CAPITAN SURFOCKER "SURFER & ROCKER KULTURE": 2018

sábado, 29 de diciembre de 2018

jueves, 27 de diciembre de 2018

Vans Joel Tudor Duct Tape Invitational in Hainan 2018

jueves, 13 de diciembre de 2018

L-O-V-E Nat King Cole (Subtitulada)

miércoles, 12 de diciembre de 2018

Tully: I Feel the Sun From "Sea of Joy"

Noosa Surf Festival 2018 - MENS LOGGER PRO highlights

Tully - Sea of Joy, Part 1 [Official Video]

sábado, 8 de diciembre de 2018

12-13-94 P. V. Cove Surfing - Tyler Hatzikian, Vince Ray, Dave Higley ...

Da Bull's 2nd Annual Surf Legends Classic from Costa Rica

viernes, 7 de diciembre de 2018

Macauley's Beach (30 Dec 2017) Dan on the McTavish Involvement

lunes, 26 de noviembre de 2018

jueves, 22 de noviembre de 2018

https://youtu.be/AaFqTkzMuHM

martes, 20 de noviembre de 2018

THE TRAGIC TALE OF KEVIN ‘THE HEAD’ BRENNAN

By John Hamilton on October 31, 2017 in News

Australian surf ing champion at age 15, dead at 25.

Sydney’s Eastern Beaches are awash with tales of talented surfers drowning – not by sea, but to the vices of a hedonistic city. Though no other surfer personifies this phenomenon more supremely than Bondi’s Kevin ‘The Head’ Brennan, nicknamed so for his outrageously large cranium. A jockey-sized petty thief with an almost supernatural surfing ability, Kevin took the surfing world by storm at the age of fifteen but was dead by twenty-five, overdosing on heroin somewhere down the back of a seedy Kings Cross nightclub.

In 1965, Kevin was the standout surfer at Bondi, a wonder kid who would make the best in the world look stale. Were there any doubts about Kevin’s extraordinary talents, he dispelled them that same year after winning – at just fifteen years of age – both the senior and junior Australian surfing titles before a crowd of thousands at Bondi Beach. Along the way, Kevin beat the crème de la crème of Australian surfing, including the likes of Midget Farelley and Nat Young, widely regarded as the world’s best two surfers of the period. Kevin also went on to feature in Paul Witzig’s cult surf film The Hot Generation (1967), thrilling audiences with his switchfoot antics and deep tube riding. As Phil Jarratt writes, “Brennan baffled everyone by surfing brilliantly, drunk or sober, and was the star of the movie.”

Bondi in the 1960s was not the glamorous location we all know today, typically disparaged by newspapers of the time as “a seaside slum with zero population growth”. Flanked by sewage outlets to the north and south, Bondi’s street-smart surfers were accustomed to all manner of trash – both human or otherwise. Led by the legendary Jack Mayes, Bondi’s top boardriders would hang out by the ‘Hep Pit’, a leaky drain at the southern end of the beach, riddled with hepatitis, syringes, and other contagious germs. This is where the phrase ‘Scum Valley’ − a now affectionate name for Bondi, proudly proclaimed by some current locals − takes its roots. But for Kevin, Scum Valley was no nostalgic trip down memory lane. Rather, his short life would cast a tragic reflection of what was a gritty, decaying, and polluted beachside suburb.

Kevin’s surfing achievements – and his downfall – are recognised in weighty surf encyclopaedias, like Matt Warshaw’s The History of Surfing (2010) and Phil Jarratt’s Australia’s Hottest 100 Surfing Legends (2012), but his brief life also makes for pure urban legend – that of a mythic figure, or folk hero.

