fox Sports Net's popular "54321". His brother, Punker Pat Towersey was a longtime Volcom team rider who recently hung up his Billabong sponsorship to join forces with RVCA as their team manager (ironically, replacing Chad's old Potent Productions partner Logan Dulien in this position).

Sons of Sickness premiered March 29th, 2008 at The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano and featured hipster Alex Knost's band, The Japanese Motors along with Orange County favorite The Pricks. While I spent a lot of time behind a bottle at this event, the energy in the room was killer and the kids (I think I can get away with that now that I'm 38) were stoked.

Sons of Sickness features many of the surfers that Chad loves to point a camera at--and who seem to respond by taking their performance in the water up a notch--including Australia's Asher Pacy and Josh Kerr, Andy and Bruce Irons, Dustin Barca, Chad's bro Pat Towersey, Gorkin, Fanning, Parko and Dean Morrison. Also featured are some newer faces, including James Lovett, Bol, Alex Knost (a little longboard twist and N.B. shout-out) and possibly most significantly Andrew "Droid" Doheney, making his video debut and a big statement. This kid's got quite a career ahead of him; smooth style, tech moves and clean carves--the whole package.

Australia, Panama, Maui, California, Tavarua, Indo, East Coast talent, Chris Ward, Danny Fuller and a grip more locations and talent make this surf video a classic Chad Towersey production that will keep you couched, possibly over several sessions. Dump two hours(!) worth of bonus footage on a DVD-9, including a behind-the-scenes look at Andrew Doheney, NorCal segment with Anthony Tashnick, Teddy Navarro and Ryan Carlson flying Huntington Beach's friendly skies, Robby Gordon going mad off-road truck racing, "Brenno" getting stitches in his lower lip (Extreme Close-Ups--ouch!) and Dusty Payne and the boys lighting up Honlua Bay--it's enough to make your head explode.

Suffice it to say that Chad Towersey's done the boys--and his hometown--proud yet again. Sons of Sickness is an apropos title for a feature of this length.

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Surfing Classic "Beyond Blazing Boards" Re-released on DVD!

2008-06-23T18:13:57-07:00

Back from the ashes, Chris Bystrom's classic 1985 surf film, Beyond Blazing Boards, has been digitally remastered and re-released on DVD. Carl Ackerman, famous for his 101 Series featuring master shaper John Carper has teamed up with Mutiny Media, Inc. to bring a piece of surfing history back to life. Featuring boxcover artwork by surfing's most renowned artist, Rick Griffin, Beyond Blazing Boards is a cinematic crossroads for the evolution of surfing into the shortboard era.

Chris Bystrom (1950-2001) left an indelible mark on surfing's culture, as a filmmaker (Blazing Boards, Beyond Blazing Boards, Blazing Longboards, etc.), a publisher (Pacific Longboarder Magazine, The Glide) and surf shop owner (Retro Groove Surf Shop in Coolangatta, Australia). His tragic death left a void which won't soon be filled.

In re-releasing his movies (Ackerman and Mutiny Media have plans to release each of his titles on DVD), post-VHS generations will have a chance to not only appreciate Bystrom's contributions to surfing and surf videos, but also to gain insight into the shortboard revolution of the early 80's.

Beyond Blazing Boards is much more than a high-performance surf video wrapped in a pretty picture. Chapter selections include:

The '85 Stubbies Pro at Burleigh Heads
Scorpio Island, Mexico featuring Chuy Reyna and Peter King
Kong vs. Gerr in an analysis of where radical surfing was headed in 1985
Mike Stewart and John Damm at Pipeline in a dueling tube battle

Add in classic Uluwatu footage with legend Ronnie Burns, Gold Coast (when Kirra was king and there was no Superbank), Big Monday at Padang Padang, Aussie ripper Stuart Cadden, an epic soundtrack by The Untouchables and the Hoodoo Gurus and you've got yourself a masterpiece of surf cinema.

Chris Bystrom will always be remembered through his films, books and magazines. Beyond Blazing Boards, as such, is a must-have for every surfer's library.

