Why are surf movies SO artsy fartsy now?

DawnPatrol321 · Dec 3, 2014

archy said: ↑

I started surfing in 79 and the first flick is saw was Blazing Boards. The only way we really got to see a flick was going to the local rec center when a flick came through town. shyt was rad. as soon as the first wave popped on the screen the whole place erupted.

Who remembers the Runman flicks? That was the shyt there. Everyone credits Taylor Steele for the whole punk rock surfing vid concept, but Runman was doin that in the mid 80's minus the whole polished pro surfer scence and all bout true underground surf reality. Hands down my favorite surf flicks of all time.

the Runman series is hard to come by but he did a short in the Bruce Iorns film that's true to what he was doin in the 80's.

you can view some clips here: http://www.runmanfilms.com/pages/movies.html

[video=youtube;nr2J6ILoBWQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr2J6ILoBWQ[/video]
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Cool! Thanks for sharing, never saw those, raw and grainy but I like it

sailquik · Dec 3, 2014

ClemsonSurf said: ↑

Oh man... this video is the epitome of that sh!t.

http://vimeo.com/66535774

Don't see a surfboard until about 2 minutes in. Don't see a wave until.... well....
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That's what happens when people who can't surf make a surf video.

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