Tom Curren brought only a quiver of high-performance surfboards made for Joao Chianca and was “hell-bent” to surf just like the frenetic Brazilian.
It’s no secret I’ve lost several imperial gallons of transparent viscous goo on the comedic collaborations between Nick Pollet and Vaughan Blakey, two men with handsome glands and Herculean eggs.
Together, Nick and Vaughan have collaborated on Postcards from Morgs – a film on the one-time world title contender Morgan Cibilic prior to his catastrophic failure to re-qualify for the tour and the explosively popular Free Scrubber whereupon Tom Curren is revealed to have a personality worth close examination.
Recently, their dollys-with-cocks animated film The Greatest Surf Movie in the Universe (“More cock than a women’s college swim meet”) was panned by the race-obsessed, left-tilting propagandists, The New York Times.
In roughly one month, their newest film, Lazer Breathing Dragons, a title inspired by a drawing by Vaughan’s son Milo when he was eight, will come online, and starring Stephanie Gilmore, Mason Ho and Tom Curren.
What makes the movie so special, says Vaughan, is the trip through Indonesia, chasing waves through that storied archipelago, flying, driving, boats, coincided with all three “searching for what their purpose was in their lives.”
Vaughan says a good example is Stephanie Gilmore “coming off the tour just as women’s surfing is going absolute bananas. She’s, like, fuck, what does that mean for me? Can I go back? But she’s absolutely frothing about being in that position. She’s not sweating it. Fuck, what a champion. It’s crazy you would feel that excited.”
Sixty-year-old Tom Curren, he says, brought only a quiver of high-performance surfboards made for Joao Chianca and was “hell-bent”, says Vaughan, to surf just like the frenetic Brazilian.
“Tom goes, ‘I like how he’s here and then here there. I just wanna be able to go from here to here right now.’ No one would believe the most patient surfer in the world wants to surf like the most frenzied. He loved the instant nature of Joao’s A to B. There really is no space in between.”
Mason? Less searching, more prostrating before surf gods Curren and Gilmore.
“When I asked him how does it feel surfing with Steph and Curren he said, ‘Well, it’s pretty much like hanging with God. Tom is God to me, Steph is like God to me. I just have to get in tune with what they’re trying to tell me with their surfing and be full disciple of that.”
Lazer Breathing Dragons, cruelly short at twelve minutes, debuts in October.
In the meantime, give Free Scrubber another run.
That is a most unflattering photographic depiction of Steff8. Looks like she has kneeled in front of God almighty and been found wanting. Should have stayed on tour.
Where do you even watch The Greatest Surf Movie in the Universe ? Hasn’t it been out for 2 years?
Sign here, here,here and here. Now we own you until the rinser tells you otherwise
sG is no Tc and never will be , the R in rip curl stands for RIP off , always has always will.
As for sG getting back on tour , it could happen if RipCurl can throw enough payolla at the judges .same as BBong did for Occy.
Wait a minute! Quick for Occy? Please tell.
Good eye for detail cheers
Oh hell yeah .. I love this
I’m not going watch this later.
ill watch it the moment it’s available.
free scruber was entertaining.
pro surfing isn’t entertainment.
i have high hopes this is going to be gold!
among the best things free scrubber had going for it were low expectations, plus Curren on a weird as shit board amid funky Covid-era apocalypse vibes — unfortunately think you may be disappointed this go round
60 year old Curren riding a thruster – Pass.
Gilmore not surfing righthand point – Pass.
Mason Ho surfing or talking – Hard Pass!
Curren is more inspiring for me than Kelly
Curren “making music” back at the camp – Shoot myself
I’m actually starting to get sick of Mason…
The kid’s laser dragon painting sounds like the most interesting thing in this flic
His surfing is original, unreal and inspiring but I heard a story from G -land that he was such a wave pig out there he was asked not to return. Like most pros I guess 😆
That is nothing new for G-land. One of the most repulsive traits of that hell pit is how the Hawaiians and Brazzos think they own the place for some reason. That is not intended to be a bash on either but there is just something weird out there (other than the fact the wave sucks balls unless Speedies is working).
I watch his videos hoping for some Sheldon sightings. His style is one of my favorites next to Marzo.
I wish Mason wasn’t sponsored and just supported himself via youtube or something. His soul isn’t meant for commericalism.
Yes. I see the irony in the first part.
There are plenty of options on youtube for you of non commercial surf vloggers (FYI- They suck at surfing and pathetic). Mason just bought a house on the beach. His soul loves commercialism…I mean money just as much as the next.
I can’t get too worked up about the commercialism angle, we’re all just out here trying to make a buck, hopefully without stepping all over decent people in the process. Obviously a lot of nuance to that, blowing up spots is bad, etc.
But would much rather watch raw clips of Nate Florence going for it at some weird hell slab than a heavily edited stack of clips of yet another pro getting shacked in Indo.
For sure. I am indo’d out.
I’m not Indo it either
Stop being indo cisive
Does Stephanie Gilmore do the unprecedented and thought to be impossible feat of . . . . going left?
I guess we will have to wait to see the film when it is released, to find out.
More as the story develops.