SHUSTER/GRAY

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Cameraman, MATT SHUSTER, getting some work done in Cali waters with ALEX GRAY a week or so ago (my land angle and video frame grabs of Shuster's water angle are matched up in the following sequence):
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Shuster, relaxin'...
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Then gets a couple more clips...
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Dink marks the spot.
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NO AGE

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"WHEN I SEE A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO PUT MY WIRE, I CANNOT RESIST."

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In a 1974 clandestine operation, Frenchman, Phillipe Petit, with the help of a few close friends, set up a tightrope (steel cable) in the cover of night between the very tops of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers (1,350 ft high). A little after daybreak, Phillipe walked out onto the wire where he spent more than an hour mesmerizing people as he playfully taunted the cops from the wire before finally choosing to complete his crossing to the other side:
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The documentaty film, MAN ON A WIRE, is well worth seeing for the years of planning, training, friendships and committment that went into pulling it off... Especially when considering the challenge of secretly getting a 140 foot steel cable stretched between the Twin Towers with the hands of just a few men was an incredible feat in itself.
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GO BEYOND ALL YOUR LIMITATIONS

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Ashrita Furman holds more Guinness Book of World Records than any other man, dead or alive.
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CY'S WOOD KNEE PLANE

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Cyrus Sutton recently built this wood knee plane. Word is, "it hauls in little hollow peelers."
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CY & RY FINNED

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Cyrus Sutton (above) and Ryan Burch sessioning together last week (photo cred:?).

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With so much worthy attention around Cy & Ry riding finless lately, let it not be forgotten they've not forgotten fins.
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TYLER'S PONY

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My Hydrodynamica White Pony (#2) was on loan since last March with Tyler Warren and John Smart for as long as they needed it for the making of the TYLER WARREN EXPERIMENTS. I got it back last weekend. Tyler liked it so much he shaped one for himself. Below is a video of him riding the Pony he shaped. I think it's safe to say his works good enough that he won't be missing mine:
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TYLER WARREN ON 4'10.5" from TYLER WARREN on Vimeo.

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WAVE SELECTION

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Not a lot of takers this morn'. I guess you know it's crap when the pelicans insist on flying high above the stink. An hour or more bobbing 'round in the mess and not a one did I see show even the slightest interest in descending to the sea.
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BURCH BLURRED, KENVIN ID'd, WARREN REPRESENTIN'

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• Ryan Burch gracing the cover of the November issue of Surfer Magazine.
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Also in the issue:
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• Tyler Warren is recognized, along with others, for representing diversity by guest editor, Joel Tudor.
• Joel identifies Richard Kenvin as one of the most influential surfers, designers, and innovators of our time.
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VOICE...

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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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