- FULL SURFING MOVIE "ALTERNATIVE SURF CRAFT" Alternative Surf Craft profiles the surfers who make their own path riding unique and alternative surf craft away from the mainstream shortboards. Surfer magazine says of Trevor Gordon, "Trevor Gordon surfs Rincon the way God intended. With flow, trim, and grace. You can surf with those qualities and rip huge turns, like Tom Curren". Alex Knost
These are the best longboarding videos I've seen about the late 1990's. There are some serious style masters in there and high performance tricks too. Lots of surf spots covered in these films like pipeline, malibu and more... check it out:
NOSERIDES, STYLE, BARRELS, BIKINIS AND BOWLS ON THIS 90s LONGBOARDING HAWAII SURF MOVIE FILMED ON OAHU'S NORTH SHORE AT BANZAII PIPELINE, HALEIWA BEACH PARK, ROCKY POINT AND GAS CHAMBERS, PUPUKEA SANDBAR, SUNSET BEACH, MAKAKA, AND MONSTER MUSH.
MUSIC BY DEAD KAMPERS @deadkampers
SURFERS: RUSTY KEAULANA, BONGA PERKINS, JOEL TUDOR, VETEA "POTO" DAVID, JOEY VALENTINE, SEAN BRILEY, TONY MONIZ, DAVID NUUIWA, JAMES "BOOBY" JONES, JEFF KRAMER, HERBIE FLETCHER, COLIN MCPHILLIPS, GLEN "MR. X" WINTON, GARY "KONG" ELKERTON, SUNNY GARCIA, LANCE HOOKANO, RICO DE SOUZA, MARTY THOMAS, AND MORE
Decade: Ten Years of Great Longboarding - Herbie Fletcher 2002
Featuring the surfing of Jared Mell, Tommy Witt, Tyler Warren, Joel Tudor, Laird Hamilton, Herbie Fletcher, Alex Knost, Kassia Meador, Chris Del Moro, Clay McCutcheon, Kevin O'Sullivan, Robin Falxa, Omar Cruz, Ryan Griffin, Amarita Sativa, Brandon Sanford and Tony Roberts.
Filmed in Hawaii, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and California.
A film by TR Productions. Shot and edited by Tony Roberts. Additional footage by Hal Jepsen, Video Beto, Alora Ashlie, Xia Roberts, Junior Montalvo, Brett Campbell, Cristobal de Valdes Cifuentes, Federica Luppi, & Sean Murphy.
Longboard and single fin surfers unite in this timeless expose of free surfing expression. World travel and adventure in perfect surf, big waves, tubes and log peeling walls keep the stoke level up from start to finish. "Gotta know where you're from....to know where you're at." Roots.
Music by (In order of appearance): Gabby Pahinui, Hugh Mundell, Dead Kampers @deadkampers, Jerren Medford @grub_killa, The Rastafarians, Everton Dacreas, Cal Tjader, Jack Shields @the.jackshields, The Quotations, Gregory Isaacs, The Maples, El Roockie, Pikin y la Nueva Septima, Jimmy Cliff, Bobby Roberts, Aridia Ventura, The Cables, The Conquistadors, The Mello Souls.
Bonus: Ok I know this one is from 2005 but I can't resist adding it here!
Vans Presents The Ductumentary, A short-film revealing what is perhaps Joel Tudor's greatest contribution to surfing. Featuring Joel Tudor, Alex Knost, Tyler Warren, Ryan Burch, Jared Mell and more. Directed by Graham Nash and Reagan Ritchie.
Music by Tomorrows Tulips, Matt McCluer, Skalpel, Blank Tapes, Japenese Motors, Nolan Hall, and Radar Eyes
OffTheWall.TV is a digital online video network chronicling the unique aspects of Vans' brand of youth culture through original video projects and exclusive content exploring skate, surf, snow, BMX, girls' lifestyle, art and music. With more than 45 years of rich heritage and far-reaching influence in youth culture, OffTheWall.TV story-telling captures the creative expressions of Vans' "Off the Wall" identity.
A few words from those guys at : www.wavegarden.com/#
Our vision gives people of all ages and surfing levels the ability to enjoy a beach environment and a real surfing experience...beyond the oceans of the world. Wavegarden®’s cutting edge technology allows the creation of a broad and customisable range of authentic surfing waves in a safe and natural environment. This cost effective and environmentally friendly wave generation technology is now available to the public and for the first time makes economically-viable inland wave sports and lifestyle facilities possible.
A few more words from me:
So either I need to become really wealthy so I can afford one of these in my back yard or I need to become friends with the guy who already has one in his back yard. Either way I would like to give it a test drive on a few different boards (Longboard, Shortboard and Hybrid). I understand that it's a smaller wave and that has it's own limitations, but it still looks fun. I can imagine a few up and coming amateur and profession longboarders inventing some new nose riding tricks there. Not sure if the guys at Wavegarden plan on inviting Joel Tudor and his friends but I'm sure it would make one great story. I think I may need to become friends with Joel to up my odds of getting to play around at this place.
Update 2014:
It looks like there have been some major improvements… Check out what I found (via blog.gessato.com)
ABOUT KIMBERLY LI - Kimberly is a graduate from MIT's Department of Architecture, and has recently joined the publication team at MIT OpenCourseWare. While architecture remains her first love, her interests encompass literature – epic poetry and Medieval romances are her favorite – and also fashion. She delights in various design projects, featured on her website "unkliched".
ABOUT KIMBERLY LI - Kimberly is a graduate from MIT's Department of Architecture, and has recently joined the publication team at MIT OpenCourseWare. While architecture remains her first love, her interests encompass literature – epic poetry and Medieval romances are her favorite – and also fashion. She delights in various design projects, featured on her website "