Vids other than surfing thread (cool doccos, movies etc)

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indo-dreaming started the topic in Thursday, 20 Nov 2014 at 4:42pm

Indonesia is full of so many contradictions in so many different ways but this place takes the cake.

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udo Saturday, 13 Jan 2018 at 11:16pm

Kung Foo Master works out on Two Fingers - Live Leak.

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philosurphizing... Sunday, 14 Jan 2018 at 11:37am

Been enjoying the documentary series on SBS called Abandoned where a skateboarder by the name of Rick McCrank visits areas in America that been left behind and turned into wastelands by the countries rampant consumerism.
Episode 4 is about the 20 schools in St Louis that are now empty and the remaining school is a military college, giving the lower class poorly educated the opportunity to guard the oil fields in the middle east.
At the end he visits this incredible abandoned church with huge arches and massive stained glass windows, in which the local skateboarders have turned into a skatepark, very surreal.
https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/program/abandoned

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goofyfoot Sunday, 14 Jan 2018 at 12:48pm

That’s sounds like a good one, sbs have a few that I like.
I’ve caught a couple episodes of River Cottage Australia and I’m enjoying that

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Blowin Tuesday, 16 Jan 2018 at 4:20pm

Whatever Goofy.

I'm not a fan of crowds for a start . And I like my intimacy to be a little more consensual regardless if it's besides a waterway.

Oh wait..... that's river cottage , not river frottage.

My mistake.

There you go, if anyone ever enquires about the lowest point of Swellnet.

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Gary G Tuesday, 16 Jan 2018 at 4:14pm

Hello hello?

Did someone say they needed the bar lowered?

Reminds Gary of a little incident he had at schoolies in the Gold Coast once, can't remember which year but it must have been the 12th or 13th schoolies Gary went to. Gary had overdone the caffeine powder while trying to do a bit of final rig sculpting and a friendly fella who'd been admiring the Ol' G from afar sidled up to offer a bit of heart medication and a bottle of smelling salts to calm me down. Even put his arm around my shoulder, kindly, to make sure Gary was feeling ok.

Well Gary doesn't know what was in those little blue, diamond-shaped pills, but Gary had to turn down the gentleman's offer of a relaxing sauna because it soon became obvious the bar wasn't gonna get lowered anytime soon.

Queensland, it's a funny place hey?

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Blowin Tuesday, 16 Jan 2018 at 4:27pm

I was never going to make the high point. The bottom rung was all I had to call my own.

That's not the first heart Gary G has broken, is it ?

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goofyfoot Tuesday, 16 Jan 2018 at 5:00pm

Qld hey... beautiful one day, Double Garry the next

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tworules Tuesday, 16 Jan 2018 at 5:42pm

Coolie cam locked onto a whole lot a Gary's goin off. thanks.

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AaronS Friday, 11 May 2018 at 10:35pm

Midnight Oil 1984 - Doco

If you like the Oils and get a chance to see this, you will leave the cinema with a broad smile on your face. Guaranteed.

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udo Thursday, 7 Jun 2018 at 11:04am

Live Leak : its Big its Big..

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groundswell Wednesday, 20 Jun 2018 at 4:58pm
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udo Friday, 22 Jun 2018 at 6:53pm

That was good thanks Groundswell

Combat Sports Facebook - Would you Fight him Vid - Hong Man Choi.

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Blowin Saturday, 1 Sep 2018 at 4:05pm

Some people have the life.....

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indo-dreaming Saturday, 1 Sep 2018 at 6:39pm

How Aussie is this vid the ays and Faarrrrks are gold.

BTW is Alveys reels going to stay open or what?, those things are bullet proof and not much that can go wrong with them, salt water no problem, losing the handle is about it.

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Blowin Saturday, 1 Sep 2018 at 7:00pm

Alvey’s 1 : 1 retrieve ?

Fuck that.

Get those fuckers in ASAP. Wait till you’re dodging sharks to see how much time you’ve got for a slooooooow retrieve.

Digging their holistic approach to fishing/ life though. More power to them.

