Awesome vid but how's his comment, ''hopefully it'll be like that forever (this spot) and this wave will be for those who wanna go and put the effort in searching to find perfect waves for themselves''.

…………no worries I'll just chuck in my job and get Rip Curl to cover it like him

……….in that TRACKS 'wanderlust' vid similar comments were made by himself and Mikey Wright to the effect of, 'People should just get out there, don't live the norm and go and explore like we are, why wouldn't you?'………………..(with Izuzu, Tracks, Corona, rip curl and quicksilver to cover everything )

Yeah cynical I know...

The effort of geting told where to go by his sponsors for free. Such a explorative vagabond louie.

My cynicism stems from jealousy me things

Yep i think Louie might be a tiiiiiny bit deluded about the 9-5 lifestyle most people live...
(eg. unsponsored surfers)

Don't know if Louie really slayed chopes
But Owen was on fire

I don't like being petty however @ 6:28 there's someone lurking in the lip of one of Louie's lefts.
Best of luck to the Wright siblings this year.

Agree with all of the above. Searching around is fine, as long as you have money, no wife, no kids, etc. Still, I have plans post work commitments.

Annoying when I see clips like this where they only show the ride from the moment when the surfer is popping up. I learn nothing from that. The critical moments of picking the wave, paddling in, commitment, positioning etc are all lost as they only show the post-critical moment of jumping up.

So I can't do any technical analysis, work out things for myself, understand what I have to do to successfully ride more critical waves. All for the want of about 3 seconds of editing per wave. It's not like they are on a time limit as they fill other parts with meaningless gibber.

I remember a vid swellnet posted a year or two ago of seriously big Teahupo and guys making waves that nobody was paddling in to successfully up to that point. It was not only balls to the wall surfing but also perfect to help understand the dynamics of what was happening and the level of commitment at each point.

This editing assumes that surfers are only interested in the eye candy of the barrel, but I want to know and see more to translate it to my surfing, or at least my imagination of how I might be able to surf.

Film makers and editors, take note.

Just a thought.

As for the Wrights, best wishes. I would really like to see Owen get a title. If the comps were in balls to the wall barrels he would be a shoe-in, best in the world in my opinion, by a fair margin. Nobody takes on a death-pit and does it with aplomb quite like Owen.

Andy Irons used to do amazing things, and you could sense there was no fear, more anger with an "'I'm gonna rip your guts out, wave" attitude. Owen does it with a sense of shelling peas. Makes it look so easy.

Finally someone said it, totally agree. It annoys the hell out of me constantly watching the ride but not the paddle and the take off.

Cold water waves are the new frontier for getting away from crowds, but who really enjoys surfing in ice-cold water? It's a chore I tell you and it has to be pretty bloody good to get me out there. On the plus side, even it is is epic here it's very rare to surf with more than a couple out.

As for the travelling soul surfer, give me a break. One movie that shat me to tears was Machado's 'The Drifter'. Can't remember if Stu said it but travelling the world, handing over the Gold Amex for flights, goods and services and then whinging about it. Cry me a river dipshit.

Who wouldn't want to fly off at a moments notice to catch some swell in some exotic locale? Sounds great, but feeding yourself and loved ones kind of gets in the way of that.

Same here! I quite liked Thomas Campbell's films for that reason. Pulled back so you can see how the wave rolls in and how surfers adjust to it, get into position, angle themselves etc.. There was one grab from the Present of Dan Malloy taking a gross late-drop in the Ments (Greenbush I think) and showed the whole thing. I studed that religiously.

Didn't help me one bit, but it did show me how much of a pussy I am.

"In this story Louie Hynd finds his own princess of a left with only him and the sea life to share it with"

It could be....

"In this story, Louie Hynd finds out, that he looks like a princess with that hair and is left with only him and the sea lice to share it with"

''hopefully it'll be like that forever (this spot) and this wave will be for those who wanna go and put the effort in searching to find perfect waves for themselves''.

Semi pros will never know what that effort is to find waves for themselves when turning up with a film crew and all travel arrangements taken care of. It is the effort that is the reward. A good moral to live by.

If you want to do surf exploration on the cheap I think there are still plenty of places to go where you are probably not going to find many, if any, other surfers. It takes time, which can be hard to find, and you have to be prepared to travel on a variety of unreliable craft with a much higher than usual risk of sinking, falling out of the sky or going over a cliff. Also living like the locals is a risky business with dysentery and an intriguing array of other infectious diseases likely to be present. But most of us have done it and survived so get out there if you are keen......just don't take me or the swell will probably never get over 3ft!

I actually know where this wave is......would love to go surf it but it is incredibly fickle...needs a real peculiar swell angle.

@ 52secs booger representing! BOOM!

So now we know what they are really searching for - the worlds cheapest labour.

http://www.smh.com.au/business/surf-clothing-label-rip-curl-using-slave-...

Slave labour, poverty rates or zero pay, improsonment if failing to work....

Nice

Very Very Good Point Blowin - was wondering Stu, if the Search North Korea would be highlighted in Surf Politik -- seems right on the genre don't you think? Let us know - Cheers