The first time I saw Roy Powers, he was doing a photoshoot in the front garden of the Pipeline House, surrounded by all the glitterati of the pro surfing world. When I met him years later, he didn’t strike me as that sort of media-craving, always-in-the-limelight guy at all. He was incredibly chilled out, just as he comes across in his interview. Having said that, he was with his O’Neill rep on the beach in Portugal, followed by a camera [...]
Jayce Robinson is one of the top UK pro surfers right now and also the English Champion 2010. I filmed this interview with him during the same session whilst I shot Roy Powers and Adriano de Souza. Being the knowledgeable professional that I am, I had absolutely no idea who I was filming, so I had to run over to him and ask his name, because he ripped (as if he needed this kook with a camera telling him that!). [...]
One of the first things I noticed when I met Patrick Gudauskas was his positivity and confidence. In fact, let’s scrub all that and just call him very friendly. A likeable guy. Very Californian. Most of us could keep only up that facade for maybe five minutes. Pat’s seemingly kept it up all his life. His enthusiasm is contagious, especially when you’re in the company of all three brothers – Dane, Tanner and Pat. Pat surfed well in this contest [...]
Abdel el Harim is Morocco’s most famous and successful surfer. Everytime I have hung out with him, Abdel is so upbeat and positive, with seemingly more energy than the rest of the World Surfing Tour put together! This is quite an introspective and personal interview where Abdel talks about his dedication to his Muslim faith. Most of the movie was shot during a trip to Lanzarote, where we shared a house with Omer Bar and Nic von Rupp. When Abdel’s [...]
If you missed Part One: Click Here Having spent the whole day in a car with four Australian pro surfers, mostly drinking coffee and eating doughnuts, I finally got a chance to film them at the local break – Carcavelos, Lisbon, Portugal. Very friendly to each other during their freesurf, each of them gave the camera a few, more private, thoughts on what they really felt about the others! It was tough going, trying to film four pro surfers, stretching [...]
This is a video profile on Gabe Kling, from Florida, on his way to a second place finish during a WQS contest in Portugal. Gabe was born and raised in the United States’ oldest city of St. Augustine, Florida. This was filmed just as he was getting back onto the WCT Top 44, alongside fellow elite East Coasters including Slater and the Hobgoods. The powerful natural-footer’s rookie year on the ASP World Tour came in 2007, but he was unable [...]
Click here to Watch Part 2 During a lay-day in a WQS contest, Loose Films spends a day with four Australian Pro surfers, in their flawed quest to find the perfect surf spot up the coast. However, after 6 hours and 300km, Mark Mathews, Jay Davies, Jack Perry and Rhys Bombaci decide to surf at the beach in front of their hotel! A hilarious day-in-the-life of a pro surfer, and 10 minutes of your life which you’ll never get [...]
Clay Marzo has become somwehat of a surfing legend, and for good reason. I’m so gutted I did not get a chance to interview him on this occasion. He was there one minute… gone the next! This short film was shot during a howling gale in Lanzarote and, not having the camera on a tripod, the footage is shocking! I was with Omer Bar at the time (Omer is seen briefly in the film, talking to Clay), during one of [...]
It was a rather odd start to this film shoot with Heath Joske, simply because there wasn’t any surf. We agreed to meet around 7am on the beach at Caracvelos in Portugal. He was pretty amped to go surfing, despite the poor conditions. As we walked towards the surf in the rain, a rainbow emerged just in time for Heath’s onslaught on airs, carves and floaters, on waves which technically didn’t exist! Heath Joske is on fire right now, and [...]
Drew Courtney went on to win this WQS contest in La Santa, Lanzarote. The event had strong onshore winds right up to the final day when the surf at La Santa resembled Pipeline! In this interview, Drew gives a few words on his training schedule when he’s surfing back home in Umina, Australia, and talks through his golf handicap, as well as his plans for getting back onto the WCT tour. this was a well-deserved win for Drew, who battled [...]
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