Let's celebrate Dane Reynolds' infancy!
I am the crustiest. A rude cuss. A bastard of the highest order. Usually. But sometime my eyes moisten and my heart softens and I become as sensitive as a small baby child. My heart beating just like yours should!
Last evening was one of those times!
I was sent a small video about the great filmer Jason “Mini” Blanchard. You know he! Dane’s guy! Maybe not anymore but used to be!
And learning about Mini was great but watching a fresh Dane Reynolds made me so… so… so… emotional!
You remember when he rushed the scene, yeah? All singing, all dancing potential! The surf game hadn’t seen his type in so long. And, to be honest, hasn’t seen his type since. Who is taking his place? John John has the thing but not the zing. Gabe has the wow but not the now. Noa Deane has the beer but not the queer.
The boy ain’t dead, of course, but unrealized potential has a shelf life and Dane’s is past its “pull by” date.
Do you also emote when you see these teeth too big for body? The peaks never reached? Or are you so totally on to the next thing? This is old… I know… but let’s wander down memory lane anyhow.
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Still look back fondly on the First Chapter movie premier. Free Hinano, In-N-Out, and the best surfing ever done on film (at that time and arguably today) made myself and the group of eight other high-schoolers I piled in a car with instantly fans of Dane’s program.
Dane should relaunch MarineLayer as Payperview – load up your credit card details and get charged $1 per Surf Session / Video he posts. I’d Pay happily. I would not pay WSL to watch their comps but I sorely miss how often Dane used to put out epic little one or two session couple minute videos. Come on now.
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Danes reaction…
This was very interesting two years ago when Stab showed it. I enjoyed it all over again,
Oh it was everywhere two years ago! But I just missed Dane and posted again!
Blanchard seems like a normal guy.. Love when good things happen to normal guys..