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hairmick Saturday, 1 Sep 2018 at 8:08pm

The fishing looks awesome but looking at the size of those abalone the fisheries wouldn't like it

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Blowin Saturday, 1 Sep 2018 at 9:46pm

People talk about learning from blackfellas and maybe the ultimate thing we can gleam from their example is to treat the Earth’s resources as finite and to realise the depth you can exploit an area of any harvest before it becomes unsustainable.

Everyone please check the appropriate regulations for each area you intend to hunt / fish / harvest.

More importantly, ask the locals just what is cool / uncool to catch or take. Respect the place you stand on .

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simba Sunday, 2 Sep 2018 at 6:12am

Would have been great if they showed a bit of surfing with it,maybe episode 2......cant understand why they use Alvey's.......simple but....and nice feel good catch and release but if those Groper had swallowed the hooks they wouldn't survive,be better off eating them.

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indo-dreaming Sunday, 2 Sep 2018 at 8:12am

Weren't they blue Groper?, pretty sure they are a protected species all over Australia.

Thought the same about the abalone looked pretty small, probably should have shown us with the measuring tool they weren't undersized..

Yeah maybe Alveys are not that suited to areas around reef and rocks, but still great reels for beach fishing and traveling so care free, saltwater and sand no issue, i guess like surfing if you are a serious fisherman you have a quiver of reels and rods too suit different situations.

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mikehunt207 Sunday, 2 Sep 2018 at 12:26pm

The abalone were tiny as were the groper not to mention climbing all over virgin cliff instead of sticking to tracks and chopping down trees , all very "back to nature", the desert is a fragile environment and should be respected, it may look like fuck all but every little bit of vegetation is precious, even stuff that looks dead is still holding back erosion and may just be dormant rather than dead. More of a what not to do in SA video clip

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udo Sunday, 2 Sep 2018 at 12:40pm

Oi the Abs are o.k. cos Tahlija is Aboriginal

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goofyfoot Sunday, 2 Sep 2018 at 2:42pm

Really?!?

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indo-dreaming Sunday, 2 Sep 2018 at 2:57pm

huh she's a pro surfer and that dudes Mick cambell, wow she charges too...big nasty Kandui.

I just thought they were two random free loving Aussie's travellers with a little bit of a feral bogan edge to them.

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Blowin Sunday, 2 Sep 2018 at 4:31pm

I think that you’re right with both perspectives, Indo.

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GONAD_MAN Monday, 3 Sep 2018 at 9:49am

Watched a good documentary on WWF legend Andre The Giant last night on SBS. Well worth watching. A nice guy caught up in the fucked up world of Pro Wrestling. Can see it on SBS On Demand.

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udo Sunday, 9 Sep 2018 at 5:19pm

Liveleak - Man pranks girlfriend
This bloke is a brave man to do this....girlfriend Rebekah she's an absolute Champ for going through with it !

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Blowin Sunday, 9 Sep 2018 at 5:23pm

If anyone is ever tempted to watch “ Enemy “ starring Jake Gyllenhaal then don’t do it.

Just don’t.

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Blowin Tuesday, 18 Sep 2018 at 7:31pm

Cold , onshore , raining .

A glass of red next to the fire and season 4 of Peaky Blinders.

Good times.

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Blowin Saturday, 6 Oct 2018 at 5:38am

This is more like it.

Love this gear. Raw , honest and unpretentious.

They seem like decent people too .

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factotum Thursday, 25 Oct 2018 at 7:24pm

For those not acquainted with Mr. Bob Mortimer and his appearances on Would I Lie To You?

IT IS ALL GOLD-STANDARD.

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thermalben Thursday, 25 Oct 2018 at 7:44pm

God damn, that is the best free-to-air show on TV.

I've had occasional neighbour complaints about the volume of laughter eminating from my loungeroom.

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Westofthelake Thursday, 25 Oct 2018 at 8:47pm

Very funny facto The truth is stranger than fiction

Not sure if it's been mentioned before but 'gogglebox' is good for a laugh.

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upnorth Thursday, 15 Nov 2018 at 9:03am

Who is America - Sacha Baron Cohen keeping his act together somehow

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factotum Thursday, 15 Nov 2018 at 11:23am

Hah! I can picture this in Australia with a Barry O'Sullivan, Ian Macdonald, or Craig Kelly...take your pick...it's endless! Bernardi with the selfie-stick on Pauline! Abetz with trousers down!

