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Musica Surfica (Surfing DVDs)
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Mfg. Part No.: MUSD1
Shot on King Island in Southern Australia, the documentary follows one mans creative journey, Richard Tognetti, leading violinist and Artistic Director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, as he seeks new inspiration from traditional and classical music.
He teams up with Derek Hynd, one of the worlds most influential surfers, who challenges him (and 2 time world champion, Tom Carroll, under 18 World No 2 Heath Joske and others) to ride an un-finned surfboard, which demands fresh thinking, or ancient methods, to keep control.
There is a reason why Musica Surfica won the New York Surf Film Festival.
Indeed, Musica Surfica is unlike any other surfing documentary youve ever seen (or heard, to be more precise.)
In a very tight 45 minutes, Musica Surfica tells the stories of musicians and surfers - each artists in their own craft. There are two story lines that splice together in a way that makes this surfing film distinct from any other. The first is the story of the artistic director of Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti, who also happens to be an avid surfer. In his non-surfing life, Tognetti expands the bounds of what is considered classical music, and a good portion of the film is devoted to demonstrating just what can be done with the right tools - in this case a $10 million violin crafted in the 1700s. Tognetti is the Tom Carroll of his craft. Indeed, watching Musica Surfica is akin to watching Tom Carroll surf, but in this case the shredding is done with a violin. Combine it with surfing and youve got a winning film that will give any surfer sweet dreams of waves set to music. Combine it with surfing in the way Mick Sowry, the films writer and director does, and youve got something truly special.
The second story is that of surfing on Kings Island on a variety of watercraft, led by perhaps one of the most creative surfers around, Derek Hynd. Shortboards. Longboards. Sponge-thingys. 16 foot replicas of ancient longboards. Alaia. In short, all manner of surfing equipment, except that unlike your boards, none of the boards featured in Musica Surfica have fins. Finless surfing. And nothing says finless surfing like:
Tom Carroll flopping around in a *beginner surfer*-like manner as he learns to control a board that slips and slides down the faces of waves. (And here you thought the damned fins on your fish were making it hard to hold the line&)
Derek Hynd doing absolutely incredible 360s on a surfboard like one would do on a boogie board. Hynd is a pioneer in surfing in the way the ancients.
Watching a wooden longboard being shaped by Tom Wegener and later seeing him take off on an absolutely monstrous 16 feet log and yet stay in perfect trim, is just stunning. Just when you thought he (or the other surfers featured) would pearl these boards, theyd pull it out. Its amazing footage.
Despite the fins, every surfer eventually gets it. This movie makes you want to get out there with your own board, dump the fins, and experience the art of surfing in a manner that decidedly does not hold the line. If youre not fortunate enough to view this on a big screen, make sure you have a great sound system to do the surfing scenes justice, which are coupled with Tognettis haunting music.
Review by www.DailyStoke.com
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