“Surfing is often like a casino; you go in frenzied to make your all-or-nothing bet—GLORY or BUST!
This summer felt like a casino game; I waited until the last moment to bet it all, hoping to catch the best waves, with no more than 24 hours in advance to decide, relying on this strategy as my only joker to arrive on time for the targeted swell. A 6-week casino with 3 different cultures—I’d say that, despite the odds, we won most of the games.” – Laura Coviella
Spearfish was created by Mikey’s new video platform “Spearhead Unlimited,” with primary filming captured by Ian Thurtell, editing by Sam Smith and an original musical score by the Albert Bof trio.
Hit play…
Directed by @MikeyFebruary
Produced by @doomasrumours
Music by @alberto_bof trio
Edited by @sss.pty.ltd
Filmed by @Ianthurtell / @seanlesh @jimmyjazzjames@mallmic
8x World Champ Steph Gilmore has just completed her first trip on The Search since gracefully moonwalking away from the Championship Tour.
Along with style icon Tom Curren and tube maestro Mason Ho, join Steph as she explores a new pace for her surfing. Lazer Breathing Dragons is the result of that trip – a barrel full of laughs and a barrel full of barrels.
“All my life I’ve surfed with primarily one major purpose. To go fast with fierceness and style. That was my purpose,” says Steph about her approach to her career.
“I don’t know what is next for me. I don’t know what is next for my surfing. But I’m very excited about it. That is my Search.”
Lazer Breathing Dragons takes cues from the wild fun of the 1980s – a decade when both Steph and Mason were born, and when Curren won his first two world titles. Rather than exploring brand new places, it’s about exploring a different mindset to competition and always pushing the limits of performance. There’s laybacks, cut downs, hair flicks, and streetside soup selling. There’s rodeos and monkeys. Take 15 minutes out of your day to escape to a different headspace.
Welcome back to The Search, Steph. This is Lazer Breathing Dragons…
Starring: Steph Gilmore, Tom Curren & Mason Ho
Made By: Vaughan Deadly and Nick Pollet
Produced By: Johnny Hawken and Lachey McNish
Executive Producers: Ash Reader and James Taylor
Special thanks to Brian Singer, Doug ‘Claw’ Warbrick, and Francois Payot
Welcome to the Skookumchuck Narrows, a tidal rapid that is well known by tide enthusiasts and kayakers for its massive standing wave and insane whirlpools…
In this video, I’m linking up with one of the first surfers I’ve heard of to frequent this place, blending the lines between surfing and kayaking… and getting to experience the special place these two worlds meet.
Special thanks to Nick Legge-Wilkinson, and the kayak crew, Marco Colella, Pat Corcoran, Jacob Mermelstein, Sophie Gilfillan for sharing your world with me. What a cool experience. This one is seared into the memory banks. Dylan Graves
Filmed by:
Dave Malcolm
Additional footage:
Dylan Graves
Archival of Elijah Mack:
@RiverSurfing
