Albee Layer and pals show you Jaws!
When plus sized swells are forecasted at your local break does your heart leap or does it sink? Do you love paddling through mountains of whitewash or do you prefer to reach the lineup with hair still dry? Are you a big wave gal or a 3-4 footer?
Me? I prefer head high plus a smidge but not double. I’ll paddle if I have to, if there are men on the beach looking at me or if I’m with friends but I am not thrilled about the situation.
And there is something about my own lack of thrill once the water starts towering that makes me love Albee Layer and friends’ latest film Nervous Laughter. It chronicles the lives of those who surf Jaws, why they do it, how they do it, etc. It seems like madness to me. Like sheer madness. Like the out of control madness in Laird Hamilton’s eyes but that’s what makes it a wonderful film. It is a world I’ll only know through them and, frankly, a world I only want to know through them.
The whole film is very much worth buying (on iTunes). Watch it with your friends before heading out to Suck Outs and packing mini closeout barrels! Who will win the day? Whoever has the intestinal fortitude.
No guts, no glory as they say.
NERVOUS LAUGHTER TRAILER from TAKE SHELTER PRODUCTIONS on Vimeo.
“Waves aren’t measured in feet, but increments of fear”. Not sure who said it but it always rang pretty true.
Big waves aren’t so bad, it’s getting caught out of position that scares me the most. And even then, there’s a feeling of calm/inevitability that gets you through it. Then you paddle/get washed in shamefully and wear the derision your mates hang on you.
I believe it was Buzzy Trent who said that!
Getting washed in with coleseum of mates and various locals watching is ego destroying
Misjudging positioning while surfing a slab especially un-fun
Looks worth a watch. An 8ft day at my local scares shit outta me. At 30ft a screws loose.
On another note what the fuck is Laird trying to say? “I’m not surprised these guys, who mostly grew up near Jaws, are the the first generation to surf it, because they saw me surf it”?
Of course he is saying that, the ultimate pioneer!! Did he not discover every surfable heavy break in the world??
The king of discredit! Remember his comments on Carlos Burle’s wave at Nazare?
Nope. It wasn’t Laird-worthy or blah?
https://m.youtube.com/watch…
Yeah that’s bs, Burle made that wave
Back to the kitchen Maya!
Chas, when are we surfing Cardiff or Swamis? I live right down the road from you. Chicercilla can come too.
What? I’m only surfing D these days. You like the D?
Before I ride the D I’ll hit up the O. Smart of you to opt for the D however. Less chance of being scalped by a wobbly helmet wearing senior citizen at Swamis.
Looks like it’s the indie version of Distance Between Dreams. That’s not a bad thing to be though.