Going Vertical

You cant go forward without knowing where we have been...

I just dig listening to old stories of balie surfers talking about "back then". The Bustin' Down the Door movie, knocked me backwards, and I met Shaun Thompson and spoke to him about it, I actually had an interesting experience recently in the water when some old nemesis of his from Bay of Plenty days tuned him in the water, talk about holding onto a grudge!

There is a new (old school) movie out, Going Vertical, the film discusses the never-ending debate regarding just who is responsible for the invention of the Shortboard, which has “Revolutionized” professional surfing competition.

Check out some video clips of some of the Bob Mctavish, Dick Brewer and Mike Hynson talk about the development and controversy around the early days of the innovation of the shortboard. As well as the trailor to a super sick feature film about this very topic, I am hoping to source this for a Xmas gift for myself,(http://www.goingverticalmovie.com/)

Movie Clip Links
http://vimeo.com/10538748 (Going Vertical interviews with Bob, Dick and Mike - 25 minutes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSoDu-Ai4lU (Corona presents Bob Mctavish goes vertical )
http://vimeo.com/9819888 (Going Vertical Trailor)

(I am still trying to figure out how to upload videos properly so bear with me and click on the above links, I  was tipped off about Going Vertical on blog http://www.korduroy.tv/category/blog).

S.