Watch: Pentecoastal
Words don't flow easily on a Sunday morning, but even during my more lucid moments I couldn't have topped the following, so rather than an objective description of Wade Goodall's new film I'll leave you with the self-penned promo:
“PENTACOASTAL” was inspired by the tonalities of Australian cult cinema. Directors Wade Goodall & Shane Fletcher have merged these filmic elements within the body of a surf film through emotive animations, an undulating soundscape, and a subliminal narrative which follows a quasi-recursive map depicted by a pentagram drawn on the map of Australia. “
"A recollection of Australasian exploration following a quasi-recursive map, with elemental moments of expressive wave worship.”
Comments
Didn't enjoy the music. Sick waves, very well filmed to not show land marks at waves. That's it, I'm going on a road trip!!!!!
That was bullshit good. It doesn't get better than that last section. Wade is one of the best.
Good call, he surfs with such power and grace with what looked like mutant P-pass. Hats off :)
Good to see 'local' spots protected
was lucky enough to surf with Wade during the peak day of TC Uesi.
he was on a 7'10" and drawing amazing lines on TOH point waves.
Classic I was surfing the same point that day, what a day it was
Amazing surfing, great filming, great editing, great music, sweet animations top n tail. (Super eight-y footage of quirky australiana, desert/road textures and beerzzz with the boyyyyz, well... that's the 'art' box ticked). Topped off with hilarious piss-take 'artist statement' promo. Fabulous!
Hi Graham, just woke up, tuned into Swellnet & saw Pentecoastal - saw yr comment - MY NAME IS GLEN MURDOCH - half asleep, thirst I'd written yr comment, shitted myself, now awake. Good comment YOURS ! I thort film extraordinary, multi-media qualities , from intro animation, loved th music, eaves, of course unbelievable, then brilliant photography of shots of lone land e.g. one DEAD tree by self, one surfer , country towns then RADICAL SURFING 5stars. Maybe we'll meet one day fr c.f. a surf & a beer Gra, CHEERS MATE GLEN
yeah, just watched it.
sick. I'm a sucker for that dark mood intense soundtrack.
how fucking good was that last seq of Wade at P-pass?
Really enjoyed that. Refreshing to watch a surf film of that length. Seems to be a rarity these days. Wade has a fantastic style, very underrated. If I recall some horrific leg injuries when he was younger.
Last section was masterful. Looked very difficult and unfriendly. Well done.
And the award for outstanding contribution to SA Tourism goes to...
Bloke shreds. Such a delicate touch at times.
I liked this quote ( via Beachgrit ):
On staying relevant away from the tour, “I don’t give a shit about staying relevant. I surf because I love it. If your main concern is staying relevant then you’re on the cow’s tit and milking it hard. I don’t want to do that.”
good
Brilliant .
Was lucky enough to watch him live at ppass on that day, unbelievable surfing.
Was it as heavy as it looks? You get a few?
Didn’t get any like Wade, and on the biggest day it was above my pay grade so I was a spectator - he was a step above.
I’d have to say it was heavier than it looked.
Would of been a sick experience for you anyway
notice how at that size its starts missing the reef .
And near where they flick off there is a Coral head the size of a Combi that pretty much pops out of the water when these size sets roll in . Super critical at this size .
It looked heavy mate. Normally it looks like a super makeable tube. Some of the foam balls Wade negotiates were for the elite only.
I loved it. The surfing, filming, editing, colour palette, soundtrack.
Always had a soft spot for Wade's surfing, and fuck if he hasn't gotten better. That mix of brutal and deft.
Last part was unbelievable.
As above.
10 out of 10 for creativity and quality.
8 out of 10 for the sounds.
HD, Full Screen,
beautiful.
(Not a car enthusiast but I did notice the SLR5000)
Was a Commodore westy.
Great. Punchy in every way.
Cool art.
Wade Goodall surfs better than most of the C.T imo.
