A beautiful film about Australian surf and surfers by Steve Core.
Ocean Rythms magically captures the classic era of mid-seventies surfing in Australia, featuring the unique styles of many world-class surfers including Peter Townend, Rabbit Barthoomew, Michael Peterson and Mark Richards.
The film highlights a host of famous Australian surfing locations and surfers, their surfboard designs, shapes and the surfing styles, that propelled these iconic Australian young guns into the era we are in today.
Some search for themselves by challenging the mysterious force of the sea.
The era is 1969... after Nat Young shocked Americans becoming world surfing champion in 1966. America's best surfers from Windensea Club came to Australia to compete against Australia's best, settling the controversy which country had the best surfers and surfing supremacy.
Their search took them via Fiji and NZ to end up in Sydney for the showdown. Where the Australian team of Ted Spencer, Midget Farrelly, Russel Hughes and John Monie dominated with their short board power surfing and the vee bottom board design proving more maneuverable than the American long boards.
The movies title focuses on the emerging board design developed by Bob McTavish redesigning conventional longboards, influenced by George Greenough's practical thinking around shorter boards, making higher perfomance surfing possible, and Nat Young proving the results with his world title victory.
Nat's personal journey for the experience beyond contest surfing is portrayed in the best footage of 8' Lennox Head. Aggressive fluid surfing with George Greenough and McTavish. Don't think... let your mind run free and your body and board will follow.
Can't step twice... on the same piece of water.
We shall not cease from exploration And at the end of all your exploringWill be to arrive where you startedAnd know the place for the first time.
A film by Albert Falzon.
The classic Australian Surf Film of 1974.
Signed by David 'Mex' Sumpter.
See Wayne Lynch, Nat Young, Jeff Hackman & Gerry Lopez surf the incredible juice of Bali - a tropical paradise.
See the top Hawaiians surf the $10,000 Coke contest.See 'The commuting Surfer' - the funniest skateboard sequence ever.See "And now for something really different" slapstick skiing and bob-sledding.Hear the top Australians describe their surfing.Catch a heaping portion of waves of all sizes plus a lot of rock and roll.
Throughout, things are constantly popping out at you - tubes - boobs- sunrises - surprises - wide angle smiles - and telephoto lens.
Hawaii - Africa - France - Australia
Chapman - Drouyn - Hardy - Kanaiaupuni - Lopez - McCall - Neilsen - Paull - Russell - Rudolph - Scott and many other fine surfers.
82 minutes of fast action and great waves in 3 countries in the days before leg ropes and logos on surfboards with an early 70's laid back soundtrack.
One ocean once covered the world it was the... Morning Of The Earth.
A film by Albert Falzon, digitally remastered and including a 64-page booklet.
The 25th Anniversary special edition of David Lourie, Jack McCoy and Dick Hoole's movie, Storm Riders.
Signed by Dick Hoole.
The iconic 80's surfing film digitally remastered.
Storm Riders are ready for anything as they travel to five continents to discover theh exotic jungles of Sumatra, Java, romantic Bali, Africa, Hawaii and the blistering desert outback of The Great Australian Bight.
Featured surfers: Mark Richards, Wayne Lynch, Rabbit Bartholomew, Gerry Lopez, Simon Anderson, Shaun Thomson, Joe Engel, Thornton Fallander, Peter McCabe and Tom Carroll.
Music by The Doors, Australian Crawl, Little River Band, Split Enz, Men At Work, Matt Finish, The Church, Sharron O'Neill and more!
At last, the complete collector's guide to surfmovies, from the flickering images of breaking waves in the very first films in the 1890's to the take-no-prisoners surf vids of today. Surf movies presents the sport, art and lifestyle of surfing, seen through the mirror of a century of film and video.
By Albie Thoms
Disc 1: Morning of the Earth
Albert Falzon’s masterpiece Morning of the Earth premiered at the Manly Silver Screen Theatre in 1972.
Featuring stunning surfing sequences from Bali, Angourie, Kirra, Oahu, Maui and elsewhere, the film has been universally acclaimed as perhaps the greatest surfing film ever made. But it is much more than that.
Includes a 48 page book of photos and essays by Steve Kulak, Toby Creswell, Andrew Kidman, Monty Webber.
Book also includes the story behind the film by Albert Falzon and Bali observations by Stephen Cooney.
Feature length: 79 Minutes
Disc 2: The Point of Light
12 short films by Albert Falzon, Monty Webber, Hannah Fraser, David Rastovitch.
Featuring music by Brian Eno, Talking Heads and others.
Includes a 20 page colour booklet
Feature length: 50 Minutes
Switch-foot II is the sequel to the award winning (Australian Surfing Hall Of Fame) first book by Andrew Crockett.
The book, 4 years in the making, includes 90 contributors on 368 pages with more than 1000 unique images, 16 'Legends of the Lens' and the other side of surfing.
