Watch: Kyron Rathbone // Wild Times

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Two weeks back, and with a huge day at Shippies in the offing, Kyron Rathbone had a dilemma. Injured from a wipeout a fortnight earlier, he could either turn his back on the surf, pretend it wasn't happening, or immerse himself in it, albeit it on the other side of the camera to which he is used to.

Kyron chose the latter, and in this clip, where he looks a mix of Tom Selleck and Steve Zissou, he leads a merry troupe of friends in on the long walk, helps them get off the rocks, and then parked his arse in the channel, "shooting all arvo as the waves got bigger and bigger."

Good down home viewing.

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dinnerdish Wednesday, 7 Jun 2023 at 6:06pm

Getting out there with those cameras is one hell of a trip and makes me wonder how they get back in...amazing footage and not for the faint hearted (me) ...thanks for sharing SW and Kyron

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dave Wednesday, 7 Jun 2023 at 6:27pm

Agreed, only thing missing was the journey over the rocks to get back to land. Would have been the perfect finish to the Video.

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gnomen Wednesday, 7 Jun 2023 at 6:37pm

That was an excellent 8? mins. The in water/drone footage absolutely put you there. Some may say it lacked polish or would criticize some technicality but i think the rawness enhanced the clip and the music was a good match too. congratulations to the surfers and the filmaker.

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basesix Wednesday, 7 Jun 2023 at 7:10pm

totally agree.. love the line: 'getting close now... well... close to the walk' : )

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udo Wednesday, 7 Jun 2023 at 7:31pm

Mad Fckers
A Different view

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Bungan33 Wednesday, 7 Jun 2023 at 7:49pm

Wow...I was a little blasé leaning into that and it had something that others dont. Raw, more real, stoke not macho - loved it.

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billie Wednesday, 7 Jun 2023 at 8:16pm

I love the footage of the jump off. Epic video. Incredible waves. What a day!!!!

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velocityjohnno Wednesday, 7 Jun 2023 at 9:06pm

Jump off was special, whole vid took you there a bit closer than what we might see. Young crew are charging it. Well done.

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Mishad Wednesday, 7 Jun 2023 at 10:08pm

How long is that hike in?

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harrycoopr Thursday, 8 Jun 2023 at 10:06am

About 2 hrs from memory... well worth it, beautiful bush, big tiger snakes, incredible views and then the whole bluff experience

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Mishad Thursday, 8 Jun 2023 at 2:22pm

Awsome! Snakes no thanks. That wave looks fund at abut 6 to 8ft...then after that also no thanks,

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spencie Thursday, 8 Jun 2023 at 6:20am

I'm in awe of the skill level and committment from those guys And the camera crew). Well put together vid that shows the true power out there.

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Sprout Thursday, 8 Jun 2023 at 7:31am

Beautiful. Scary. That tracking shot at 6:21 is fantastic.

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mredhill Thursday, 8 Jun 2023 at 9:35am

HAHAHAH I really need to man up, that puts every 'big' day at my local into perspective.

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Peter Reynolds Thursday, 8 Jun 2023 at 11:13am

Makes me so proud to be an aussie seeing stuff like that, what a bunch of hell men and women!!!

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Hazrus Thursday, 8 Jun 2023 at 11:22am

Amazingly different, grassroots video. I was hooked from the beginning.

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amb Thursday, 8 Jun 2023 at 12:39pm

Wild!

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Peter Duffin Thursday, 8 Jun 2023 at 1:07pm

That was an awesome vid captured the feel of the place so much more than anything I've seen before.

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PCS PeterPan Thursday, 8 Jun 2023 at 3:10pm

Absolutely one of the best edits , keeping it real , thanks ya'all !

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crg Thursday, 8 Jun 2023 at 5:26pm

Yep…I’ll take that over a Bonython edit any day…well done lads!!

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dan@shoreline Thursday, 8 Jun 2023 at 6:50pm

+1, a refreshing lack of slow mo

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Sprout Thursday, 8 Jun 2023 at 7:21pm

I see he was there in Nates clip. Stu no need to add his inevitable 15 minutes for 3 waves, death by a thousand frames snoozefest, this one shits on it already.

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Kyron Rathbone Friday, 9 Jun 2023 at 5:41pm

Yeeeoowww!!! Haha

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Kyron Rathbone Friday, 9 Jun 2023 at 5:40pm

Hahaha yessssss!

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boneroni Friday, 9 Jun 2023 at 2:26am

Loved seeing the jump in. How to the photogs get in? It can't be at the jump off point, right?

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Kyron Rathbone Friday, 9 Jun 2023 at 5:39pm

Mostly they go by boat, when you walk in the jump is your only option!!!!

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Kyron Rathbone Friday, 9 Jun 2023 at 5:39pm

Mostly they go by boat, when you walk in the jump is your only option!!!!

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northeasterly Friday, 9 Jun 2023 at 12:48pm

Loved this video. Loved the music. Raw and compelling. Thanks to all involved for making it.

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t-diddy Friday, 9 Jun 2023 at 3:22pm

The water angle will never die. The video was exceptional in every regard

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Kyron Rathbone Saturday, 10 Jun 2023 at 4:32am

Thank you so much! The water angle is always where I want to be!!! Haha

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AlfredWallace Sunday, 11 Jun 2023 at 8:57am

Kyron. That was wonderful, no selling, no marketing, no chest thumping claims, absolutely no bullshit at all. Stoke is alive and well. AW.

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Swany Sunday, 11 Jun 2023 at 9:51pm

Good work - thanks for sharing. Something honest in the mix there.

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Davesci Monday, 12 Jun 2023 at 10:01pm

That was sick - great job Kyron and co - gives me Mickey Smith filmography vibes with the interwoven real sounds and sense of the characters out there giving it a big nudge - and I reckon that's about the biggest compliment I can pay because he's a legend at this kind of session storytelling. The jump off had me so stoked!