Two Sessions With Tommy from Corey Frank on Vimeo.
Spring time nugs and post surf pabst’s on the beach. Tommy loving life.
There is a tribe in Africa where the birth date of a child is counted not from when they were born, nor from when they are conceived but from the day that the child was a thought in its mother’s mind. And when a woman decides that she will have a child, she goes off and sits under a tree, by herself, and she listens until she can hear the song of the child that wants to come. And after she’s heard the song of this child, she comes back to the man who will be the child’s father, and teaches it to him. And then, when they make love to physically conceive the child, some of that time they sing the song of the child, as a way to invite it.
And then, when the mother is pregnant, the mother teaches that child’s song to the midwives and the old women of the village, so that when the child is born, the old women and the people around her sing the child’s song to welcome it. And then, as the child grows up, the other villagers are taught the child’s song. If the child falls, or hurts its knee, someone picks it up and sings its song to it. Or perhaps the child does something wonderful, or goes through the rites of puberty, then as a way of honoring this person, the people of the village sing his or her song.
In the African tribe there is one other occasion upon which the villagers sing to the child. If at any time during his or her life, the person commits a crime or aberrant social act, the individual is called to the center of the village and the people in the community form a circle around them. Then they sing their song to them.
The tribe recognizes that the correction for antisocial behavior is not punishment; it is love and the remembrance of identity. When you recognize your own song, you have no desire or need to do anything that would hurt another.
And it goes this way through their life. In marriage, the songs are sung, together. And finally, when this child is lying in bed, ready to die, all the villagers know his or her song, and they sing—for the last time—the song to that person.
You may not have grown up in an African tribe that sings your song to you at crucial life transitions, but life is always reminding you when you are in tune with yourself and when you are not. When you feel good, what you are doing matches your song, and when you feel awful, it doesn’t. In the end, we shall all recognize our song and sing it well. You may feel a little warbly at the moment, but so have all the great singers. Just keep singing and you’ll find your way home.
(Source: thegodmolecule, via carladoll6)
Mirage of the Caribbean from SURFER Magazine on Vimeo.
Ben Bourgeois, Paul Fisher, Dylan Graves, and Pat and Tanner Gudauskas secretly score at the fringes of perfection. You already know too much.
Big ups to Vans Surf for the footage. Expect the A+ clips in Get-N Classic Vol. 3.
Read about this trip in our June Issue, available now.
January Pipe from Dylan Roberts on Vimeo.
Pipeline | Hawaii
Filmed January 21st and 22nd
Ricardo Dos Santos
Jeronimo Vargas
Kelly Slater
Mason Ho
Reef McIntosh
Jamie O’Brien
Mark Healey
Jesse Mendes
SOLOSHOT : Christopher Taloa - Stand Up Bodyboarding from kini on Vimeo.
The segment was filmed using the Soloshot. “The Baddest Man Alive” - The Black Keys featuring RZA
WITHINcast Episode 2 // Presented by PRIDE from NΛPCO on Vimeo.
Within films in association with
PRIDE bodyboards & SURGE bodyboarding
present
the 2nd episode of WITHINcasts.Additional footage, courtesy of:
Maureen Maiau and Niko Richard
Marc-Antoine Bouvant
Tshanny Tessier @ Sapinus Prone
Tahurai HenryOk thanks to:
Anyone who contributed to or was involved with this project in any way, don’t want to name drop and leave anyone out. Maururu to all the Tahitian bodyboarding community for their modesty, regardless of how talented they are, they always seem to keep it humble which is how it should be everywhere. Merci de m’avoir permis de filmer vos vagues de classe mondiale. Désolé si je n’ai pas pu inclure tout le monde mais c’est bon il y a plus que vien. Manuia parahatas!
Y*A*T*R - SE01EP03 - BALINESE CRASH COURSE from NΛPCO on Vimeo.
The Young and the Restless.
Follow Pride bodyboards’ international team riders in their adventure around the globe, and through the lens of creative directors.
‘Balinese Crash Course’, third episode of the saga, features Sam Bennett, Antonio Cardoso, Lewy Finnegan, Miguel Macias and guest star Ben Veitch in Bali, directed by Miller BestMore info on:
facebook.com/pridebodyboards
pridebodyboards.comFilmed and Edited by:
Miller Best
