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Cyrus Sutton and Randomness

Cyrus Sutton.  I've been a fan for a while and didn't even know it.

I decided last minute after dinner to head over to La Paloma Theater in Encinitas to catch the free preimere of "Compassing" by Cyrus Sutton.  I guess I was late, because the theater was full and I was still in line.  Cyrus, the author of the film "Compassing" apologized to everyone still in line because he couldn't let us in.  He told the crowd he didn't expect this many people to show up and deeply apologized. As everyone was leaving, I decided to walk up to the door and just ask if there was one more seat in the isle for a lonely brown guy.  Cyrus was at the door, and I just asked.  Cyrus replied "I'm not going to stop you bro, just keep walking," and looked away, on purpose.  And I made it in, found a seat and enjoyed the show.  For reals though, it was really good.  Kepa Acero was also in the film (you know, the Basque surfer who surfed naked in Angola or something).  One thing I really enjoyed is that Cyrus let the surfing breath.  It wasn't all edited with quick cuts to airs and barrels, but he let the surfing flow from take off to end in most scenes.  And it was entertaining and lighthearted.  Anyways, I was pretty stoked that I made it, and appreciative of Cyrus for letting me pass.  

The Van

I had to leave pretty quick after the show because I was parked a block away at a resteraunt that said strictly "You will be towed if you are not a patron".  And I was driving La Jefa's car, and you know how that goes if you lose your partner's car.  I looked for some of Cyrus' movies when I got home and come to find out that besides korduroy.tv, he is also the regressing forward guy whom I posted a couple of vids on this blog.  Pretty rad.  I thought regressing forward was some random Malibu guy, but I guess not.  Here are some of my favorite regressing forward and korduroy.tv videos that you have probably seen on this blog, but in my way of saying thanks to Cyrus for letting me in, I'll plug them back in one more time.  And they are GREAT videos to boot.  Enjoy.

My favorite regressing forward video:  



Malibu- One Wave from Cyrus Sutton on Vimeo.

Cy's left from a blog back in May:


Cy's Sunrise Lefts from www.KORDUROY.tv on Vimeo.

And this one reminded me of Allan Weisbecker's epic trip down south:


Mexico Logging in December- Regressing Forward from Cyrus Sutton on Vimeo.

Oh and here is a trailer for "Compassing", which I think you can download for free on 9/3.  Hit this   link for more info.  And I think I posted this trailer a few weeks ago under "Two Months Off..." (well I did if there is a link.



COMPASSING Trailer from Cyrus Sutton on Vimeo.

Life can be so fucking random : ).  But good randoms. And randoms that sting.  And definitely, the videos above have had some influence on some of the shitty films I have made.

Update as of August 7, 2013!  Here is Cyrus Sutton's full length film "Compassing":

COMPASSING from www.KORDUROY.tv on Vimeo.

Sunset at Law Street

Nice Suprise

I was up to my normal windswell routine, walking down the steps to Scripps around seven this morning when I noticed all these tents, judges, hula dancers and a bunch of guys and gals with lei's around their necks.  I even helped one of the hula girls with her things as I walked to the beach (partly to help and partly for karma for some good waves).  As I walked passed the hut pictured above, I heard "3,2,1!  Let the Luau and Longboard Invitational begin!"  Then three guys with logs charged the lineup.

Being new to the area and an obvious kook, I didn't know what the heck was going on, so I paddled out to the southside of the pier and enjoyed at times head high rights and lefts over the course of two hours. One of the guys in the lineup said he was volunteering at the event and needed to catch one in.  As he explained, this is a yearly event that brings the "Legends of Surfing " together to raise money for cancer research.  According to the website "The Luau and Longboard Invitational" is "Now in its 20th year, we have become one of the most successful surfing fundraisers and has donated approaching $6 million for the UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center. "  For more information about the event, please click on this link.

Some of the participants included were (according to this link) "Robert August, star of the 1966 surf documentary “The Endless Summer”; Fernando Aguerre, founder of Reef and president of the International Surfing Association; Jericho Poppler, cancer survivor and pioneer of women’s professional surfing; Rusty Preisendorfer, UC San Diego alumnus, San Diego native and founder of Rusty Surfboards; and Kathy “Gidget” Zuckerman, the inspiration for the fictional character of the 1957 novel, “Gidget: The Little Girl with Big Ideas,” which was based on her experiences growing up and surfing in Malibu."

After my session, I got my point and shoot and took a bunch of pictures.  I had the pleasure of meeting a bunch of the "Legends" including Rob Machado (who is also a legend, but kind of too young to be a legend...).

Pretty sick log if you ask me.

Rob Machado = Style

Fernando Aguerre, Rob Machado, Shuan Tomson

Rob again.

One of the "Legends".

"The Legends"

Here is video I found from last year's event:


P.S. Please forgive me of my ignorance, I just stumbled upon this event as I surfed my everyday break.  I was learning about this event as I wrote about it.  Next year I plan to volunteer, get more informed, and learn the hula.  Sounds like something I could get behind.

California has became all religious over the last week...

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