Roaring tales of Kevin’s mischief-making and surfing masquerades abound; stories of him breaking into board sheds, being bashed senseless, tied to poles, and pissed on after picking one-too-many pockets. The serial school truant who’d run away for weeks on end. A delinquent teen surfer who’d paddle out with a cigarette and ride a wave switchfoot, before taking one last drag and flicking the butt into the shorey. The fast burning candle who, in the ‘live fast, die young’ tradition of Jimmy Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and Bon Scott, fatally choked on his own vomit. There’s even a song called ‘Kev the Head’, performed by iconic 1994 punk rock band The Celibate Rifles, while some other hazy surf-forum sources conjure that, “legend has it Kevin could pick your pocket, suck your dick, and betray you within one hour.”

Riding the wave of his short lived celebrity, Kevin soon became swept up in the burgeoning beachside drug scene of the late 1960s. As board designs rapidly evolved and the age of international professional surfing dawned, Kevin’s spiral into heroin addiction was uncontrollable and ultimately destructive. Little is known of Kevin’s life after this stage, other than local anecdotes and hearsay. Some describe a tragic fringe dweller wandering Bondi’s streets in a dirty trench coat and boardshorts. Others recall an experimental young man turning his back on surfing, opting instead for a Bohemian inner city lifestyle, immersing himself in Sydney’s vibrant – but still illegal – underground gay scene.

When Kevin overdosed in 1975, there was no obituary, nor funeral of any note. Here’s to The Head…

http://thebeast.com.au/news/tragic-tale-kevin-head-brennan/

lunes, 19 de noviembre de 2018

miércoles, 24 de octubre de 2018

New Age Let Down

New Age Let Down from I AM SURF FILM FESTIVAL on Vimeo.

Tin Ojeda’s new release ‘New Age Let Down’ in conjunction with Daata Editions is a montage of images in both colour and monochrome, displayed against an eclectic soundtrack of improvisational jazz, rock and dissonant noise.
Daata Editions commissions artist video, sound, poetry and web. This new and innovative way to collect art is designed specifically to be a native platform to a new generation of artists who work with moving image and sound. To purchase Tin Ojeda's unique release, please visit: https://daata-editions.com/art/video/tin-ojeda

SURFING IN ROCKAWAY BEACH early 1970'S with live music by the Supertones 09/15/2018

martes, 16 de octubre de 2018

THE KINGSMEN - MONEY - 1966-1969

jueves, 4 de octubre de 2018

JARED MELL LONGBOARDS & LOWERS

LONGBOARDS & LOWERS Jared Mell weaves a tale of surfing and sushi at the recent Surf Relik contest that took over Trestles this month.

BANKS JOURNAL: So, I have to admit, I'm not fully sure what the Relik Surf contest is all about...What is the Relik? What’s the idea behind it? JARED MELL: I don't necessarily know myself haha... No I mean, they wanted to see more longboarding contests I think. I mean, you've seen a lot of em starting to pop up around the world. They've got ones in England, NZ, Bali, Aus, Joel's Duct Tape contests jump around quite a bit, and I think just really coming from Joel's thing it's spread a lot more and gained a lot more popularity and steam than contests that came before. So, I guess, it's just another platform to stage that type of surfing here in California. Just to push the sport out to the world more is the idea behind it. Jared Mell prepping for the Lowers Surf Relik Contest

