The Meeting Place, In Byron Bay Today’s Weekend Review.

We were treated to a sneak preview of the Rest Your Eyes production, Byron Bay, The Meeting Place, this week. Firstly congratulations to Jonathon & Sebastian Lundmark plus Oliver Certa for a beautiful and slick production. The film has some good interviews, social history and great cinematography etc. It is a truly remarkable piece of work for a first time feature. I particularly enjoyed seeing some timely reminders of why we all love this place. Yet I left the screening with a few nagging questions in the back of my mind. Is this really a documentary or a tourism marketing tool? Are there aspects of life in Byron Bay that were simply ignored or at the very least glossed over? What exactly are the motives behind this film? There is no denying that Byron Bay ‘The Meeting Place’ is indeed a beautiful piece of work. It’s just that at times it’s a little confusing as to whether it is a documentary, a tourism marketing tool or just a beautiful representation of how the Lundmark brothers perceive life, In Byron Bay Today.  Byron Bay ‘The Meeting Place’ will be screening at the Byron Bay Community Centre on November 30^th. 

Happenings Next Weekend, In Byron Bay Today’s Weekend Review.

Yes folks its true there was not a lot happening over the last week in Byron Bay. But there are some events that are well worth taking note of for next Saturday the 22^nd in the bay. For those into photography and music, there will be an exhibition up at The Top Shop. Some featured shutter bugs will be George Greenough, Matty Yates & Justin Crawford, with live music by Josh Hamilton from 11am till1pm. Also on the same day at the Byron Bay Community centre. Andrew Wells from Grown surfboards will be teaching his handicraft in a wooden surfboard workshop. This will happen between 4-5pm you don’t want t miss that. Last but certainly no least, Saturday the 22^nd is the Byron Breast Cancer Day running at Railway Park in town from 10am till 2pm. There will be some entertainment, music, talks Yoga etc. This is an important charity fundraising event. To be honest it’s probably going to need some extra support, so if you can get on over to it as well, while all the other exciting stuff is going on, that would be way cool, In Byron Bay Today.   

Denny Aaberg IN STORE at Heritage Surf – June 27

Denny Aaberg, co-author of Big Wednesday, will be at Heritage Surf in Manly to celebrate the 40th anniversary of George Greenough’s The Innermost Limits of Pure Fun. See the making of this great film, meet Denny, own a piece of surfing history. See below and visit Heritage Surf Australia.

VIDEO: Critical Slide Society gets slidin’

Watching this made me want to go surfin’! These guys look like they’re having so much fun on all kinds of different water vectors.
Kudos to Nathan Oldfield for another good one…

Critical Sliders from Nathan Oldfield on Vimeo.

This is something I made for my friends at The Critical Slide Society. It features the slipperyisms of Sage Joske, Kameron Brown, Brett Calller, Jacob Stuth & Matt Cuddihy.

For more Critical Slide goodness please visit: thecriticalslidesociety.com/ & criticalslidesociety.blogspot.com/.

The song is called ‘Let Go’ by The Villainares. For more Villainares shizniz please go to: http://myspace.com/thevillainaresband.

Thanks for watching a freefilms.com.au thing.

You think Sydney’s cold in winter? Check out Nova Scotia.

According to this story from Canada’s CBC TV, Nova Scotia has some great waves during winter. But they’re just a wee bit chilly by Australian standards… an interesting little yarn about how a rural village called Lawrencetown Beach is benefiting from an influx of surfers. Lots of tough Canadian surfers and some very fun looking waves too…

Here’s a teaser:

If you have twenty minutes, the full show is well worth the time to check it out.

Midnight Oil + Violent Femmes = Surf band called Break

Thought this one sounded kinda interesting… Oils and Violent Femmes’ Brian Ritchie are getting together to play original surfin’ music (ie, mostly instrumental).
-Don

It’s a union that will delight music fans, surf rats, and festival goers alike. Midnight Oil’s Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie and Martin Rotsey have joined with bass player Brian Ritchie of US group Violent Femmes to form a new surf rock band called The Break. The new band releases its debut album ‘Church Of The Open Sky’ on Friday April 16th on the Bombora label through MGM.

The Break will kick things off with a short stint of gigs in Sydney and surrounds with further dates elsewhere to follow in the coming months. Thursday February 18th – The Harp, Wollongong – Friday February 19th – Fisho’s, Manly – Sunday February 21st – The Annandale, Sydney.

