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PLANNING ON SURFING<br />
WEST<br />
SUMATRA?<br />
Make sure Huey 1 is your<br />
weapon of choice!<br />
Insane food, a boat that is a class<br />
above and a crew to match.<br />
I suppose it is just one of those instances where ignorance is bliss. If you<br />
don’t know what’s there and you don’t see it come up and give you a nudge,<br />
then you just get on with things. It is in the back of your mind though.<br />
In terms of the surf, Tom’s wipeout shook us all up. The jetski he had at the<br />
time was a little more agile than what he is used to and it handled a little<br />
differently. It was a little more ‘slidey’ and he ended up going over the falls<br />
on a fifteen foot wave.<br />
It’s dangerous enough in itself, but what made it even more dangerous<br />
was that we had attached carbon fibre camera brackets to the front of the<br />
ski and had put air tanks on the back for our air jets to blow water off the<br />
camera lenses.<br />
Once he went over the falls, the gear just exploded off the ski and<br />
was floating around in the white water with him. He could have been<br />
impaled on the camera bracket or knocked out by one of the air tanks<br />
and been underwater. We wouldn’t have found him for quite some time.<br />
That was a wake-up call for everyone. It’s a fun job but we almost lost<br />
one of our mates.<br />
It certainly rattled me quite a bit because I am pretty close with Tom’s<br />
family. To deliver that kind of news to anyone would be the worst possible<br />
thing you would ever have to do.<br />
DAVE: Was there a particular surf spot that was a standout?<br />
JUSTIN: To be honest, there wasn’t one break that stood out against<br />
another. I had been to a couple of these breaks before but I didn’t prefer<br />
one break over another. Each wave brought something different to each guy<br />
throughout the course of the year.<br />
By taking the guys to all these different waves, we discovered that one<br />
felt more comfortable on a certain wave and vice versa. That’s where the<br />
narrative of the story started to form. We were noticing chinks in their<br />
armour and we were able to craft a story from all their different reactions to<br />
these different breaks.<br />
We also started to notice we had stumbled upon a turning point in their<br />
careers. That’s a nice thing as a filmmaker to figure out. We wouldn’t have<br />
encountered this had we only done one mission.<br />
We were fortunate to uncover a real honesty of character in both<br />
surfers. That was the essence of the film and what I think has<br />
fortunately come across.<br />
To be a part of the event, catch the tour around Australia from August<br />
14. The film premieres in Sydney, followed by 25 special event screenings<br />
around the country featuring Ross Clarke-Jones and Tom Carroll live on<br />
stage. If you miss one of those, the movie will be rolling out nationally<br />
thereafter.<br />
Visit the Storm Surfers event website stormsurfers.com.au to view the<br />
trailer, buy tickets, request a screening in your town and more.<br />
• Big solid steel boat<br />
• Plenty of room for boards of all sizes<br />
• Spacious hangout areas onboard<br />
Ross Clarke-Jones at<br />
Cape Solander NSW<br />
Photo: Rodd Owen<br />
Phone: 02 811 661 48 39<br />
Mobile: 0406 603 789<br />
Email: surfcharter@gmail.com<br />
www.huey.com.au<br />
26 jul/aug 20<strong>12</strong>
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