Watch: Super Session - Teahupoo 2013
Tim Bonython's sitting on a gold mine of footage from over four decades of chasing the biggest and best swells across the world.
He's currently compiling the biggest and best days into a new playlist and this, the first one is from May 2013 at The End of the Road.
More from Tim.
"I have decided to create a new playlist of edits called Super Sessions. I have filmed some amazing days of surfing from around the world over those years and thought that a number of these historic swell events need to be shared. When we chase a swell I go in with all intentions of filming everything from the surfers' journey to those incredible waves they surf. This is the first of many. May 2013 was an epic four days of swell with nothing under 10 feet. Mostly tow, Teahupoo certainly showed its teeth.
Featuring Mark Mathews, Laird Hamilton, Billy Kemper, Dean Morrison, Laurie Towner, Mark Healey, Garrett McNamara, Kohl Christensen, Ryan Hipwod, Richie Vass, Maya Gabeira, Keala Kennelly, Nathan Fletcher & locals like Manoa Drollet & Raimana Van Bastolaer. Watch it till the end. Probably the best 4 days out there with that talent EVER!"
Comments
Way way too much slow mo! Boring!
Haha, I've seen this comment and have had this same thought on ALL his videos.
The recent'ish ones from the East Coast have been dialled back a little but still, slow-mo is boring AF.
The way I think it should be used is when there's a stand-out wave from a session, not every single wave.
great work tim ,must have sucked for you missing the last swell. i felt for yah while i was at 20ft right lol. sick edit bud pah pah pah
well Tim should ditch the first 7 minutes or so but i found it mesmerising ...so many good rides paddle an tow and so many heavy wipeouts...good stuff
How's young Mikey Wright, can hardly recognise him!
All that gold and then smears shit slow-mo all over it. Four decades of ruining otherwise incredible footage.
https://www.skillshare.com/browse/video-editing
There ya go
How's Pete Mel... white with 2 please.
21:57 those 2 feet sticking up. What a terrifying place to be! Cant even comprehend it.
that was real
There was possibly a great story to be written here, and was showing promise with the opening scenes; unfortunately the story didn't materialise. The footage was disjointed and had no relation to the opening interviews that were building the suspense.
Yawn, shit.
Worth the watch, some very gutsy efforts.
Great footage, thanks Tim and Co. Moments of ecstasy and tragedy in the pit of doom.
It would be good for comparison, if all the slow-mo haters bought top camera gear, traveled the globe chasing & shooting footage of excellent waves, surfed by fearless surfers; video clear & in focus: then edited it all and then posted for free on Swellnet / Tracks and Youtube for review.