That film was sick!!!
MMMM SLR 5000, beautiful, Ive got a lime green one in the garage!
Ha I knew someone would get it.
Lime geen eh, Sweet as.
Awesome! I'm guessing to help fund your retirement.
My uncle had a dark green HK Monaro with the black stripe running from boot to bonnet. Factory cream interior. Would be worth a mint these days.
That it is my good man, snuggled to the EH Wagon!
old footage, saw the Aus stuff with Dane and Harry who 2 years ago in a surfers journal. I guess the travel bans are a good opportunity to rehash the old stuff. At least they (mostly) didnt show too many landmarks. Some good surfing no doubt.
Great vid. Cool imagery. Cool vibes. How good is that piece of weed at 20:42 ?
And the texture of the water at 21:57. Yeehah.
Way cool vid. Really well put together.
Loved it.
Would love somehow to see footage of big P'Pass filmed from in front rather than the channel view. It's all about that last bowl section but you dont get a sense of speed with the camera looking into the barrel, nor any sense of how deep the surfers is.
Short of building a tower like Cloudbreak that view is impossible.
That's true Stu. Closest i got was on my first boat ride out there running adjacent to the wave before hitting the channel. Was 6-8 foot with bigger sets. Watching huge blue walls of water turn into huger whitewater clouds of spit and spray, and then dwarfed surfers exiting after the spit. You could clearly see them gunning to backdoor sections but not how thick the lips were. It actually looked more makeable once the boat was in the channel looking into the barrel
Tourists? on those waves? After driving20 hours in the wrong direction goodluck to 'em
Why can't we have just good waves and good surfers without the arty farty stuff?? The bad soundtrack we can mute but can't get rid of the 'art' sections.... I might be getting too old for this...
Wade is a surfer who's really slipped through the cracks. I remember him as an uber talented grom. One of those kids who were miles ahead of their age group, and an already fully developed style and technique by the time they were 12 years old. He was basically the 2nd coming of Parko, and being groomed in the same way by Billabong. He kind of disappeared off the radar over the years, a combination of injury, sponsorship loss, etc. Refreshing to see footage of him now at peak potential. Plenty of power and grace to go with the above the lip trickery. Sick flick!
That was epic, loved it. Thank you.
I thought the movie was pretty good the first time I watched it. Then I re-watched it with the volume higher and it was even better!
The last segment really steals the show though, just incredible!
so siiiicccc! epic music, dark af;
Wade looks to be surfing better than ever
Wow
That was mental! 10/10 for that one and very fitting music
God, 10/10 as well, music, footage, visuals and Wade, jeezus what an animal and talent. That last session wrestling and taming those raw very heavy beasts. Amazing.
I’m half way through it now but I’m throwing down movie of the year.
Loving it.
Not so much makes you want to go surfing, more reaffirms the life choices we make to be surfers
Just 6 minutes in. Will have to put it in the 'watch later' bin for the moment. I love that music, so apt. There's a point where surfing goes from fun to serious business. A lot of those waves look hairy for consequences, and I'll check 'em again for technique on fast breaking dredgy waves. Great.
Watched it through. Wow.
The airs and all that, I can appreciate the skill, but watching their technique on dredgy waves, and the turns early on, just fantastic, a study in artistry.
In all forms of sport/physical endeavour - how do you know they are good - they make it look easy.
Some of those take offs - man I could only dream about them. Going right on what is clearly a left, just good instincts - acquired knowledge - freaking great study.
So much to learn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sean Doherty's done a great writeup on the other site. Worth a read.
Heck yeah. Good writing, Sean D.
Can't wait to watch it again.
Good vid, i liked it all.
Surfing windy KI without a hood = exostosis surgery later
Good aussie connection, Vans buying in.
Lucky we dont have eyes in the back of our head, if Wade saw behind him on that last one
That's just lifted the bar nicely. I felt myself swaying in my chair at the end of some of those turns...