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... CARRIES, WORLD TURNS, TEARS FALL, WATERS FREEZE.
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30 SOMETHING GROM STOKE

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Copper Dove
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BREATH OF FRESH AIR

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The email read:
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"Not one person... all day! We were tripping."
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Jason Tutterow trippin':
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IN GOOD COMPANY

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BS!, in the good company of others, was was nominated for a few categories at the 2009 Surfer Poll & Video Awards last night.
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I. MOVIE OF THE YEAR NOMINEES:
• One Track Mind
• The Present
• BS!
• Still Filthy
• 5’5” x 19 1/4” Redux
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Awarded to: Still Filthy
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II. BEST MALE PERFORMANCE NOMINEES:
• Dane Reynolds (The Present)
• Nathan Fletcher (Lavese Las Manos)
• Dusty Payne (BS!)
• Andy Irons (Still Filthy)
• Wade Goodall (Still Filthy)
• Ry Craike (There’s No I In Go Ry)
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Awarded to: Dusty Payne (BS!)
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III. BEST MANEUVER NOMINEES:
• Wade Goodall (Still Filthy)
• Taj Burrow (Still Filthy)
• Dusty Payne (BS!)
• Mitch Coleborn (BS!)
• Ry Craike (There’s No I In Go Ry)
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Awarded to: Taj Burrow (Still Filthy)
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IV. WORST WIPEOUT NOMINEES:
• Dan Malloy (The Present)
•“C” (Surfing 50 States)
• Maya Gabeira (Dear and Yonder)
• Ken “Skin Dog” Collins (BS!)
• Unknown (Destination Unknown)
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Awarded to: Skin Dog (BS!)
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On top of all the above promotional bullshit, I'm pretty sure BS! is the only film that documents Rasta turning into a Dolphin:
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HELLA "BETTER GET A BROOM" (Osaka, May 2004)

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An excerpt from Concentration Face, the film I made of Hella's 2004 tour of Japan. This excerpt is primarily a one-shot that reveals some of my fumbling around the equipment on stage, but ultimately finding my way into one of my favorite camera angles by song's end:
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For anyone interested, The Concentration Face DVD is available at: www.buyolympia.com/killrockstars/item=ger044
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BS! (BUSTING STEREOTYPES!)

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Young Andrew "Droid" Doheny and his elder "Punker" Pat Towersey... both bred in Newps on Thrusters, and both with a healthy respect for one another.
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Below are some frame-grabs, from a section of the film BS!, of them sessioning at Lower Trestles. Droid on two different Thrusters. Punker on two different Displacement Hulls. Good times shuckin' and jivin' off eachother:
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Droid and Punker sharing a wave. Above, Droid's twisted mock of soul in the bottom turn. Below, Later on that same wave, Droid eating Punker's exhuast.
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Punker, trim and some twisting of his own.
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Above, Punker. Below, Droid.
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Thruster fins free. D.Hull fin free.
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Free BS! dvd will be in Surfing Mag on surf shop newstands September 22. BS! dvd fully loaded with extra features will be available in surf shops this November.
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Post Script Notes/Links:
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• Frame Grabs from footage shot by Matt Shuster.
• When asked "Best Style?", Droid's reply is "Old School."
• More shots of Punker on D.Hull at KP's Roundup: Link 1, Link 2.
• Defined:

BUST (1) v
1. vti to break something mechanical or electrical, or to cease operating properly (informal)
2. vti to break or damage something by hitting it or by subjecting it to a powerful impact, or to break in this way (informal)
3. vti to burst something or to undergo bursting
4. vt to mount a police raid, especially in connection with illegal drugs (slang)
5. vti to make somebody bankrupt or to become bankrupt (informal)
6. vt to demote a member of the armed forces (informal)
7. vt to break in a horse (informal)
8. vt to break up an organization when it has become too powerful (informal)
9. vt to hit or punch somebody (informal)
10. vi in blackjack, to have cards totaling more than 21 points
11. vi in poker, to fail to complete a flush or straight

n
1. a police raid or arrest, especially in connection with illegal drugs (slang)
2. somebody or something that fails completely (informal)
3. bankruptcy or financial failure (informal)
4. a punch or blow (informal)
5. a disorganized party or celebration (informal)

BUST (2) n
1. a woman’s breasts, or the measurement around this part of her upper body
2. a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person

Encarta® World English Dictionary
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