Showing posts with label herbie fletcher. Show all posts
Showing posts with label herbie fletcher. Show all posts
6.02.2010
Herb
just got Free & Easy by MacGillivray Freeman. this flick is the shit man. all the best longboarders from around 1966. it highlights surf heros like david nuuhiwa, nat young, billy hamilton, and herbie fletcher. i have been psyching on the hamilton and fletcher footage. herb was soooo good. his style translated really well on the big heavy logs. he does epic drop knee turns at honolua. i used to hate him and his longboard movies that came out in the 90's. funny thing is i owned every single one of them. there was always like 8 sections of him doing the side slip boogy over and over. Rhythm was my favorite. lots of joel and bikini clad butts. i have recently done a complete 180 with herb and his whole deal. those movies definitly were not pretty, but they always had fresh footage. still don't like the lame ass, old guy, surf music though. This video clip has bookends with more recent footage and a sweet little section from Free & Easy in the middle. the 60's footage starts at 3:55. enjoy.
5.18.2010
We Hate Intermission
what happenned to surf movies? they are all so slow and boring. it seems like they all have some contrived philosophical statement. i miss the fast music and quick cuts of old. herbie knows...
10.20.2009
12.23.2008
Herbie Fletcher
This guy is the fuckin' chief. Sure his surf videos have terrible soundtracks, too much water footage, and weird voice overs. But there is no denying that Herbie Fletcher left quite an impression on the surf community.
Here are two interviews with Herbie from Juice Magazine. 1 and 2
Some excepts:
Can you still get to the nose?
I fly on the nose. Are you kidding? At Backdoor. Nobody else can say that.
They can’t.
They don’t even want to attempt it. They go, “I can get in the tube, but not on the nose. No way.”
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Why were you anti-establishment then?
We were anti-establishment, because we were taking LSD. We were shunning the social and cultivating the elemental. It was hard to communicate with the straight people.
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Who was your main threat?
David Nuuhiwa was always number one. Everyone always tried to get away from David. He was hot. As the years went on, he was always number one and I was always number two. Nobody could beat David.
He was untouchable?
Yeah, he had so much style and so much grace. He was fast, and slinky like a snake. He didn't go to school, so he'd go surfing all the time.
Here are two interviews with Herbie from Juice Magazine. 1 and 2
Some excepts:
Can you still get to the nose?
I fly on the nose. Are you kidding? At Backdoor. Nobody else can say that.
They can’t.
They don’t even want to attempt it. They go, “I can get in the tube, but not on the nose. No way.”
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Why were you anti-establishment then?
We were anti-establishment, because we were taking LSD. We were shunning the social and cultivating the elemental. It was hard to communicate with the straight people.
--------
Who was your main threat?
David Nuuhiwa was always number one. Everyone always tried to get away from David. He was hot. As the years went on, he was always number one and I was always number two. Nobody could beat David.
He was untouchable?
Yeah, he had so much style and so much grace. He was fast, and slinky like a snake. He didn't go to school, so he'd go surfing all the time.
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