Watch: Tim Bonython // Fire Island
Taking a short interlude from the Nazare headland, Tim hopped a plane to a volcanic archipelago. His trip coinciding with both a great swell and a specialty tuberiding event at one of the local reefs.
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Comments
Some very nicely ridden barrels there; that was very easy to watch.
How frothin' are the grommets in the channel ... and how good do they surf?! Jebus!!
Awesome. Love the moment at 8:01 where the booger realised that volcanic rock isn't a good medium to land on. Great riding a beautiful but heavy wave all round and audience friendly
Hectic end section - from ecstasy to agony, shades of Greenbush.
That was cool. Great edit, good waves and screaming groms.
How good :-)
Reminds me of years gone by on the south coast of NSW or Sth Oz.............fuck, feeling old :-)
I spent a month there at a friends place in the Winter of 93'. Right on the harbour in La Santa and my bedroom window looked straight out at El Quamao.
A lot of really good waves on Lanzarote, especially around the La Santa area, but as the local boy said at the start it's really fickle.
Wind (and lots of it) is the main problem and most of the reefs are really particular about swell direction. Don't expect the red carpet rolled out by the locals either. They were gnarly back then and no doubt would be even worse now considering the explosion in surfing numbers around the world. Being able to speak fluent Spanish was a big advantage.
Yeah I passed through about a decade after you RG, but only stayed for maybe a week and half, also at La Santa. I didn't get the Q, but some of the other nearby waves were pretty fun, including that long right. Lots of stuff to see on the island during the onshore days.
The locals certainly have a reputation. My cousin has a place on the island, he is there for the hang gliding so loves the wind! The weather is better than Liverpool as well. Also, if you look closely you can see last Wednesday’s wave of the day in the clip.
Very true. Generally unpleasant experiences . No amount of respect will work at some of the breaks. Oh well, their home to do with as they please. Other places have just as good waves, without the stress.
Problem is they’re mostly still arseholes when they’re the ones traveling.
Good watch!
- Loved the grommets cheering from the channel.
- Aritz and Natxo showed their class.
- Wouldn't mind hitting that big slopey right.
Natxo is next level isn’t he? Just seems to have more time than everyone else, nothing rushed. When he backdoors the peak at around 12 mins it’s like the wave is cooperating to give him a clear run.
So nice to watch. Easy in, and all the time in the world.
Great clip and all, and I really dig Tims work of course.. however, Tims comment/question at 2:36: "So yeah, the competition is good for the surfing community, but it inspires the kids to be somebody...?"
In my view, this is a typical example of 'corporate psychic colonisation' as the subtext, the inference, is essentially: "you are a 'nobody', unless you succeed at a contest, then you are 'somebody' "..
In my view, it doesn't take too make reflecting on the world to see how damaging that messaging is for young ones.
Their value, their 'somebody', is inherent.
I think you are missing Tim’s point - everyone knows being “somebody” is measured by Instagram likes and followers. So more exposure means more somebediness…..win a comp, boost the Insta and be somebody…..that’s my advice.
Much agreed. Odd question in some ways but not really if in a certain media bubble.
ahh.. so thats why I've got no sense of self worth... it's hinged on insta likes and follows..
Thanks, I'll go sign up now.
You can find me a @DrTimsCorporateLifePlanForTheMentalHealthOfYoungPeople
Where do these people get their fresh water?!
Pretty damn good watching.