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Did you know that Albee Layer and his band of Maui brethren are making a new film? It’s called Nervous Laughter and will be coming out soon, if not very soon.
The film succeeds their 2014 masterpiece, Attractive Distractions, which infamously did not receive a Surfer Poll Award. Albee did, however, win Best Performance for his role in the movie.
The Maui-based film lost to Joe G’s Strange Rumblings in Shangri La, which, whether or not you think deserved the Movie of the Year award, led to one of the most historic moments in the history of surf history.
Still, Albee and filmmaker Dan Norkunas were not happy. AD was a wonderful film that maybe deserved to win the war against Noa Deane and his band of deplorables. But like our good friend Pottz oft reminds us: You can’t just beat the champ, you have to destroy him. If it’s close, the judges will always give it to the veteran.
Albee and Norkunas maybe fell victim to the legacy of Joe G.
But now they are no longer rookies. They’ve paid their dues, mended their wounds, and come back twice nay thrice as strong! Their new film, Nervous Laughter, will surely place them in the prestigious Surfer Poll victory circle.
How do I know? Well, the below section didn’t even make the cut. Seven minutes of pumping Fiji was deemed not quite good enough for this film.
Methinks Albee should start working on a divisive catch phrase for the acceptance speech.
Horrible song choice why are these so guys so emotional all the time?
Is it racist to now ask that America gets the fuck out of Fiji for a while?
Depends, what color are you?
my anus is bleached white.
Just like the Great Barrier Reef!
If you had to bleach it, then yes that is racist.
americans arent a race
rat race maybe
Nervous Laughter has been available on iTunes for over a month now i think and boy is it a great movie. Albee’s barrel at the end has got to be one of the best in history in my opinion.
Shit! You really stole MC’s thunder with that one! ha
That was gorgeous.
But also, I hope they stop putting airport scenes in surf movies soon. Like we get it! You had to get on an airplane to get there! We’ve all been to airports. They’re not that great really.
I think it best we put hope aside and welcome fervent demanding in order to cull these airport scenes. Taxi ride scenes are pretty wasteful too.
Unless something legit funny happens, I don’t want to see you drag your boardbags through the ariport! I don’t.
Totally agree on a taxi ride ban, too. Totally.
The boat rides out don’t bring the suspense that filmmakers believe as well. Its like they put all this shit in there to make their accountants happy in case they get audited. Such business expense write-offs likely raise all sorts of red flags.
A little boat ride is alright with me — I mean, sometimes there’s birds and things along the way or whatever. But really, keep it short. We’re here for the surfing and associated shenanigans. Travel in itself is not that interesting really.
Psychic Migrations did alright with the travel parts as transition. But otherwise, yeah, fuck, no airplanes. Or boats. Or taxis.
Or shitty songs. Nothing about that song fit the piece, and actually made me not want to surf.
Speaking of, the Strange Rumblings soundtrack was fucking great. The Attractive Distractions was embarrassing.
So: fuck the WSL!
“Damn the torpedoes! Four bells, Captain Lenny, go ahead! Kemper, full speed!”