The Break’s album is a unique blend of pulsating psycho surf rock tunes featuring 15 mostly instrumental tracks. The bulk of the album tracks are named after legendary surf breaks. “Cylinders”, the first single from the album, was in fact one of the first tracks created, and will be available from iTunes Australia from Tuesday February 9th. World renowned producer Nick Launay, who of course has worked on many Midnight Oil releases and numerous other renowned acts including Silverchair, Nick Cave and PiL, took ‘Cylinders’ to the mixing desk in a Los Angeles studio to create a mix highlighting the driving guitars and a pounding back beat synonymous with both the surf rock genre and the classic Oils sound.

read more at  Midnight Oil and Violent Femmes Members Form New Band – Break Midnight Oil and Violent Femmes News @ antiMusic.com.

LATEST NEWS FROM NOOSA – TICKETS NOW ON SALE ON-LINE FOR SURF CITY EVENTS

As the off-beach entertainment for the Global Surf Industries Noosa Festival of Surfing, presented by Golden Breed, heats up, with additions to the program coming thick and fast, tickets went on sale on line last week for four ticketed events to be held at the Surf City village at Lions Park.

• Richard Tognetti’s The Glide, with vision by Jon Frank and Jack McCoy, promises to be an outstanding performance, combining the master violinist’s twin passions for surf and music. Also featuring Satu Vanska and other members of the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Supported by Peter Howe and Tim Gaze.
• Noosa Longboards presents Gidget’s Girls Night Out. A perfect retro fit, featuring special guest Kathy Kohner, (the original Gidget), live music, movies and a ‘50s swimsuit parade.
• Going Vertical. The world premiere of the long-awaited documentary of the shorboard revolution will be a night to remember for surfers of all ages, with Bob McTavish, Dick Brewer and a host of surf stars in attendance.
• Saturday Night at Surf City, with six great acts, headlined by The Beautiful Girls and Ash Grunwald. The climax to a week of killer entertainment.

Earlybird ticket prices now available, including a Platinum Pass to all ticketed events for just $165.

www.noosafestivalofsurfing.com

Hotline 07 54735676

Nick Carroll: Waimea and other notes…

Another terrific piece from Nick Carroll. The boy can write, no two ways about it… Here’s how he starts the story off (link to complete article follows)

Waimea and other notes…

Post by Nick Carroll » Tue Dec 08, 2009 3:55 pm

hey gang, thought I’d start one of those chain letters that seem to work so well when you’re reporting from some crazy surfing epicentre. And there’s no epicentre like the North Shore of Oahu right now, as evening settles and a 30-40 foot groundswell absolutely hammers this incredible coastline, setting the stage for what no doubt will tomorrow be one of the sport’s great shows.

But I’m gonna tick the clock back a bit, a day, to Sunday evening in Hawaii, when the swell had yet to hit and there was nothing but rumours swirling and the Civil Defense people were actually considering closing the roads to the North Shore to prevent unnecessary loos of life, limb, or maybe just sanity.

Read the rest of the story here ->  Australia’s Surfing Life Forum • View topic – Waimea and other notes….

Huge waves heading for Hawaii

They only hold the Eddie when it's really, really big.

Could the Eddie be on next week?

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – A pair of enormous ocean swells are brewing in the North Pacific, bringing anticipation that some of the largest waves in years could be hitting the northern shores of the Hawaiian Islands. Forecasters are predicting that Saturday will bring sets of 25-30 feet with waves up to 40 feet in some locations.

An even larger swell is expected to arrive on Monday, continuing into Tuesday and possibly Wednesday. That swell could bring waves in the 30-40 foot range, with some forecasts calling for up to 50 foot faces in some locations.

via Huge waves heading for Hawaii’s shores – Hawaii News Now – KGMB and KHNL Home.

Switch-Foot the book launches in Manly

Andrew Crockett

Andrew Crockett is launching his new book – Switch-foot II – about surfing outside the world of competitions and tours. This is Crockett’s second volume and its focus is on the great divide between commercial, competitive surfing and the more laid back, surfing as artform side of the sport.

It features contributions from more than 90 prominent and not so prominent voices. And naturally, being a coffee table book, it also has lots of surfing imagery.

Andrew is doing the big launch at Heritage Surf on December 5, at 2pm.

Heritage Surf Manly is at:

24 Darley Road
MANLY NSW 2095
02 9977 7623.

BTW, if you miss the launch, you can still catch up with Andrew when he does a book signing at Westfield Bondi Junction’s Angus and Robertson at 1pm.