Watch: Michael February // Nü Rhythmo
Before he made the jump to the CT, there were hopes that Michael February could bring a bit of style to the main stage. That he'd cut through the mititary gymnastics with his supple flair, maybe shift the criteria and cause other surfers to think, not merely about what movements they do, but how they do them.
Didn't happen but. Partly it was a lack of opportunity, and partly it was an inability to do what Matt Biolos says is "surfing in 3D" - to be fast and powerful and acrobatic, and to be all those things all over the wave.
More than anything, the CT simply wasn't the platform for M'Feb to demonstrate his subtlety and grace, so it's good to see him in a project where he can spread his wings.
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Oh man, that's pretty special!
Best clip in ages...…. don't worry about the tour when you can do this eh....surfing in 3D?????. what's he mean by that?.
Same trip, different board:
Hey Stu, he looked like he was on the yellow bonzer at the 6 minute mark in the vid?
Not sure how I missed that...
Cheers.
very much so
Great clip
got to be one of the best surf vids ever. beautifully composed, awesome musos interesting people
That was waaaaaay cool.
Poetry
Best vid I've seen in months... 10/10 on everything.
I was going to bang on about the wsl ruining everything, but who cares.
When surfing like this, still exists, they haven't.
How fun is that wave???
Lucky boy,great set up and on his own....his style reminds me of Stephs.....love that syle of music makes me want to crack a cold one and maybe a hot one.
Beautiful
Top drawer.
Made my day!!
Dance with me Michael!
So good - because its so different.
Just proves the sameness of all the other surf video content
Thats my kind of movie and surfing. Absolutely Sensational. The wave looks so fun and he makes it look so easy. Love it.
So cool...place, people, music, surfing, surfboards, waves...
That was refreshing and inspiring.
Doesn't that make you want to travel??
Waves would just be the icing on the cake.
And with that last track, I see that the the spirit of Fela Kuti and the Afrobeat lives on.
Senegal?
Not by my flag chart
few different ones on those fishing boats. got the gist of the area though
Think I’ve figured it out. Country at least. Call me Columbo. Now, do I say anything? Incredible wave and beautiful video.
I know exactly where it is, and I'll have fun watching you all keep guessing!
It's the Snake, by the way - but obviously much smaller, and further down the bank. Tell me I'm wrong as much as you want, but once you see it on the map it makes perfect sense.
That'd be the first guess wouldn't it.
Wonder if there's surf in The Gambia?
Looks like the coastline takes too much of a turn south of that.
Absolutley beautiful! Delicious. Who is the band... whats the song called? any ideas? so good
Music is in the credits right at the end of the vid.
Great surfing, great wave, great music, do surf vids get any better?
I don't know why more guys don't film videos like this, everyone loves it, it's a smart clever filmed little video..
IMHO because It makes you feel you are almost there or at least want to be there.
It starts off creating a scene and a feeling of the place, not just through the footage but also the music and people, when the surfing starts it shows the line up without a surfer pulled back so we can get the feel of the wave and see what the wave is about.
Then it gives us plenty of footage pulled back from unique angles, with lots of background and foreground in the shot so we can appreciate the whole vibe of the wave and the surfers approach to the wave and it shows the whole length of the wave, not just one manoeuvre or just the best turns or best waves..
Then it only focusses closer on the surfer and wave towards the middle of the clip to mix things up, and then very cleverly keeps foreground in the shot, to still make you feel as if you are there.
Also very cleverly the clip starts of with the wave fairly small and makes you think, wow nice looks fun but if only it was a little bigger, and then bang it shows you it when it's a bit bigger and better and off course ends on one of the best barrels.
Then it knows not to drag things out and ends before you get bored, and again just doesn't end with a wave, it lets you say goodbye to the place with a mix of footage.
So much better than all the videos shot fully pulled in on the wave, showing one manoeuvre or a whole video of drone footage.
I guess this is the difference between a film maker and some guy that owns a good video camera or drone.
Now this is the real MF, wow what a wave, what surfin, that clip had me wanting so much more, love to surf that place by my selfishself........Giddyup
The flow and poise on the red twinny, what a surfer.
Loved the music and the feel of the clip.
That is the dream right there. Warm water, fun sized waves and no-one else out. Heaven!
Sparks Joy. Fuck the rolled up T shirts.
What a great film!
And good to see he scored well east of the usual spots there. Bit more off the beaten track.
Amazing
Agree with that indo, great surfing and killer tunes.
Yep that was sick.
Anyone have any info the boards he was riding?
That was great fun ! please more clips like this.
Wow- dreamy!