Ya gotta laugh...

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upnorth Thursday, 15 Nov 2018 at 7:18pm

Cuckolded by a dolphin, at least he gets 3 months in Oahu.

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fraser-gordon Friday, 16 Nov 2018 at 8:18am

Get your Gnar on....

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factotum Friday, 16 Nov 2018 at 11:59am

Those hills are fucking insane. They should film some footage from the bottom looking up so you can get a deeper appreciation of how steep and crazy those streets of San Francisco really are. And how fast those freaks are bombing!

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rooftop Friday, 16 Nov 2018 at 2:31pm

Totally. Sick vid too.

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stunet Friday, 16 Nov 2018 at 2:44pm

Paradox? The nation with the worst health care in the OECD has skaters that require the best health care.

Same goes snowboarding and FMX too, I guess.

Some seriously sketchy shit in that vid.

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factotum Wednesday, 19 Dec 2018 at 7:50pm

Seen this, comrades?

https://iview.abc.net.au/show/when-tv-was-awesome

Funniest free-to-air Aussie stuff I've seen for a while.

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truebluebasher Thursday, 20 Dec 2018 at 3:46pm

factotum! Have you seen (Series 1) +( 2 )both here.
Series 1/Episode 1:'Manboat' is outrageous...the laughs start here.
https://iview.abc.net.au/collection/when-tv-was-awesome

Series 2/Episode 4 Ganja Australia: Is also a ripper! (Host is a GC councilor of 20 yrs)

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factotum Friday, 21 Dec 2018 at 12:54pm

Had a 'special' day after a big, big night TODAY. Just quietly.

Watched every single episode.

Fark. We were crying in joyous pain.

Champagne comedy.

Burp.

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factotum Friday, 21 Dec 2018 at 7:38pm

Actually, we went to the local Sk8 park as well on our 'special' day off yesterday. This seems appropriate.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA741124267D57350

This one's for you, Hodgekiss.

(remember kids, don't drink & roll)

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udo Saturday, 22 Dec 2018 at 2:01pm

ABC i -view
Torque with Peter 'lets dress up ' Wherret

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stunet Wednesday, 2 Jan 2019 at 8:07am

Watched 'Bandersnatch' the other night with zero knowledge of what it involved and was violently thrust out of my festive season reverie. Charlie Brooker's between-season 'film' has all the dread and paranoia of his Black Mirror episodes, yet also includes non-lineal storylines traversed by watching with a keypad (or remote). Essentially a loose riff on free will, the viewer becomes an agent in the film by making decisions that alter the outcome of the story.

Yeah it's gimmicky, but so was Ulysses which voiced interior monologues and stream-of conciousness text, but Brooker plays with the new filmic concept in inspired ways, and which cant be divulged without spolier alerts.

As a new style of storytelling it has promise. Recent 360° VR videos, of the kind you occasionally see made by Red Bull, leave me underwhelmed. For narrative-free videos I'd rather watch passively, no driving curiousity to use the mouse and take in a 360° view on a flat screen, but engagement via storytelling has merit, as long as it's done as well as Charlie Brooker has with Bandersnatch.

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Blowin Wednesday, 2 Jan 2019 at 8:31am

Old news, Stu.

People have been physically interacting with their viewing whilst watching Baldersnatch for years now.

Just thought I’d start the new year from the lowest point possible. Can only go up from there.

In theory anyway.

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blindboy Wednesday, 2 Jan 2019 at 9:08am

’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!”

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stunet Wednesday, 2 Jan 2019 at 9:50am

Get into it BB. Not the Lewis Carroll stuff, and not Blowin's handy suggestion either, but the choose-your-own-ending film.

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blindboy Wednesday, 2 Jan 2019 at 11:17am

Maybe Stu, I am in complete Luddite phase at the moment so not sure I could cope with the technology. But if you want to see some great cinematography try My Brilliant Friend, no special effects, no spectacular scenes, just old master style composition and lighting. A story of two teenage girls in Naples in the 1950s may be a bit low key for some tastes but I can't take my eyes off it.