Beyond Blazing Boards is available online at www.BoardSportsVideos.com, www.ActionTrail.com and Dealer Inquiries are invited by Mutiny Media, Inc. at 949.443.9020. MSRP: $29.95

Tales From The Black Van by Mitch Abshere

2008-06-12T16:31:55-07:00

Mitch Abshere and the boys at RVCA have just released a new, twenty-five minute longboard movie titled Tales From The Black Van.

As longboard surfing evolves and new-school rippers like Alex Knost, CJ Nelson and Robin Kegel become household names as the most identifiable of the longboard hipster generation, this sub-culture is bound to spin off a few precious pieces for surfing's collective historical record. Kegel's Gato Heroi clothing label, Knost's artistic endeavors (evidenced by his signature-style boxcover art) and Steve Cleveland's top-selling longboard dvd, Another State of Mind, featuring CJ Nelson are a few of the initial shots being fired across surfing's collective bow.

Tales From The Black Van adheres to the hipster image. A quick twenty-five minutes, all rendered in black and white and stuffed with enough radical longboarding and music from bands including Knost's own Japanes Motors is a lesson plan for wannabe's in far-flung locales who don't have immediate access to the streets of Newport Beach and Laguna, the centrifuge for this post-modern beatnik culture.

Surf videos and more recently, surf DVDs to be more exact, have been the major torch-bearers of surfing's historical record for over fifty years. With the advent of video and the eventual lowering of the price barrier to make filmmaking more accessible to the masses, surf DVDs have documented the niche categories that might otherwise go largely unnoticed by the surfing populace at large. Big wave surfing, contest surfing, the fish revolution of the 90's and feral hell-men like Timmy Turner have all found an outlet--and an audience--in surf videos. Witness Timmy Turner's landmark movie from 2004, Second Thoughts. What started out as the documentation of a group of young Huntington Beach pros on pilgramage to Indo became a full-fledged commercial success and secured Timmy's place in surfing's pantheon.

Tales From The Black Van may not have this kind of impact, but Mitch's contribution to surf dvds will likely be reflected upon as a lens through which to view the changing image of longboarding and a moment in time when a small group of surfers had an influential impact on the style consciousness of surfers globally.

Tales From The Black Van is available on DVD from Mutiny Media, Inc. Dealer inquiries can be directed to 949-443-9020 and the video is available online for $24.95 at www.BoardSportsVideos.com and www.ActionTrail.com.

Goin' Big: Gotcha & The Evolution of Modern Surf Style by Kevin O'Sullivan To Be Released February 28th!

2008-02-28T12:17:26-08:00

Goin’ Big: Gotcha and the Evolution of Modern Surf Style chronicles the crazy up and down journey of one of the surf industries' most pioneering and influential brands: Gotcha - a brand whose visionary marketing and design became a gateway to the action sports industrie's future. It is a story of bold action and innovation, of ambition and overreach and of how success can so easily become its own biggest enemy. 225 pages including 150 pages of award-winning advertising and product designs.

How did Surf Culture become a multi billion dollar global phenomenon? The tipping point came in the late 80’s and nineties when a few pioneering brands captured the surf identity and translated its style into clothing for the masses. One company more than any other set the table for the feast to come. That company was Gotcha.

Gotcha was a risk-taking idea factory, a creative foundry that took gambles and broke rules. It created a blueprint that action sports brands still follow and its designs, widely considered to be a creative benchmark, are still referenced throughout the industry today.

This is the inside story of how the brand rose to prominence and then fell dramatically – a manual for the do’s and don’ts of branding in the action sports market, and a must have for anyone interested in how surf culture became youth culture and how creativity is still the single most important factor in building a youth franchise.

A book release party for Goin' Big: Gotcha and the Evolution of Modern Surf Style will be held Thursday, February 28th, 2008 at Mozambique in Laguna Beach, CA from 7:00 pm--11:00 pm. Invite and RSVP required for admission.

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Second To None by Freddy Malone

2008-02-15T15:10:36-08:00

Second To None by Freddy Malone

North Shore local Freddy Malone has released his first film, Second To None, distributed exclusively by Mutiny Media, Inc. Sponsored by O'Neill, Freedom, Surfing Magazine, Arnette and Vans, the DVD is available online at BoardSportsVideos.com and ActionTrail.com, domestic and international dealer inquiries are invited at 1.866.342.6334. Email requests for further info can be sent to Mutiny Media, Inc.

