Surf films used to make you float on a cloud of laughter. They were light and fresh and vulgar…
Most surf movies give me a serious headache. All that slow motion (so much RED), all those moody looks, all those lingering, paralysing scenics. It’s a dreadful thing to admit but as much as I thrilled to Slow Dance, I had to be forcibly awakened after that hunk of slow-mo in the middle.
Did you know that surf films used to make you float on a cloud of laughter?
They were as light and as fresh and as silly as a Barcardi rum served with a sprig of mint and a cherry. Vulgarity was a card to play not to discard.
These two scenes, Mick Fanning and Joel Parkinson from Doped Youth (2005) and Fair Bits (2006), are funny and frank even if both toned down their profanities.
Mick Fanning and Joel Parkinson from Doped Youth from BeachGrit on Vimeo.
Mick’s use of “cunt” in Doped Youth was reduced to a whisper and when Andy Irons says, “What did you say motherfucker? Want some more of that? Fuck… you…” in his Fair Bits cameo with Ben Still and Donovan Frankenreiter, that, too, was cut.
Still, the dirty work is there.
Can you imagine anyone risking their precious fan base with similarly dangerous performances now?
Sarges Scrapbook whatever.
Fuck surf movies. We need to pool resources {Beachgrits bank balance must be overflowing from those Rusty Noa Deane ad’s} Connections {Chas’s wealthy industry, back slapping LA mates} Talent {I am available most nights after 8pm and this comment board is full of wanna-be writers} and make surfing’s first comedy sitcom. Sort of a Senfield/ Young Ones/ Hannah Montana vibe. A loosely based set around a carpark/public toilet/ hangout on the beach focusing on the those who frequent it.
Surfing or the ocean must never be shown.
I know just the bench where it can be filmed, bunch of colourful old guys talking shit included
I believe Vice mag just did a documentary on the old public toilet hangout you speak of, think they referred to it as “cottaging.” It didn’t sound like my idea of a good time.
Yeah I read something in VIce last week, very inspiring. I don’t know why but I thought of Badger then I was reading it… http://www.vice.com/en_uk/r…