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Friday, February 17, 2006
A-Frame Presidents Day Sale
A-Frame Surf Shop down at 3785 Santa Claus Lane is having a big sale this weekend with stuff 20%-70% off. Sale is Saturday thru Monday.
Surfing Product Review
A new product review is up, this one thanks to Don for hooking us up with some stuff to try out. Chief Firewater Review
Discount Surf Magazines
Surfer Magazine has a pretty good deal right now, $10 for a year and a free shirt. Also, another good way to get cheap surf mags is on ebay. Surfer as low as $7.97, Surfing as low as $4.89. Transworld Surf as low as $3.79.
Destination Point
Don't forget that the surf flick Destination Point featuring locals like Martinez and Curren is showing next Saturday the 25th at Victoria Theatre Hall. The on-line pre-ordering system is better since we last posted about this movie, now you can actually choose the city and time. It is verified to work, your ticket will be held in your name at will call. Also, Surfline has a trailer. We have a special guest review of the movie from JM in San Diego:
Destination Point in La Jolla, February 16, 2006. It's an entertaining film with some incredible footage of Bobby Martinez killing it at Rincon and a host of other VTA and Santa Barbara spots, as well as Dane Reynolds and the Malloy brothers doing their thing in the same locales. Along with those standouts, was the same old stuff from Slater and Curren (yawn), but the Irons' footage was refreshing and covered many countries, as well at Ratboy performing his vermin-like maneuvers over-and-over in Santa Cruz. And what's a surf flick without an Occy segment of him doing dozens of snaps on a right pointbreak?
The movie highlighted Santa Barbara's sandspit, logging minutes of ridiculously fast, hard-to-get-into rights, along with Rincon, as the camera angle would often be at a scale that would make you think you were watching a machine-made wave that just wouldn't quit. The footage also included mainland Mexico and those coldwater big wave spots that we've seen so much of, along with the obligatory Indo spots.
There was absolutely no storyline which harkens back to my early days watching snowboard videos; just solid coverage coupled with a solid soundtrack which varied from mild to punk. Another old school technique was the grainy quality of the footage, often in black and white, which made me wonder if the quality of equipment ("Filmed in High Definition") used was simply mediocre, or the filmmaker was encouraging the viewer to focus on the surfing, rather than foam hats, guitars, and dirt roads. Either way, the film worked, as my attention was held along with that of the audience which was equally enthusiastic.
Out of 4 Stars…
Quality of Footage- 3 Stars
Soundtrack- 3 Stars
Storyline- N/A
Band before the film ("Superunloaded") – 4 Stars
Schwag Giveaway – 2 Stars (1 longboard skateboard and 3 hats, come on guys…)
Overall Experience- 3 Stars
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Destination Point in La Jolla, February 16, 2006. It's an entertaining film with some incredible footage of Bobby Martinez killing it at Rincon and a host of other VTA and Santa Barbara spots, as well as Dane Reynolds and the Malloy brothers doing their thing in the same locales. Along with those standouts, was the same old stuff from Slater and Curren (yawn), but the Irons' footage was refreshing and covered many countries, as well at Ratboy performing his vermin-like maneuvers over-and-over in Santa Cruz. And what's a surf flick without an Occy segment of him doing dozens of snaps on a right pointbreak?
The movie highlighted Santa Barbara's sandspit, logging minutes of ridiculously fast, hard-to-get-into rights, along with Rincon, as the camera angle would often be at a scale that would make you think you were watching a machine-made wave that just wouldn't quit. The footage also included mainland Mexico and those coldwater big wave spots that we've seen so much of, along with the obligatory Indo spots.
There was absolutely no storyline which harkens back to my early days watching snowboard videos; just solid coverage coupled with a solid soundtrack which varied from mild to punk. Another old school technique was the grainy quality of the footage, often in black and white, which made me wonder if the quality of equipment ("Filmed in High Definition") used was simply mediocre, or the filmmaker was encouraging the viewer to focus on the surfing, rather than foam hats, guitars, and dirt roads. Either way, the film worked, as my attention was held along with that of the audience which was equally enthusiastic.
Out of 4 Stars…
Quality of Footage- 3 Stars
Soundtrack- 3 Stars
Storyline- N/A
Band before the film ("Superunloaded") – 4 Stars
Schwag Giveaway – 2 Stars (1 longboard skateboard and 3 hats, come on guys…)
Overall Experience- 3 Stars