Second To None follows in the tradition of classic surf porn titles like ...Lost's What's Really Goin' On, Pete Frieden's The Game and Volcom's Magnaplasm. Chock full of barrels, babes and bruises, Second To None goes for the jugular, featuring epic Indo barrels, super slab sessions at famed Bra Boys' break Ours in Sydney, Australia, ginormous Teahupo'o, including Ian Walsh's epic barrel and the best of the 2008 winter season in Hawaii, some sessions only weeks apart from the actual shoot and the release of the movie.

Embracing this style of filmmaking within the surf genre is simply taking a realistic look in the mirror. I've harped on this before and high-minded auteurs will likely deride a surf video like this, but in-the-trench producers like Freddy Malone deserve a lot more respect on a number of fronts than a guy working off of a corporate checkbook and cobbling together archival footage with talking head interviews under the guise of story-telling.

You've got to respect a producer who lives and breathes surfing, travels with and is considered one of the boys by the biggest names in the sport, and on top of that, foots the bill for the entire project on his own, not knowing whether his title is going to be received by the masses as a statement on contemporary surfing or simply get lost in the shuffle of corporate marketing pieces backed by huge advertising budgets.

The primary consumer for surf dvds is a 13-23 year old male. After a number of years in the business, I can safely say that my experience has led me to believe that most surfers are looking to surf videos for a vicarious thrill or to amp up before paddling out, maybe to study technique and style points, as well. Is this so bad? Does every bit of media have to have subtext, a higher purpose, a storytelling component--does surf video need to be high concept--do we want it to be?

Of course our sport and the culture of surfing deserves to have its stories told. Of course we all want to see well-produced 16mm features on the big screen. But do we really want 50-year old graybeards dictating the state-of-the-art to the next generation? Aren't these the same people that dropped their pants over Surf's Up and wailed in their handkerchiefs when John From Cincinnati was unceremoniously (and deservedly) dropped from the HBO lineup? Isn't it possible to go about your own business without tearing down others for being low-brow? Smacks of immaturity and insecurity to me.

In short, Second To None gives the primary demographic (Read: Shortboarders Under 30) exactly what they expect in a surfing dvd: Koby Abberton getting shacked out of his mind at Ours shot from a helicopter; Ian Walsh driving through one of the heaviest barrels ever at Chopes; ridiculously long barrels in Indo; airs, airs, airs; and a few gratuitous shots of pretty girls in bikinis. Freddy Malone may be a pornographer, but at least he's not a sell-out.

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Robert August: The Endless Journey Continues... Vol. 1 Now On DVD

2007-05-05T18:02:00-07:00

Endless Fun Productions, the filmmaking arm of Robert August Surfboards, headed up by Robert's son Sam August, has just released their sophomore effort, The Endless Journey Continues, Vol. 1. Following up their first release, The Robert August 30th Anniversary Tribute DVD, Sam and his associates, Shea McIntee, Brennan Slavik and Robert Klug have put together another surf video that strips the sport to it's bare essentials: surfing and fun.

Robert August, an icon in the sport of surfing and best known for both his starring role in the original Bruce Brown classic, Endless Summer and his success as a surfboard shaper, has been traveling to Costa Rica for over eighteen years. He keeps a second home in the Tamarindo/Playa Grande area and spends plenty of time on the nose, along with Endless Summer II star, Robert 'Wingnut' Weaver.

The Endless Journey Continues, Vol. 1 follows Robert and Wingnut, Sam August (a stylish ripper in his own right), Dodger Kremel, the unoffical mayor of Huntington Beach, Bud LLamas, Mary Osborne and Costa Rican (or Tico) ripper Brookes Wilson to surf spots in Costa Rica and the untapped Guatemalan coastline.

