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Believe - Surfing DVD: I find it hard to escape the feeling that there is a bit of a movement, a quiet revolution even, afoot in the surfing world. Surfers, I reckon, are beginning to reclaim their culture, after years of having it dominated by surf industry marketing material. All those ads, posters, billboards, free dvds, contests, webcasts and signature model boardshorts have been cramming the space that would otherwise be occupied by what we might call surf culture, even art. With enormous budgets, the best photographers and film makers and all star sponsored teams at their disposal, the surf companies have left little room for the humble, independent surf artists to ply their trade – like pine forests dropping their needles and smothering all other new life. But no marketing budget can buy that elusive thing called mood, or collective consciousness, those subtle, unheralded shifts in direction that grip surfing from time to time.
“Believe,” by Mick Waters strikes another blow for the common surfer, a quiet, reflective statement of pure surfing devotion, as epitomized in the lifestyles of a fascinating cast of characters.
Go on, drop your cynicism and allow yourself the slow creep of goose bumps over your skin or a shiver up your spine and enjoy the ride. I, for one, am more than happy to believe.
Staring : Rasta, Dick Van Staalen, The Fitzgeralds, Steve Cooney, Travis Potter, Albert Falzon, Beau Young, Nat Young, The Duke and loads more
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