Making Noelani
Swaylocks contributor ‘Oldy’ dropped me a message that really stoked me tonight about a film he’s shot and edited about the construction of a quad fish called Noelani. The film is outstanding and is obviously not an amateur effort.
After checking his sways profile, a quick surf search revealed ‘Oldy’ as Nathan Oldfield, the filmmaker responsible for the longboarding movie Lines From A Poem. (Anyone have a link to a trailer?)
Nathan has also created a detailed board construction thread on sways. I spent a half hour wading through the comments and watching the board progress from fins to foil, from birth to death to rebirth, to the first surf and the first share in 11 pages.
If all this creativity wasn’t enough for you, the tune in the flick is by Nathan’s friend Mike McCarthy who recorded the song in his bedroom.
Why are you still reading this? Go make something, anything, while you still have time.
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November 30th, 2006 at 7:48 am
I remember that Swaylocks thread. Great thread, then getting to his true inspiration for the board was truly moving.
Lines From A Poem sounded vaguely familiar, I just added it to my Netflix Queue a couple days ago. Time to bump it to the top of the list after watching that YouTube film.
Great post!
November 30th, 2006 at 5:54 pm
Rob,
I find that your site keeps me going when it’s below freezing and flat -and for that I thank you!
DIY in surfing is not dead. Thanks for promoting the DIY spirit. Surfing does not have to be all beach blanket Wal-Mart.
r
November 30th, 2006 at 8:03 pm
call me cheesy, but it actually brought a tear to my eye.
December 1st, 2006 at 8:18 pm
Best Sways thread ever, maybe. Actually made me tear up a bit.
December 4th, 2006 at 7:36 pm
Nice film. Stoked.
December 5th, 2006 at 7:15 am
Only now had time to check his thread on Sways. I’m pretty much speachless.
January 9th, 2007 at 5:34 am
Just read the Oldy thread and inspiration on building “noelani”.
I grew up in a relatively tough neighbourhood in a shipbuilding town on the Clyde in Scotland.
I was brought up to be “hard” and pretty emotionless, and never to back down for anyone, probably similar to most surfers from around the globe, (who are not the MTV/ marketing exec’s dream type).
I was moved to tears when i read it.
Truly Inspirational.
Thanks Oldy.