Showing posts with label Ozzie Wright. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ozzie Wright. Show all posts

Saturday, December 19, 2009

BS! ACCORDING TO KENVIN & KIDMAN

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Is BS! one-dimensional-shortboard-hero-worship-surfporn? Hardly. The film is layered, multi-dimensional, funny, entertaining, and in some sequences very beautiful. The surfers are intense but refreshingly candid, relaxed, and humble. Alternative surf craft enthusiasts may be guilty of contempt prior to investigation in regards to BS!, but they are missing out on a thought provoking visual treat full of chuckles and subversive wit. The editing is superb and the music resonates in all the sequences, in some cases with an almost mind altering intensity. On the other hand, hardcore performance porn junkies won’t be disappointed: there is some serious ripping in this film. If I were to recommend a “longboard” film to a “shortboarder” I’d say watch The Seedling. If I were to recommend a “shortboard” film to a “longboarder” I’d say watch BS!.
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—RICHARD KENVIN
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That Mitch Coleborn surfing is perhaps the most incredible surfing I have ever seen. He surfs like he wears straps. Incredible, even in the big windy stuff. They look like a nice bunch of kids to work with. Dusty really had the same style as his Dad which was really cool. That big wave footage was incredible. The Nor Cal stuff was great too, nice style. Ozzie is so classic, it’s no wonder he keeps breaking bones in his body. The whole film was super watchable, well paced, edited beautifully, great music. I hope people enjoy it, the surfing will blow their minds, blew me out."
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—ANDREW KIDMAN
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BS! with a Crapload of Bonus Features is now available
on DVD in surf shops.
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One of the bonus features is a 22 minute short film called TWEAKIN' on BOARDS WITH RYAN BURCH including a TANGENT TO TAVI WITH MITCH COLEBORN. Here's an excerpt from it featuring Burch on the second of two original 4'11" Hydrodyanamica
"White Pony" boards, and Mitch on a 5'5" Openface Sandwich board by Nine Lights:
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EXCERPT from: "TWEAKIN' ON BOARDS WITH RYAN BURCH in So Cal 2009 including a TANGENT TO TAVI WITH MITCH COLEBORN" from R.T. on Vimeo.


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It's interesting to note that the section of TWEAKIN' where Burch rides and talks about the "White Pony" was shot shortly before he and Richard Kenvin met for the first time. It's been amazing to
watch the fruits of their relationship since then on the Hydro-blog.
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The complete list of boards Burch rides in TWEAKIN' are:
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6'1" Thruster by Sauritch
7'6" Single Fin Pin Tail by Infinity
6'0" High Aspect Twin Fin by Sauritch
5'4" Twin Keel (single foil) Fish by Burch
4'11" Twin Keel Hydrodynamica "White Pony"
5'7" Finless "Wrongald" glassed foam board by Burch
5'6" High Aspect Twin with Small Trailing Fin, Openface Sandwich by Nine Lights

8'0" Wegener Alaia
5'7" Wegener Alaia
5'7" Finless glassed foam board with Single Fin box option (scroll to bottom of linked post) by Burch
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The complete list of bonus features on the DVD are:
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1) More Dusty Payne Surf Clips (6minutes:30seconds)
2) More Mitch Coleborn Surf Clips (6:40)
3) Ozzie Surfing Indo (6:30)
4) A Bullshit Surf Clip of Nate Tyler (1:00)
5) More Andrew Doheny Surf Clips (3:00)
6) Tweakin’ on Boards with Ryan Burch including a Tangent to Tavi with Mitch Coleborn (22:00)
7) Dusty Winning the Oakley Pro Jr., Bali 2008 (3:00)
8) A Short Alternate Segment of Extended Dusty, Mitch & Alex Interview (2:30)
9) Andrew “Droid” Doheny Interview featuring the surfing of Tom Curren (5:30)
10) Pure Droid I. (2:40)
11) Prue Droid II. (2:20)
12) Goons of Doom “For A Girl” music video (4:30)
13) Live Musical Performance by Need New Body (11:00)
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Bonus Features total running time: 77 minutes
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BS! total running time: 44 minutes
Director: Ryan Thomas
Principle Camera: Matt Shuster
Featured Surfers: Dusty Payne, Mitch Coleborn, Alex Gray, Ozzie Wright, Nate Tyler, Andrew Doheny, Ryan Burch, Pat Towersey
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BS! excerpt featuring Dusty and Mitch:
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EXCERPT from the surf film: BS! from R.T. on Vimeo.


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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

MORE FOR ORGANS & WHALES

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A few Ozzie Wright clips of character from Save the Big Fat Whales:
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Look Back Slow-mo:
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Grab turn slow-mo:
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

FREEDOM TO FALL

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Behind the blood and fangs Ozzie Wright is one of the nicest chaps you could ever come across. I've always appreciated the fact that he doesn't try to overly edit out the act of falling in his sections of surf films... Always a refreshing take of reckless abandon and freedom when most surf flicks bend towards showcasing an illusion (which in my filmmaking, as hard as I try, I'm also guilty of) of athletic "perfection".

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Below is a recent interview with Ozzie about the ongoing kickflip contest thang:
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Some 2007 tube time:
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And some reckless abandon (excerpt from the older film
Doped Youth made by Ozzie and friends):
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