Everyone knows that Costa Rica is a go-to surf destination. The quantity--and quality--of surf breaks is no secret. It's easy access from both the East and West Coasts and it's selection of high-performance waves give average surfers and professionals an alternative to high-cost surf trips to Indo or Hawaii and little reason to bring anything bigger than a 6'6", unless you're a longboarder, of course. Based on the number of Israeli, Argentinian, Italian, Spanish and Brazilian surfers in abundance in Costa Rica, the word is out that it's the Central American mecca for consistent surf. (Nicaragua and El Salvador are lately diverting some of the traffic, but Costa Rica's infrastructure, people and quality of living are still attracting the biggest number of visiting surfers to Central America).

On to the surf dvd! 2006 was a great year for surf in Costa Rica, and the Endless Fun crew caught some beautiful days on film. From Robert August trimming in perfectly peeling knee-high Tamarindo to the fun surrounding the Robert August Charity Challenge to one of the best days ever caught on film at Ollie's Point, The Endless Journey Continues doesn't try to map the country and it's surf spots, but rather document the fun they had in the area that Robert calls his second home. The Ollie's footage is particularly good, as mentioned before. Having been there on a few occasions, I've seen it's potential, but the devilish offshore winds can turn overhead surf at this peeling pointbreak into an exercise in discretion, as a poorly executed turn will get you blown out the back while the rest of the wave fires away down the point. In all the surfing movies that I watch--and I watch them for a living--I can't say that I've ever seen Ollie's documented on a better day. If you're even considering taking a surf trip to Costa Rica, this surf dvd is worth a watch to get an idea of the variety and quality of the waves you can catch in this part of the country.

Guatemala is by far the high point of this movie, and as far as surfing dvds go, The Endless Journey Continues may be the first to document this largely untapped wave zone. Guatemala's glaring fault as a surf destination has long been it's unfortuitously straight coastline. Devoid of the peninsulas, bays, nooks and crannies that make for a prime surf travel destination, Guatemala has long been battered by the same swells that cause Costa Rica, Nicaragua and El Salvador to fire, but with none of the rewards. In an ironic twist, mankind has unwitttingly tapped into Guatemalas surf potential. As the country's infrastructure has improved, the creation of jetties and harbors has caused san buildup and, in turn, created epic surf where there was none.

Having been contacted by local surfer Pedro Pablo, who provided photographic evidence of Guatemala's spectacular surf and entreated them to visit, Robert, Wingnut, Mary, Dodger and crew forged ahead into an area primarily visited by backpacking, hacky-sacking hippies and were rewarded for their trailblazing spirit.

The (well) overhead waves peeling off a sandbar outside of two jetties in Guatemala give credit to the still-alive spirit of discovery in surfing movies. Rivalling any similarly sized wave for quality and machine-groomed perfection, this Guatemalan gem that the Endless Fun crew mined days on end may well blow open the doors to Guatemala as a surf destination. And it should be noted that Robert, surfing the biggest waves that he'd encountered in some ten years, according to long-time travel companion Wingnut, absolutely charged with grace and aplomb. Bud Llamas threw everything he had into his turns, leaving boat-wakes in his path. Wingnut, was his usual stylish self, adapting to this new wave like he'd ridden it for years, the sign of a great surfer. And Sam August, Mary Osborne (who deserves some credit for charging) and Dodger Kremel did a fine job, nabbing set after set.

The Endless Journey Continues, Vol. 1 is another fine production from the appropriately named Endless Fun crew. Not content to be relegated to formulaic surf movies, The Endless Journey Continues is chock-full of lifestyle, interviews and Wingnut's trademark velvety voice-overs, as if Bruce Brown's spirit and directorial sense has somehow rubbed off on Robert and been subsequently passed down through his bloodline. Cinematic osmosis, if you will. Call it what you like: Aloha, Good Vibrations or whatever. The Endless Journey Continues has it in spades and it's refreshing to spend an hour with smiling surfers that you wouldn't mind having on your next surf trip. Tough-guy tats, sneers and snide remarks need not apply. Let the Endless Fun continue!

