Tim returns to Tahiti, yet again, to film this pre-Olympic swell. With five-ring fever building thoughts were this swell might be one that catches the eye of the mainstream. Instead it barely registered, even within the surfing world.
Olympian Kauli Vaast threw caution to the wind and grabbed the rope, swinging into the biggest wave of the swell.
"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.
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Surprised me too that it hardly registered... Thought for sure the channel that's got the rights woulda blew it up with anticipation of Olympic drama and glory...
Because it’s not a competition,so there’s no interest
Too bad Drollet didn’t get the other spot for France. Can’t imagine Duru will make it as far as Drollet would.
Duru goes ! Don't count him out.
Is it too far out to be getting excited for the 2nd half of the Olympics waiting period? This morning’s update is looking juicy.
I wonder if the boats will be regulated during the Olympics? At least one of those boats looked overloaded. Great venue though for the Olympics, will there be WSL Judges and criteria?
Apparently no local boats allowed in the channel.
music from Masterchef
Nightmarish
Kauli Vaast's wave is a beast. Around 6 mins to avoid the fluff.
Absolutely ridiculous. How's old mate with the worlds most optimistic duck dive at 14:25
that silhouette through the lip is chilling
You reckon he should have been swimming for the bottom , and trying to grab the reef, ? Not that I’ve ever been in that situation.
Never ceases to amaze...
Tahihians rule at home...
Some Olympians guzumpt..., except Griff & Leo going for it!!!
Pseudo AI sucks more.... beware.
Hello, hello, helloo, hollow
Macho Oz version
2023 predictions...
Fear not....AI wouldnt create "Zomby Woof"
or atempt to reproduce in front of a live audience...
Sounds like the artists and record labels are going to be bypassed, and not much we can do about it.
Do they know what Frank Zappa was on when he wrote his music? I can’t see the relevance to Tim Bonython and Teehapo though
That's easy: more zappa, quantum stocks and robots.
Not sure they were around 50 years ago, seems more like an experimental drug synthesised my NASA to prepare its astronauts for a trip to Mars.
Frank Z lived & recorded in Laurel Canyon LA; next door were musicians, grass roots & love.
FZ released 62 albums; "Overnight Sensation" was his pop album.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa_discography
I overeacted to AI psuedo music....,
pub pokies & DJs doof replaced live music, concerts & feastivals cancelled, etc
Thanks Tim for the great footage & epic surfing!
Amazing what you learn on a surf forecasting site. So much music history coming out of Laurel Canyon, inspired by excessive drug taking and free love , which is always going to end in brain damage, addiction and jealous rage.Jimi Hendrix opening for the Monkeys, everyone hanging out with Frank Zappa ,and then there’s Mick Jagger and Alice Cooper still touring today!
And Neil sang about wanting to shoot everyone there.
Captures a moment in time, even though she wasn’t there.
And the emotion of a forced adoption?
The USA & Oz conscription of poor youth into the Korean & Vietnam war's, focused the idealists, dreamers, low classes into the music, protests and /or drugs.... better than being killers or fodder.
And the emotion of a forced adoption?
live vibe
Raising your own lonely dental floss in Montana , nothing like ambition
at the time it was better than fighting and dying for naught
Marshall Islands Bikini Atoll 7km2 blast in 1954 was estimated to be 100,000,000 degrees celcius... = 15 megatonnes of TNT
lead petrol fumes didn't help
The British nuclear tests in Australia , went from 1953 to 1963 and was the reason Robert Menzies became a sir. The tests on Montebello Island off Australia’s North West coast, registered in Fiji. And the famous Cactus surf breaks are only 300 kms South of Maralinga , so would definitely have copped some fallout, as would most of Australia
meanwhile .....boomer were also conned,.... sold a golden age via endless clever TV marketing & cheap chemical resources ... a creative illusion that...