No one's outed this dreamy wave yet - i'm both impressed at the ettiquette and disappointed at the same time.
I think Ben nailed it.. 10's across the board..
Don't know why but it caught my eye..
I challenge any of the "no legropes for me" crew to put out a clip with surfing anywhere near as stylish..
"Oh but it restricts me.. I can't fully express myself on the wave when I'm tied down" fucking posers..
Literally the only body in the lineup doing things you could only dream of and still wearing a goddamn leash.
Smoooth AF. Loved it! More of that and less WSL rubbish
Makes you want to be there ...
In its more primitive state you get the feeling people who live by the coast are much happier ..
The land locked places always seem to be where the most conflicts are ..
Music , dance and the beach ..
Doesn’t get much better than that
I surf because.........I want to surf like that!
MickS would love some insight into why you felt the need to broadcast your “research” and “results”. Like many of the comments I loved the video but also had a sense of sadness for the inevitable exposure.
Good point Lomah. Shot from the lip a little but while 'researching' did notice surf bars and surf whatever in abundance. Seems it's not as secret as we think. But I'll keep my big mouth shut next I I get all smartypants.
best clip since the cape st francis segment of endless summer
I wonder what will happen to the place.
Like a few, I took the clues and had a little search online. Looks like the joint is already being advertised as a "learn to surf" destination for euros.
Maybe inconsistent and small a lot of the time might put people off?
Na it will be a zoo for euro russian wanna bes in the blink of an eye.....Michael might look back on his moment of glory with a tear in his eye in the near future realizing how he inadvertently helped fuck up another spot.
Not so sure Simba, they seem to have it as a bucket list when young then go back to the vakia's or wherever once they 'grow up'. Lots of closer spots such as Portugal and who knows how stable the place will be in the future. Can you do those stretches, makes me weep at my age!
Wow...now that's more like it, Bambi lives, the stoke is still alive, I feel better from watching and listening to that. Thanks.
Agree with all of the above, so much fun and not one poo stance pump for one manoeuvre air, just all flow and a show case for the wave quality and the place. Music perfect and MR would be stokaboked seeing MF's lines on his board. How much fun would it be to jam with the band after a surf!
Sand bottom, check, barrelling with light or no winds, check, warm enough for boardshorts check, no crowd at all check...I'm not sure if there's much left to want in life (if you want more you're asking too much)
Pretty sure I wouldn’t be interested in the African parasite/ worm which enters your body from walking barefoot on the beach. From dogshit I think.
Such a creature may not exist , but I thought I’d heard something about it ?
Don’t panic !
Seems to have been eradicated and it was acquired through drinking ditch water...... which I’m trying to quit anyway.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527511-600-parasite-lost-exter…
Oops.....hookworms.
Uggghh.
Know where this is :)...have to head further south around the bend to score left handers
Mindblowing. Makes you feel damn good. Such an incredible clip.
Never realised how stylish he was. Up there with Steph.
surfing the way it started out and should have remained but didnt, excellent interesting locale
That wave looks very Lemooreish.
Shouldn't take long for wave greed to poison it.
Yeah, already seen the location named twice on other sites
Assuming it’s correct
That's enough to make me hand in my notice, sell my life on Gumtree, pack a 1 board quiver and buy a one way ticket....
nice , what a beautiful commity and place ,my the gods protect it from the white mans greed .
gods don't exist, so I'm guessing they're fucked
Great tunes, awesome wave,big smiles on all of them. Digging life.
What a better way to fuck it all for them. By imposing our shit house virtues and dirty laundry and crowding the joint like we fat westerners are great at doing. EVERYWHERE!!
good vid ‘ glad they made it
seems genuine
That's the shit dreams are made of... epic
Bravo
the new Larry Bertlemann
I don't want to watch any other surf videos after this, it's just that good.
I want the first tune on my Spotify for sure.
Not one aerial, no wiggling, no flapping. No aggro young bloke death metal. Bloody beautiful. He's light as a feather the way he springs back off the bottom.
That is surfing. So true memlasurf....such a nice change to see a clip of pure carve surfing again with no poo stance, pump, air and land. Seems "acrobatic 3D power surfing" has become a bit same same??
Yeah, the poo stance is something I'm not really a fan of. They don't judge on style at WSL so unfortunately there's a lot of it about.
2 chords
2 fins
Less is more.
Stunning !
makes every other surf vid look like tired cliche
Too smooth for the tour. Buttons and Larry Bertleman reincarnated as Michael February.
Just watched this again with my kids. They both want to surf like Mikey!
Actually, so do I.