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bluNgoldhornet6
Big Wall climber
Tampa, Fl
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Jan 13, 2009 - 04:26pm PT
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Step into Liquid is pretty rad too! but yes, Riding Giants is an epic film.
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Fletcher
Trad climber
the campfire just a ways past Chris' Taco stand
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Jan 13, 2009 - 06:12pm PT
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Yeah, Riding Giants has been on my list. Gotta get around to that. Nice clip... "oh... my.... god..."
The opening two minutes of Billabong Odyssey is beyond anything. From the Micro to the Macro. What a sense of scale.
Also recommend the Endless Summer flicks... a different pace alright. Good stuff.
One of these days I gotta really get on a board... need to move closer to the coast.... might happen.
Fletch
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Jan 13, 2009 - 06:18pm PT
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for a real treat watch "lords of dogtown" with the commentary turned on. stacy peralta and tony alva do a running commentary that really resonates, especially if you had even a peripheral association with the socal skate scene during the mid '70's (watusi's older brother dave was a figure of some repute during that era).
riding giants is a phenominally good film. of all the people and places profiled, jeff clark and his experiences with maverick's seemed extraordinary.
if i could do my whole life over, i definately would have learned how to surf.
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Lambone
Ice climber
Ashland, Or
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Jan 13, 2009 - 06:21pm PT
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Foot straps are aid.
just kiddin =)
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drljefe
climber
Toostoned, AZ
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Jan 13, 2009 - 06:31pm PT
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bvb-
it's never too late.
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Largo
Sport climber
Venice, Ca
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Jan 13, 2009 - 06:52pm PT
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Another must see, Billabong Odyssey:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1n5tPTc1dQ
Maybe the best opening 2 minutes of any surf flick.
NOT MAYBE - FOR SURE. THAT'S ACTUAL FILM MAKING, AND THAT'S ONE HELL OF A TAKE ON THAT MONSTER WAVE. THAT ONE SHOT LASTS FOR A LONG TIME. ONLY THIHNG THEY MUFFED (IMO) IS IN SLOWING IT DOWN, BECAUSE THE SOUND DESIGN NO LONGER FITS.
JL
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dogtown
climber
Cheyenne,Wyoming
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 13, 2009 - 10:13pm PT
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I love Greg Noll's comment; Ahhh Man,That sh!t is impossible!
Billabong Odyssey: well that ones on the list,looks pretty good.
Bruce
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john hansen
climber
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Jan 13, 2009 - 11:17pm PT
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great vid's
The Eddie Aikau might go down this next week, some big stuff coming into the Islands. Thirty feet plus ,, we will see.
Aloha
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dogtown
climber
Cheyenne,Wyoming
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 13, 2009 - 11:25pm PT
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Airfare from Denver is off the hook right now or I would be gone!
Even from here to SoCal its just Ridicules.
Bruce
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Double D
climber
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Jan 14, 2009 - 12:11am PT
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Riding Giants, Stepping into Liquid and Billabong Odyssey all rock. But my favorite for just getting me psyched to go out... Endless Summer II. I, know, kinda lame but it always gets me stoked. Plus it’s dedicated to one of our own, Bev Johnson (she and Mike Hoover were involved in the filming around the time she died). Riding Giants just gets me scared.
I've had the privilege to attend two of the Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards. The footage and stories were unreal. My bro-in-law (Eddie Guzman) chases Ghost Trees and Mavericks when it's on. He says that tow-in surfing is the "crack-cocaine" of surfing...just way addicting. Down right scary looking if you ask me.
Talking with a climbing friend about the similar cultures and characters as the climbing industry he quickly corrected the assessment with, "yeah, the only difference is there's actually some money and it's rampant with babes." Maybe that’s why my neck was sore the following day. (-;
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dogtown
climber
Cheyenne,Wyoming
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 14, 2009 - 01:22am PT
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Yeah john;
That wave at Teahupoo is amazing,To paddle in on that thing would be suicide for sure.It sucks out and throws like no where else.
Tow in or die! (maybe die anyway)
Cool shot DD
ok one more sick Clip of Teahupoo oUCH!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzATyPSsDV4&feature=related
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J. Werlin
climber
Cedaredge
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Jan 14, 2009 - 10:53am PT
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JL-- I've thought the same about the slow-mo in that Billabong clip. The other side of the coin for me is, in the near-silence, I experience a deafening stillness which somehow amplifies the magnitude and grandeur of the sequence.
That wave at Teahapoo--my god. That is the fantasy (nightmare?) wave we'd draw over and over in high school art class. The palm trees, clear water, white sand, cocoa skinned beauties in grass skirts; a barrel you could drive a semi through and a grinding lip thick as a bunker wall.
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BASE104
climber
An Oil Field
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Jan 14, 2009 - 10:57am PT
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I wonder how much a film like Riding Giants cost..
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AllezAllez510
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Jan 14, 2009 - 01:07pm PT
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Teahapoo is paddled into all the time.
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andy@climbingmoab
Big Wall climber
Denver, CO
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Jan 14, 2009 - 02:02pm PT
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I watched Teahupoo from the beach. The wave looked huge, and its a really long way from the beach out to the wave. The beach was plenty close to it for me.
The process of learning to surf feels like learning to snowboard inside an avalanche.
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Tan Slacks
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Jan 14, 2009 - 03:00pm PT
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Hey DOGTOWN...
Do I know you? POP was one of my spots. along with Paul Revere, Bellagio, Kenter, Bay street. We must have friends in common.. Where did you go to school?
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aldude
climber
Monument Manor
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Jan 14, 2009 - 04:20pm PT
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Tow-in = invisible top rope
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Jan 14, 2009 - 08:03pm PT
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Any of you guys ever surfed Kings Reef or Horizons on Maui? Talk about riding giants, its like surfing big Hookipa only way off shore and long rides. Long paddle unless on a windsurf board or kiteboard.
How about Paukakaulos or Rivermouth? Any haole boys ever ripped it there?
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