Burch, Cy and Friends slide on some familiar faces in San Diego one chilly morning this January. 

Camera/Edit
Erik Derman

Music
“Firefly”
The Blank Tapes

Surfers
Ryan Burch
Cyrus Sutton
Bryce Frees

Here’s a better glimpse at the surfing behind our last Legless InnerView. Brothers Troy and Chayne Simpson have been pushing the performance barriers of surfing for over a decade. Check out this edition of Sea Movies as they dismantle wedges and walls in Indo and Oz. 

Edit:
Cyrus Sutton

Footage Courtesy:
Steen Barnes

Surfers:
Troy Simpson
Chayne Simpson

Music: 
“Winter1 (Instrumental)
Pete and the Pirates
Courtesy of Triple Nine Music
triple9music.net

For more kneeboarding action check out legless.tv

George Greenough’s construction of boats, waterhousings, and waveriding tools in order to manifest his dreams are legendary acts not likely to be repeated. Not since has one man single-handedly so dramatically influenced surf culture. In this episode of Sea Movies we are fortunate enough to air an exclusive collab by Greenough himself with the talented Australian musician Shannon Sol Carroll who co-composed the soundtrack to Under The Sun with his Band of Frequencies.

For more of Shannon’s music and Andrew Crockett’s projects, check out switch-foot.com 

For more info on Band of Frequencies go to: bandoffrequencies.com

A limited edition ‘All I’ve Found’ EP with a frame grab of Greenough on the front cover is available for a short time only at switch-foot.com. It’s also available to download at: lowpressureproductions.bandcamp.com/album/all-ive-found-ep

Stay informed about Band of Freq’s future movements via: facebook.com/bandoffrequencies

Below is an interview with Shannon conducted by Andrew Crockett (author of Switchfoot I & II):

How long have you been working with George Greenough?

We’ve been working together for last few years on a couple of new short films, ‘Deep Tube Riding’ and ‘Wipeout’, that both take a closer look at some of the waves featured in his movies. George narrates and analyses what is going on (in detail) in select cuts from the footage taken on his custom-made 16mm film camera. It’s really interesting to get a glimpse into what’s going on when he’s riding either his high-tech Spoon or the inflatable surf mat with all that camera gear strapped to him. I’ve been creating the soundtracks using some trippy alternate takes and mixes from Band of Frequencies live studio recordings that were recorded straight to tape.

How did you first meet George?

I met Greenough with my mate AC when we went to hang out and jam at his house in Broken Head. GG was playing some of the carbon fiber didgeridoo’s he’s made and we were blowing out on how far the sound travels through the ground.

Have you ever surfed with him?

I’ve surfed out off the Cape at Byron with him a bit. He gets the longest waves on the mat, just gliding through the sections, reading the refracting energy lines that criss-cross out there.

How long did you spend working on this film clip?

We started visualizing it a couple of years back. We looked through the archives a few times and then I selected some sections that I felt a connection with. George pulled out the old classic cars footage and the concept of the life long journey really resonated with me so I took a disc of various things home and came up with the lyrics loosely based on the scenes. Once we’d recorded the track I went through and catalogued the shots that corresponded with the songs lyrics and within two days editing with George we had the clip done.

How did writing the song All I’ve Found come about?

Originally I wrote the tune whilst watching the silent footage and it came out as a spacey acoustic track with heaps of delays. When the band version was being jammed in the studio we toyed with the idea of making it a driving shuffle, like ‘The Farm’ soundtrack in ‘Coming of the Dawn’. I was into a few dubstep tracks at the time and decided to focus that influence into the bands sound rather than go back into the past because for me George Greenough’s greatest influence is as an innovator. He’s always looking from the present and into the future. George is always looking forward so I didn’t feel like going back into the past really did the collaboration justice.

Is there much more old content hiding in his archives?

There are plenty of classic moments GG has captured on film that haven’t been released and there are so many more stories to hear. I’m really grateful GG documented that time in surfings progression, but also documented himself surfing so futuristically. There is very little footage of Greenough surfing, aside from the content he captured himself. I really wish I could have experienced those days in a lot of ways… At least the next generations can get a glimpse into that golden era through the footage, sound recordings and stories within these classic films.

Another big blip on the swell models, followed by a frenzy of hype, guns getting pulled from the rafters, skis tuned and gased up and last minute plane tickets being booked. These days, catching a big swell in one place is no longer the norm. Starting in Hawaii to surf Jaws or Waimea followed by a redeye over to Mavericks and possibly ending up at Todos seemed to be the trend for a select few. And for men who ride mountains, this could be the starting point for it all…Waimea Bay.

Camera/Edit:
Jack Chellemi

Music:
“Woke Up This Morning”
Alabama 3
Performed by: The Brothas and Sistas

Resident Filmmaker Erik Derman taps his artistic side again with this fun clip of Timmy Reyes getting some big tubes in Mexico. 

Camera/Edit: Erik Derman

Having shot this over 5 years ago during Dane’s breakout WCT performance on Australia’s Gold Coast, I haven’t known what to do with the footage. Originally, it was going to be used for a 16mm film called “Corduroy,” the title of which minus the “C” was obviously used for this blog years later.. Well, we thought it fitting to finally release it after Dane’s announcement that he’s leaving the tour. Thanks for the stoke man and good luck movin’ on, we’ll be enjoying it all.

For more on Dane, check out Cy’s post at korduroy.tv/2011/in-defense-and-condemnation-of-the-hipster

Camera/Edit
Cyrus Sutton

“Sweet Dreams”
The Eurythmics

The opening sequence of Cyrus’ 2011 film “Freedom to Foam” featuring some of California’s best loggers who shred and shape. Set to a mellow/modern soundtrack, this surf flick has never been released outside of Japan and is available along with a limited edition Korduroy T-Shirt and Sticker Pack for contributions over $50 to our Kickstarter campaign to fund our next year’s shows. 

Check out this and other cool prizes here.

Featuring

Tyler Warren
Joel Tudor
Ryan Burch
Skip Frye
Alex Knost
Micah Wood
Tanner Prairie
Josh Hall
Mikey DeTemple
Dave Allee

Join us on a recent adventure down south with some of the beautiful people along the streets Central America as surfer, Darrell Goodrum finds solitude in the empty waves this region has to offer.

Camera/Edit:
Erik Derman

Music:
Erik Derman

Sometimes looking beyond your backyard, you can still find yourself in familiar places. Here, in Central California, Ryan appears to be right at home, working his magic on a slabbing left.

Surf:
Ryan Burch

Camera/Edit:
Erik Derman

Music:
“First Jam”
Think Tank

Just some simple skateboarding at the Carmel Valley Skate Park on a nice afternoon with Roman Bellisario and Brad Herrera. Push passion in the heat…a few days later Roman injured his knee and will be going into surgery, so this is his final skate dance.

Skateboard:
Roman Bellisario
Brad Herrera

Camera/Edit
Erik Derman

Music:
“tadmia”
The Non