you may not believe this … but i was getting tired of “Indo” movies. Cool for me to see the green California variety for a change. The features on the other dvd also were good. i liked g noll pulling out olos, alaias, hotcurls, jose angel’s boards and all that. I heard someone in that flick saying that most people today just “take take take” from surfing. Here where i live it’s especially true. it’s good to see how in CA you have museums and get togethers ( mats, hulls, bbqs, legends, art), and all the other real ‘value-adders’ to surf culture…
that orange single and the red board seem to be different, no? Unless that orange-board photo had it’s color tweaked. So Kirk, you don’t think it was a 2+1 set up after all?
The dvd was paused and a digital camera was used to shoot the screen. The image was brightened and cropped to give a better view. Brightening did shift the color a bit.
The guy likely has a pile of boards and was just riding that one the day(s?) of filming. He did get some nice rides!
Is this performance anxiety, or what?
Sounds like a question to ask you’re doctor?
I think they have little blue pills or something they can prescribe.
Finally got it the other day after it got held up in Customs for six weeks cos the notification went to the wrong address.
Really enjoy it,smooth music , beautiful cinematography,glamour surf.
I find it pretty easy to look and think ‘’ there’s Brokedown Melody, there’s Glass Love , Blazing Longboards, Singlefin Yellow, Longer, bla bla bla.‘’ But it’s got a definite vibe of it’s own.I suppose it’s more a film about surfing and the surfers than a surf movie - if you know what I mean.
I like it all, but the part I dig the most is the segment on the Currens at Rincon and elsewhere , ripping.(It’s hard to find film of TC these days).Plus that crankin’ rivermouth in the bonus disc, that’s epic.
saw it the other night. What a nice movie with a great soundtrack…yes a much better surf movie than your normal metal soundtrack shortboard board bore flick.
However…is it just me - or does Alex Knost just look silly? I dunno - my wife was cracking up just watching him -
Sorry to be iconoclastic but I just don’t get it!
Each to their own i suppose…
That was just Alex screwing around on one foot onshore Blackies. Of all the waves featured in the movie, those were by far the worst. Living and surfing in OC, I see him around from time to time, and he absolutely rips. I saw him a few weeks back at head high SanO point on a borrowed Liddle stubbie, and he had the rail fully buried on his bottom turns and cutbacks. Somebody should get some footage of him on one at Malibu.
i think it’s a significant, masterfully crafted surf film. i really like it.
I think thats what Alex is going for being silly and having fun, its not my thing ,but to each his own. I have seen some footage from Displacement and Alex can really surf Hulls well, doing things I didn’t think were possible .
Hey Silverback
A. Knost’s surfing really should’nt be underestimated. Watched him logging Tea Tree one day hanging heels and jiving on a log like he does, great surfing for the conditions given it was 2 foot. What impressed me though was when he came out same session on a fish and proceeded to extract incredible speed on it all the way across the bay. He’s fun to watch !
Got to say OCD is a FANTASTIC film, a real eye opener for us Aussies.
Cheers
Mooneemick
alex rips on anything, & he’s a good bloke. enough with the style prejudice already. he surfs how he wants to surf. good on him.
Hey Oldy
Totally agree with that. Is Alex in your new flick and when is it being released ?
Looking forward to it.
Cheers
Mooneemick
Oldy - no doubt he’s an excellent surfer…but his style is just comedy…as I said in my earlier post - different strokes for different folks - I personally don’t get it…but then again I have tastes in music, food and women - that I’m sure others don’t share…
To me though it just looks like Buster Keaton goes surfing!
gday mick. yep, alex is in ‘seaworthy’. it’ll be out within a couple of months. thanks for your interest.
hey silverback. exactly, different strokes, different tastes. you nailed it.
i just get bummed to hear people ragging on knost’s style. so he looks & surfs differently? it’s no big deal. it’s just alex being himself. that’s a good thing. i hope to become more of myself every single day.
for me, one of the strengths of ‘one california day’ is that it sensitively documents such a broad sweep of californian surfing: the malloys, noll, knost, warren, hatzikian, the currens, gamboa, perlee, tudor, howard.
variety in surfing, as in life, is the spice.
like i said, i reckon it’s a great surf film. beautifully shot, carefully delivered.
well, ii don’t know of anybody trying to copy his way of surfing, unlike say tudor or curren,etc…
Oh I don’t know, have you seen the Marshall boys or that “legend in his own mind” CJ Nelson? They all have that “limp wrist” longboard style, it’s all the rave right now. I agree they are all good surfers, but sometimes the antics speak louder than the skills.
Sorry - I compared alex to keaton - he’s actually more like chaplin…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSGXxWVCjvQ&feature=related 
0.17 onwrds.
My favoite CJ quote…giving himself a nod for depth of genorosity " I only take one wave out of each set!"
After an hour of convuluted conversation with beverage…next day he had no recollection of out discussed intention to try each other’s boards.
rogelio