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Kekoa Cazimero. 16mm workprint. "...best surf trip I've ever been on."

The full version of this 16mm sequence made it into the new Surfer's Journal, vol. 20.2. It's at the bottom of Michael Kew's article(about a different trip of his own), and the sequence spans about nine pages or so.

I wasn't even supposed to be on Chuck's boat for this trip, I almost got left behind. Chuck squeezed me on as crew. I had 7 rolls of film left. I surfed way more than I shot. And helped out on the boat more than I surfed. It was a misadventure, nearly a few disasters, such as the motor-less 60 foot Tuaraoi 360'ing through the channel into the lagoon of the atoll on the way in, just missing the reef.

It was an amazing trip of a lifetime though.

The Surfer's Journal Volume 19 No.1

Brothers Mikala and Daniel Jones, Timmy Turner, and Dustin Humphrey were headed somewhere remote. I got the invite to bring my Bolex and shoot some 16mm film to add to the ongoing film project. It was all last minute, I didn't know much of anything about where we were going. This was not a magazine organized trip. It was more of a getaway for a few friends. Dustin, Timmy, and the Jones brothers have all been friends for years. Dustin brought along his camera gear in case it got good. Halfway through the trip I asked Dustin if it'd be cool if I tried to write a story. Plus do some drawings. He was all for it. This is what we ended up with:

http://www.surfersjournal.com/current_issue

It's called "a roll of the dice". In these parts Third Coast Surf Shop carries the journal, and I've also seen it at Borders. Hope you can check it out.

-Jeremy