I Wonder About You

Well everything ends & it was with only 3 weeks left until T.I.A was due that my Macbook screen was fatefully smashed up.
How? Who? & why? Well it may have involved intoxication & I definitely can't point the finger anywhere except at my own reflection.
So I was fucked.
No computer with 3 weeks left, luckily a good friend of mine Todd Delfs leant me his old computer & though it was a little slower it got the job done.*
You might have seen some of Todd's footage in that VIDEO(i.e not a dvd) that came out around 10 years ago, shit what
was it called? Oh yeah, Tension.
A lot of the Northpoint footage from Tension was filmed by Todd, including Mitch Rawlin's crazy silhouetted arvo punt.

So anyway, the This Is Africa dvd trailer has now been unlocked for anyone
that struggled to find the right 7 letter combo.


*Note - it took a week to get the computer, then final cut pro with all the p2 drivers up and running.

Once again in discussion with some people re: dvd projects, but I'm returning this computer today so don't expect updates anytime too soon.

OUR TIME TO SHINE

This is it.

I Hate My Husband, I Hate My Children

Another dvd DONE.
T.I.A is currently being replicated for its release on the next issue of Riptide.
This Is Africa obviously being what became of the 3 weeks worth of footage shot in South Africa.
So Dan, why isn't it called This Is South Africa?
Because T.I.A is a reference to Blood Diamond, bru.

The powers at be have put a password on the clip, but you don't exactly have to be a hacker to figure it out.
Watch TRAILER here.

This being the cover art to the song backing the trailer - the same song I had on repeat while I was over there filming.

Daily Thought

A lot of my friends were people that were considered "assholes" by virtually everyone else - a hazard of living through the suffering that we all experienced.

I remember thinking "if I could just give this kid a microphone, everything that everyone hates about him would be transformed into the things they love about him."
So, Pink Reason has become a vehicle for transfiguration. It's a way for me to turn our shit into gold and use the gold to buy my friends and I a better life, because we've deserved it.
I think a lot of people deserve better, and I want to encourage those people to do something about it. The only way to change your life is to take charge of it.
It's not an easy path, and I nearly died several times getting myself to the place I am today, but despite the dangers, it's been worth it, and even if I never made it as far as I have, at least my path would have been more interesting than the alternatives.

stay tuned - real post coming tomorrow.

Superliminal

This is my favourite bodyboarding dvd promo clip, EVER.
Can you imagine how good Pastiche would have been if we got Steve to edit it?
PREMIERING IN DECEMBER I'LL SEE YOU THERE.

Up & Down

'Up and down through what you thought
would be our future,
became a dark reminder
of what a rash and inconsistent faith you had.' - J.S

So here's what I saw before I went to work on Friday.
I would have liked to travel south to see some more, especially on that lovely new highway -
but I had to high tail it back to BWS to serve you, perhaps at your local bottle store.
"It's scary how good Brendo is getting" - Adam Luehman
"I was just loving not being underground" - Mike Honeybone
(Mike's back between stints drilling up north on the mines)
"Apparently he (Josh Garner) came up coughing blood"* - Dan Claws
"I'm surprised he came up at all to be honest!" - Chris James

Our Tones, Your Resume's

Hi.
Remember back when I teased you with password protected resume's? Me neither.
Now they're unlocked. Of course they're not nearly as exciting anymore seeing as Adam's one was in Bastiche & Lee's one doesn't have many(any?) waves that aren't in his bonus part.
Then again if you didn't buy the dvd or haven't seen it you may feel somewhat hopeful.
Enjoy if you can.

Wow this resume is actually a year old now. I remember Lee hit me up real last minute to make him something
after that north point day(see 6 or so waves in resume). He asked if I could get some of his old footage from vids like
Raised Heights, Visions, some of the Tensions etc but I totally ran out of time. So I filmed a few waves from Raised Heights
on my tv without the slightest effort to disguise this. In fact the editing in general on this is so tacky - I think I spent under an hour on it haha.

Things to notice: Ben claiming his wedge invert as he goes past, Matt Delroy walking in front of the slow mo norths invert,
Norths local Jay Baddock getting dropped in on before the rev that he gets axed on(filmed from the ski) &
Halsey claiming his air rev in the Phillipines.

The Bermuda Bike Rally

(To the far right of frame you'll see me on the Raliegh that got me through the day, the basket ideal for holding my Eumig Nautica Super8 set up).

So a while back I shot this video clip for my friend's band Bermuda.
Back then they had a different singer so within the process of re-recording vocal tracks this clip got delayed a bit.
It was shot in Ektachrome on a fatefully un-golden day in Perth.
The ride started at Hyde Park and finished at the beach in Swanbourne.
Anyway here it is for anyone interested in Super 8 or a dope local band.

Lastly while the band is on break they should be playing shows late in the year, I for one will attend & you should too.

At Warung Midnight You

Despite how utterly skunked we got last year, we all had a lot of fun in Bali. This year you could get a return flight for around $300 & we jumped at the opportunity. I was hoping the waves would pump so I could make some money selling footage of Ben to Pride & footage of Lee to Custom X. Unfortunately even with more swell than last time it wasn't that great. On the flip side it meant more partying & fun so who cares right?
Also I celebrated my 21st birthday over there & that was wild.
Here's a grab or two of the few days we did get.
My advice if you're traveling to Bali; go in the wet season and surf Keramus.

Brett Ayres, vert at Canguu.
Lee S, one handed ice swan.
Veitch dog.

Dead End

Update: currently unemployed & broke.




More tomorrow.