BANKS JOURNAL: Is there some sort of rules or concept behind the Relik? JM: It's pretty similar format to the Duct Tape. The difference being that includes hi performance long boarding as well. No real rules or requirements. I think there's kind of just a mutual understanding between everyone competing about types of equipment and stuff that's acceptable. Especially with the guys that are in it, we pretty much all know each other and grew up together surfing in Southern California. They call it gentlemen’s rules. I mean there is priority, and there was an epic paddle battle between Pickle and Harrison. We were out in the Semis and on the announcement, whoever the fuck was talking, 'Oh yeah, ya know, these two are great friends, you don't see too many paddle battles out here.' and then shit you not everyone turns their head and those two are going aggro paddling against each other, wahhhhh, just paddling as fast as they can and Harrison wins and sits out there and we're all sitting and he pulls up and we're all just like, 'Whoooaaa' and he said something about it and we were like, 'Oh you guys had to talk it out or something? Just a couple strokes and all good now? We're all buddiess, yew!’ Just joking around the whole time. Hashing it out in the water. Jared Mell Backwards Barrel at Lowers Surf Relik JM: People tend to think we don't give each other shit, but I love to rile up my friends. I mean, I hope they don't take it to heart, but it's like dude, at the end of the day we out there surfing pumping Lowers with three of our best friends... on longboards! It's mental. You know, someone’s gotta lose, whatever, I don't mind losing to people that I look up to and surf with cuz you know, they're some of my favorite surfers. If one of us does great, that's amazing, I'm stoked! Who cares, ya know? So yeah, throwing that dynamic and poking the bush a little bit, it's funny man. These guys are having a great time and doing what they love, and people can see that at events like these. That's the whole point. Jared Mell Longboarding at Lowers Trestles

BANKS JOURNAL: I think it comes with the territory with single fin longboarding too, it's not like thrasher vibes or anything. JM: Yeah even in the contest, one of the judges told me afterwards that with the single fin heats, everyone was just stoked and not challenging any heat scores or any of that silly shit. Ya know in our final, Knost lost by .27 points. You can't argue that. Yeah, I mean, that's a shitty/lucky fuckin score. It sucks to lose by that, but it's just numbers, you can't change it. Contests I mean, someone’s always gotta lose. At the end of the day if you just have the best time and put out your best surfing, even if you don't win, people still recognize it. Jared Mell placing a fin at Lowers JM: For us, and especially for me, I'm just having fun, surfing, chilling on the beach. I mean, we got served sushi down at Trestles by girls in bikinis. Nobody is complaining! Who would have ever thought when I was going out surfing 56th Street for surf team, that twenty years later, I'd be hanging ten down at Lowers with no shortboarders out when it's pumping, getting served sushi by girls in bikinis and getting paid to do it. You kidding me? And I was gonna play football, hahaha! Jared Mell Hanging Ten at Surf Relik Trestles 2018 BANKS JOURNAL: It's a full experience with Relik, huh? Almost sounds bougie. JM: Hahaha, yeah! I mean, you're getting sushi on the beach and weird lemonade drinks with CBD in ‘em. It's nice, it's really nice, haha. Joel calls it The Spa. We love The Spa. I mean, it is what it is. And at the end of the day, they're pushing a style of surfing that we want to see more of. We wanna see kids from all over the world pushing it, cuz it's something we love and that's the reason we've been doing it our whole lives. So yeah, right on! I'll be back next year, if they invite me but probably not! Hahaha. Jared Mell cheater 5 at Lowers for the Surf Relik Contest Jared Mell at Trestles JM: I just wanna have fun with my friends and cheers whoever wins. The fact is, these people are pushing those things and more of ‘em are happening. Which is a great thing for the sport, who cares who's doing it, as long as it's kinda got the same idea and going towards the same thing, ya know? Pushing more kids to get out there and surf. It gives more opportunities for anyone that loves it that maybe can't get sponsors and stuff like that, to get noticed and you know, win a couple and maybe they start getting free boards or whatever, going on a trip. That's how it happened for me. I didn't have a dad that surfed growing up. I see that all the time, you know, that's so cool! You get to surf with your dad, I didn’t have that. And so, me being able to get that experience through surfing with my family of friends who help me out along the way. It's the most meaningful thing for me. So, I'm all for it. Fuck it. BANKS JOURNAL: Especially when it's at Trestles... haha! JM: Especially when it's at Trestles... and there's girls in bikinis giving you sushi. I'll take some more tuna motherfucker! I love you, I don't even know who you are. BANKS JOURNAL: Hahahaha! So how were the waves for it? JM: Pumping! It was honestly so much fun for Lowers and we were longboarding. That's the thing, I mean, it wasn't like, all-time Lowers, the best you've ever seen. But the fact that it was that good and we were longboarding there was nobody out there. That is the fact that just blows it out of the water and makes it 10x more of a thing than it ever was. It was the first all-longboard contest there. I mean there's been heats down there but a strictly longboarding contest... I'm pretty sure it's the first one. Maybe back in the day? I forget, I'm really bad at that stuff. But it happened, and it was fuckin amazing. I was laughing out there. In the semi-final it was Pickle, Alex, Harrison & me. And we’re just out there looking at each other like, 'Are you kidding me right now? We grew up surfing together and love it and now were out at pumping Lowers all by ourselves with all our friends watching from the beach and I just took 3 shots of tequila... Heyoooo!’ Hahaha! Bang Bang Board by Jared Mell BANKS JOURNAL: What were you riding? JM: It was a board that I shaped, the one I rode in the last one actually. I had a Noosa '66 blank from Bob McTavish that I shaped. They always help me out when I'm down in Australia. Bob is a legend in his own right ya know, you don't even have to say anything more about him, you just say his name. Ol' Bobby! He let me shape in his bay one time and so I shaped this one, based off a kinda 60's Australian longboard kinda style. It's the kind of style that Dane Peterson introduced me to and shapes. It's definitely trying to be like one of his. I always tried to get one from him, but he's always busy. And every time I say that he gets mad which is funny haha. Well you should've shaped me one! Nah, he's honestly the best dude ever and I've always been inspired by him and his surfing and Alex would ride ‘em a lot and Kassia, too. Real heavily based off all that really, just with a narrower tail and bit more kick in the tail. The Bang Bang Board haha. Paul Mcneil painted an epic infinity rainbow on it, never gonna get rid of it. BANKS JOURNAL: What place did you finish? JM: I think equal 5th is where I finished and got some good prize money from that. Ya know, for hanging out at the beach and eating sushi, surfing Lowers. I'll do it again in a heartbeat. Heyyy call me back whenever guys, I'll do this again, I'll clear my schedule. Haha! BANKS JOURNAL: Are there any more planned for this year? JM: As far as I know it's just a two-stop tour, Malibu and Lowers. I'm not sure what's on for 2019, hopefully it grows into something even bigger! I'm down. Jared Mell getting ready to surf Lowers at the Surf Relik contest Many thanks to Harry Mark for providing all the beautiful images found in this Journal post. And to Surf Relik for feeding Jared sushi and letting him surf the contest!

