Watch: Postcards From Motel Hell // Indo Ripbowl Madness

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After following Harry Bryant around the world for a year, filmmaker Dav Fox had a veritable surfeit of keeper clips. So many that the job of culling became the toughest of all - just how long could they make the film?

As it happened, they stuck within modern guidelines - 45 minutes or so - yet it means they've got hours of orphaned footage.

This edit, which is the second from the 'Postcards From Motel Hell' series, is itself 45 minutes long, and it's just one of the many locations Haz visited.

They've kindly split the clip into chapters so if something's not to your liking simply tab forward, or if you wanna see it again, tab back. Amazing, eh?

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Ash Sunday, 29 Dec 2024 at 11:56am

Is a good surfer that Harry. He might have an air game, but he seems to stick to rail to rail power surfing, great to watch.

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pittsy Monday, 30 Dec 2024 at 7:59am

loving this series, and best film of the last few years imo

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freeride76 Monday, 30 Dec 2024 at 8:04am

Any rec surfers spent time at that wave?

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blow-in-9999 Monday, 30 Dec 2024 at 8:58am

Yep on a lid. They're surfing it with too much tide on it.

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goofyfoot Monday, 30 Dec 2024 at 9:13am

Yep did a couple of weeks there 7 or 8 years ago. Stayed with a local family.
Fun waves if not busy. Too many boogs for my liking though.
There a fun river mouth beachie not far away. Saw a decent bull shark there though one morning

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freeride76 Monday, 30 Dec 2024 at 9:21am

Is it known as a boog wave?

Looks hard work on a surfboard- lots of wash throughs and close-outs.

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goofyfoot Monday, 30 Dec 2024 at 9:29am

It’s popular with boogs.
Definitely not a perfect set up but you can get some unreal fun as he’ll double up tubes. As Harry shows.
I’ve never been back but after watching this it has made me semi keen again.

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stunet Monday, 30 Dec 2024 at 9:36am

Hugely popular with boogs. Arguably their most sought after Indo wave.

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Sprout Monday, 30 Dec 2024 at 9:45am

It has a section in every boog flick for the last 10 years. Would it kill someone to film it from a different angle. Funny how you can get bored of a wave without ever having been there.

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blow-in-9999 Monday, 30 Dec 2024 at 9:58am

No worse than the period they had socials in "every" film. I like both these waves but...

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freeride76 Monday, 30 Dec 2024 at 9:44am

Kind of reminds me of some of the North Shore B grade waves on the Haleiwa side of Waimea.

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nextswell Monday, 30 Dec 2024 at 11:20am

Almost prefer them freeride. Some cracker breaks west of Haleiwa too if you want an empty wave to yourself. Too crowded and aggressive after Waimea.