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Pete Matthews Releases "Under The Radar" Surfing DVD

2007-04-25T08:00:00-07:00

Under The Radar, the new surf dvd by Pete Matthews has a definite Sipping Jetstreams-esque feel to it, and that's definitely not a bad thing. Following his 2006 release of Shades of Bali, on which he was the principal cinematographer, Matthews has teamed up with Ryan Ray and Donaldson Miele of Seven Films, based in San Clemente, CA. Under his Thirdstone Films banner, Pete can truly call this surf movie his own, although Ryan Ray and his young protege Taylor Rambo take home the editing credits. Sponsorships from Town & Country Surfboards and Split Clothing ensure that Under The Radar will receive ancillary marketing and promotion.

Pete Matthews, who owns Thirdstone Surfboard Factory in Hawaii, which houses a number of major label surfboard shapers, has been working on the other side of the camera for a number of years as the second unit camera for Pete Frieden, longtime Surfing Magazine staff photographer and a prolific videographer in his own right. Matthews claims shooting credits on a number of films, including Frieden's The Game and The Circus.

Having stepped out on his own as the man behind the lens on Andrew Kopjak's 2006 release, Shades of Bali, Matthews now claims the spotlight with Under The Radar. Conceived as a collaboration with Surfing Magazine staff photographer Nathan Lawrence, similar in concept to Taylor Steele and Dustin Humphrey's collaborative effort on the much-heralded Sipping Jetstreams project, Under The Radar is cinematically driven from a photographer's perspective. This visual thread is evident in the surfers featured, all of whom have pleasing open-face styles, the locations, including Morocco, Bali and the Mentawais Islands, and the shot framing, which steps up from the industry standard of setting your tripod up directly in front of a front-lit wave and shooting your brains out.

Mikala Jones is the star of the film, and the timing is not uncanny. Mikala's star has been on the rise as of late with magazine covers and tons of editorial coverage to an extant almost unheard of for an itinerant pro outside of the Malloy family. This journeyman Hawaiian has been steadily plugging away for quite a while, although it's only recently that he's gained the recognition he deserves. I mention that the timing is not uncanny because Nate Lawrence, Matthews' traveling companion and staff photog for Surfing Magazine, has his journeys and photos well-documented on a monthly basis, and Mikala Jones is a frequent subject.

Josh Mulcoy from Santa Cruz is the surprise standout of the film. Little-known outside of NorCal and rarely featured on celluloid, Mulcoy's style is pleasing to the eye and his linking between turns is reminiscent of Joel Parkinson. Seeing Mulcoy tee off on roping Moroccan rights is engaging and in some ways preferable to the herky-jerky style that some WCT surfers raised in beachbreak conditions bring to the table in similar conditions.

Jamie O'Brien tends to steal the show on any surf trip and he's up to his usual antics during the North Shore's off season. Having spent the last several years making his way to Indo to hang with Mikala, Jesse Merle-Jones and locals like Australian/Indonesian mix Lee Wilson, Jamie O's got these reefs dialed, pulling in and switching stance on sub-sea level reefbreak barrels that would have most simply racing for the light at the end of the tunnel. Never mind his aerial antics in the beachbreaks, Jamie O' appears to find anything other than twelve-foot Pipeline to be lacking a risk factor as he hurtles himself into Kerrupt flips, Rodeos and as-yet-to-be-named contortions.

The Balinese crowd gets the spotlight with the godfather, Rizal Tanjung leading his band of young proteges including Bol, Betet and Garut into the fray. This new crop of Indonesian surfing talent has already been widely-accepted as a new wave of surfing strength, similar to the Brazilian breakthrough in the 90's. These wiry and acrobatic rippers can also lay down a mean rail and their barrel riding is superb. Who can lay claim to more tube time than Indonesian locals?

Dustin Barca gets a shout-out with a too-short section to really display his talent, although glimpses are evident in every wave he rides. Longtime friend Andy Irons claims him and there's something to be said for that. In fact, this Kauai native's style is similar in a very good way to the Irons brothers' trademark flow with punctuations of explosiveness.

Although the film is titled Under The Radar and the surfers it focuses on are, for the most part, on the fringes of surfing's WCT-centered media crowd, the Billabong J Bay WCT event gets a section, as well, featuring Kelly Slater, Taj Burrow, Mick Fanning and Andy Irons at the legendary South African right. Californian South Bay ripper Alex Gray gets a cameo appearance, throwing down some nice punts in Durban, as well.