THE ART OF LONGBOARDING THE HOT DOGGERS

lunes, 1 de octubre de 2018

Relik Longboard World Tour: Quarters to Final of the Classic Division

Watch: Classic division, quarterfinals to the finals, of the 2018 Relik Longboard World Tour event at Lower Trestles.

Quarterfinal 1: 00:01
Andy Neiblas (RED), Tommy Witt (BLUE), Josh Seeman (WHITE), Jack Lynch (BLACK).
Quarterfinal 2: 05:52
Chad Marshall (RED), Corey Colapinto (BLUE), Nick Rogers (WHITE), Yuta Setsu (BLACK).
Quarterfinal 3: 12:40
Jared Mel (RED), Harrison Roach (BLUE), Brian Anderson (WHITE), Joe Rickenbaugh (BLACK).
Quarterfinal 4: 19:15
Justin Quintal (RED), Tyler Warren (BLUE), Alex Knost (WHITE), Reilly Stone (BLACK).
Semifinal 1: 25:38
Jack Lynch (RED), Tommy Witt (BLUE), Chad Marshall (WHITE), Nick Rodgers (BLACK).
Semifinal 2: 31:41
Harrison Roach (RED), Jared Mel (BLUE), Alex Knost (WHITE), Tyler Warren (BLACK).
Final: 41:27
Tommy Witt (RED), Jack Lynch (BLUE), Harrison Roach (WHITE), Alex Knost (BLACK).
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