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I got a call from Marti claiming Pedra was going to be on. We assembled a crew, organised a boat and put the plan in motion. Brook Phillips, Marti Paradisis, Michael Brennan and myself.
I was blown away by the surfing prospects in Taiwan. It had everything… Points, beachies, reef’s and bombies. We went there for a typhoon, which I think is a must if you want to surf anything over three feet. For five days there was ten feet of swell. We stuck to the sheltered areas with better winds which on some days the waves were still quite solid. The power of the swell here stumped me that it was stronger than most south swells we get on the east coast. Apart from the surfing here the people were awesome the food was as cheap as bali.
Taiwan did remind me somewhat of what I imagine bali would have been like thirty years ago. Perfect waves, minimal crowds and untouched landscapes. When I imagined Taiwan I thought of huge congested cities and millions of people living right on top of each other. What I found outside the cities which was most of the country is that it had a quiet country feel. A place with a lot of soul.
If you want to visit Taiwan and I strongly suggest you do for your next surf trip get online and check out Fu Dog (http://www.taiwansurftours.com/fudog/). Talk to Sammy.
LLS- Caveman frames
06/20/2010 - Posted by RV in LA LUNAR SYNDROMEHere are some frame grabs from one day last week. I was like a little kid on a Saturday after footy. Stayed in my wetsuit for six hours. We surfed a beachie for a few hours in the morning, I must have heard the ”I’ve been to Indo and i’m getting more barreled at home” call 10 times this session. After getting tubed on the beaches we hit a reef not far away with the ski. Jug was out there going mad. We pulled up and the tide was pretty low and saw him fade into a crazy one, six lips and a tonne of water behind it and not much room in the barrel for the trouble, it rolled him off and he ran across the rock before getting rolled. I was on the back of Dylan’s (Longbottom) ski and told him I didn’t really want one after what I saw. But as the tide came up there were a few nice ones once there was a bit of water on it. Im sure there were stories of this from most beachies between the south coast and Forster this day.
These frame grabs are from footage which will feature in myself and Jimmy Kinnairds new movie for Waves Magazine titled ‘Last Caveman on Earth, First Caveman to Surf’.
Words by Mooney/ Frames by Luke Robinson
A note from RV: There is hundreds of sponsored crew in the surf world who dont have shit on Andrew Mooney. It blows my mind.
From what I can see in this strange industry is, everyone wants ‘Progressive’ surfers. Well here you go, chuck in the fact the cunt will take off on anything and is the most creative cat in the whole game and works harder than any I know of. If you are sitting there reading this and your team needs a kick in the pants chuck some stickers and a healthy bag of coin at this guy. He makes his own films for fuck sake!
Andrew Mooney does not have a sponsor!… You guys are trippin’ balls…
Mooney has surfaced… Enjoy
A few hand held shots of Mooney riding and old single fin kneeboard.
This is the lure and I on our first voyages fishing from the ski. Pretty much brand new to it and gettin’ quite excited.
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One month on the moon just came to a finish in front of me… It’s dope.
For me a film can be anything it wants to be, worst thing you can do is try and reflect the things you have seen recently, it happens too often, a replica of another film is never gonna be good… Destined to stink… Read the rest of this entry »
One Month on the Moon is finished and out now with Waves magazine.
This means I’ve got nothing to stride for and not much direction, so Jimmy and I decided to find some and do another movie. Similar style… Different story. You can expect cavemen, surfing and a bit of a love story. Here’s a few frame grabs from the first few sessions filming for it. Read the rest of this entry »