All told, Pete Matthews has done the surf culture a service by focusing his lens on a number of surfing's (relatively) unknown soldiers and bringing them to our attention. Some, like Josh Mulcoy, needing this a little more than others, to keep them in the water and out of a suit and tie for the foreseeable future. A good watch, with beautiful scenery and snippets of interview footage to give you an idea of the characters behind the magazine photos, Under The Radar should be on your radar for surf films to watch in 2007.

Surf Stronger: The Surfer's Workout

2007-04-23T15:45:05-07:00

Surf Stronger: The Surfer's Workout DVD, hosted by trainer Scott Adams is the newest product to hit the shelves that caters to the surfing lifestyle. As far as instructional surfing dvds go, there has been little on offer other than How To Surf videos and the popular Yoga For Surfers series by Peggy Hall. Surf Stronger symbolizes the growth of surfing as a sport and a culture, as it is the first surf video to focus on strength training specifically for surfing.

Competitive surfing, at both the professional and amateur levels, is no longer a matter of natural ability. Professional surfers from Tom Carroll to Kelly Slater to Taylor Knox have long known what athletes and trainers in every other sport know: every competitive athlete needs an edge. While it may still be some time before the larger surfing community recognizes this, it's apparent that competitive surfers need to up their game to get to the top...and stay there. Quiksilver may be the leader in this field, as they've been working with trainer Rob Rowland-Smith for a number of years to get their amateur, WQS and WCT surfers in top shape. It's a wonder that more professional surfers don't work with trainers, but this is probably a function of economics as much as it is of the fact that surfing is a highly individual endeavor.

Since it's release several weeks ago, Surf Stronger has had, at best, a lukewarm response from surf shop buyers. Conversely, it's proving to be one of the best-selling surfing dvds we've ever offered on Surfline. How telling of the state of the surf industry at the retail level. While consumers (i.e. everyday surfers) are snapping up copies of this instructional dvd, the mom-and-pop stores are mired in the golden days of yesteryear.

Surf shops can't seem to keep pace with the technological advances of the broader market as is, which is why we're seeing corporate flagship stores opening left and right, but if they can't even tune into products that will keep the sport that keeps them alive in the first place healthy, both physically and economically, how can they expect to survive the shakeout when the big surfwear manufacturers are going public and have shareholders to answer to?

Surf Stronger is adequately produced, although it would be nice if there were a pro surfer or two featured, at least for credibility's sake. More importantly, it's a step in the right direction for a sport and an industry that's traditionally prided itself on a counter-culture stance, but needs to adopt some new ideas if it wants to be perceived as a legitimate sport. Naysayers will continue to deride anything that moves surfing into the mainstream, but a younger, hipper generation is coming up and they see the possibilities that surfing holds as a both a lifestyle and a career.

Take care of your body and it'll take care of you. Take care of the sport and it will most likely do the same. Surf Stronger. Surf Smarter.

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SHRINK by Jeremy Koreski (Surf DVD)

2007-04-22T08:38:53-07:00

Welcome to the state-of-the-art of Canadian surfing: intense weather, intense surroundings and a swell-swept ocean with temperatures that never fail to induce the infamous SHRINK.

Raised on the raw and isolated Canadian coast, Raph Bruhwiler, Sepp Bruhwiler and Peter Devries have been at the forefront of surfing’s progression into cold and hostile environments.

From backyard beachbreaks to empty barrels slabbing over wilderness reefs, the second film from photographer Jeremy Koreski continues their surfing story.

Off the map on Canada’s Clayoquot coast, storm swells surge onto the reefs and beaches of Vancouver Island, creating heavy weather, heavy seas, heavy wildlife and some of the world’s most futuristic surfing in the world’s most primordial landscape.

The sequel to Numb, Shrink is the second surf film from Jeremy Koreski and an in-depth look at the surfers who call this place their home. Peter Devries, Raph Bruhwiler, Sepp Bruhwiler and friends living the life in waves and waters that make the toughest men SHRINK.

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