"your in a desperate need of change.... "... & "success is temporary" reference below from Madmen (NY Madison Ave advertising men)
....this idea has has evolved or just copied into selling us more rubbish ... 'better than ....x,y,z'
Those takeoffs by Eimeo are nuts! There were a couple of times I was sure he was gonna eat it but he manages to pull the rabbit out of the hat.
X 2
Insanely good tube rider amongst a cohort of insanely good tube riders.
I'm wondering what the consequences are of those pin drops.
Are you for sure getting sucked over or is the pop through possible.
Someone* said once "its actually pretty deep out there". Maybe its so hollow that a regular pindrop/ aborted liplauncher just gets instantly spewed out the back as the wave moves on...mostly
Why does TB INSIST on ruining his clips with such shithouse muzak?? Sounds like the soundtrack to some movie about a pimp or something
I'm a music industry professional and not a pro surfer or industry guy but have been around a minute. I've been racking my brain trying to think of a way to fix this problem and combine my two loves but unfortunately the royalty free behemoth reigns supreme and the audience doesn't seem to care quite enough yet for content creators to find other solutions.
The worst thing is you hear the exact garbage (the same 5 tracks, big drop, claps, vocal wo-oahs) across Nathan Florence, TB, Koa Rothman, JOB and all the main Youtube pundits. Great music elevates great surfing and vice versa, look at Russ Bierke's film or all of the Need / Torren Stuff with bespoke music, Chapter 11 with all the local Cali Punk bands etc. It grabs attention, stays in the zeitgeist and stands the test of time. Here we have one of the most hectic Chopes swells in a few years and its a blip on the radar because it's presented in a format we're all bored of. There's a reason the usual Youtube suspects have been missing the last few swells, it's over cooked in the current format. The issue is the pace of release, if it's not out that week it's dead and if it's not art it's not good enough. Maybe it's time for a muso / surf filmmaker meet and greet.
Amen to that. Surely TB's well connected enough to come up with something better... his taste is atrocious... sounds like a failed dj. Great surf footage deserves great music. (Yes music tastes are subjective but many of us share a taste... and many complain of TB's woeful efforts)
Probably should have mentioned that the genre ain't the issue, although wouldn't be my first choice. The mood of all the royalty free stuff is very similar and it's fatiguing.
not sure how Crag H goes about it, but the surf on mars stuff seldom doesn't work.. I still have a song called tammy in my head from a little adelaide pop-rock band because of its positioning in a clip showing crowded gc.. amazing.. reckon that was a year ago.. I still have ear worms from its beats, pauses, lyrics..
ANYthing would be better... even Johhny Farnham...
Unless you’re prepared to pay for the royalties yourself HC, then perhaps you need to stop telling other people how awesome you’d do their life, if only you had a chance….
Well said mate,
Well said mate,
Well said mate
The soundtracks might be AI generated, 'freee' with no copyright...drove me into a rabid hole.
Music is such a subjective thing. I seem to remember Tim started out as a DJ around Adelaide and was never scared to play experimental type techno etc. I personally thought the audio and visuals fitted well and were so mesmerizing the wife thought I was zombiefied while watching it. Personally, I'm a bit over the standard thrash bash head banging stuff that many surfers still dig.
https://tracksmag.com.au/summer-read-lord-tim
quote (from a year ago):
Tim’s next, long-form project may be his most ambitious yet. He wants to make a new, big-wave movie where the soundtrack is supplied by live musicians. “I want a real feeling of the music,” insists Tim. “If it’s really dramatic and scary, then the music needs to be dramatic and scary. If it’s pumping, it needs to be kind of a real cool electronica… Ideally, I’d love to have someone like Tom Carroll reading out, you know, a 40-second poem to introduce the segment. I’ve actually created the rough cut of what it is, and I’ve shown it to a few people, and we’ve got some really good investors that want to put money into it.”
4/9 "stop dat train", ...."wont be tooo long, if Im right or wrong...."
"some stand aside, to try they're best,.... some cant cant find no food at all"