'Dark Glory' is a re-edited short from the biggest Shippies swell of 2015.
Featuring Tyler HX, Jimmy McKean, Zeb Critchlow, Marti Paradisis, Mick Corbett, Jarryd Foster, Brad Norris, and Kipp Caddy.
Filmed and edited by Tim Bonython.
"That board felt like the starting point for a new life."
The inner mechanics of Russell's mind.
Sniffing out the bounty on land and at sea.
From a day with a low wave count yet high consequence.
Like a hundred social media clips joined together but not on social media.
Seeking darkness on a sunny day.
And Matahi lifts the bar yet again.
Bite size humans in king size waves.
Comments
27 out of 10 for that recovery at the end...best ever that Ive seen. Great flick, those guys were chillin while under pressure, top respect.
How's Marti's wave at 9:16... looked so perfect, then.. ouch!
Yeah, the film shows the advantages of being towed in at Shippies. As well as the usual advantage, with those steps, it’s certainly seems to help to be strapped to your board,
That last wave.......insane!
To be able to recover from THAT position and then follow it up with another 6 foot drop off the next step while you're inside a massive pit.
Surely you'd call it a day after that and just watch from the boat with a well earned 6 pack. Fuck,....they would taste like the best beers ever!
Now that is a surf vid!
For a Good Friday, I reckon if Jesus was a surfer he would have been dying to get out there. (Back on Sunday)
how about the over the falls at about 3.01. Ouch
Freeze frame at 4.33....big fella on a big beast - great footage!!!
Enjoyed that. Those guys know the step so well. They pretty much ignore what the wave is doing down the line until the are over it and then look up and finally behold the beast.
Total psycho's. Would like to see some realtime waves also thrown in there Tim. You know, normal speed with accompanying sound, I think realtime footage really shows how bloody heavy and scary those death pits are.
Like this one from Cloudbreak, you can hear, amost feel the energy, fear and adrenaline of the moment, soooo scary.
Send it to Kai, Aloha
Some great surfing but constant towing through paddlers and not on not a giant day by some cronic offenders of towing through paddlers , not sure about the Tassie guys but the WA guys are guilty of it for sure. Illegal anywhere in Australian waters and kind of a cunt act regardless, no matter how many shakas you throw while on your wave.
Insane, death defying !